Qwertyplop
I can see you are a gentleman and hold your own views which are commenadable. Do you fly ? are you a pilot? do you love aviation?
Part of the love of aviation is the freedom of flight and for those of us who post here freedom is important.
I will use the Green issue to describe a concern and a lack of trust in the motives of the legislators.
We mostly know that 38 % of global warming is created by people living in homes and working in factories. Heat coming out of homes! I could respect a government who started piling millions into making houses more efficient. A government who invested millions into encouraging people to conserve energy.
What happened? The first thing Gordon Brown did was to slap a £5 Green tax on aviation. Why simply so he could claw back more revenue under the pretence that he was saving the planet and most of the moves made under the banner of Green involved taxes for extra revenue under the pretence of "its not our fault we are increasing taxes we are saving the planet."
I could even respect a Government that used those taxes to plough billions into making jet engines clean but I do not respect a government who cheat to fill their coffers.
In the same way I can respect a Government who identify a serious Terrorist threat and deal with it.
But I do not respect a government who have one rule for one and ignore the rest and who use the blanket of terrorism to achieve some other aim which has nothing to do with terrorism?
The London tubes are a major Terrorist threat but the Government ignores that as to difficult to deal with and unfairly persists in targeting Aviation.
One rule for one, one rule for all and a sense of fairness is all I expect.
And unlike you I do not trust the motives behind some of these ideas. Call me cynical ? ok.
Probably some police chief wants 3000 new officers in a new department and the funding to create them so has to show a need? So a bit of scaremongering and targeting and the funds become available? but then I am a cynic.
But anyway I am sure your motives are good and wish you all the best in New Zealand.
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 30th June 2008 at 22:24.