Yesterday, a senseless act occurred in Boston when bombs exploded at the end of the Boston Marathon. Three people have lost their lives, many more have been wounded, some might be having amputations because of the severity of their injuries. An eight year old saw his life end while waiting for his father at the finish line. Two brothers have each lost a leg. ABC's website is suffering from bugs because of all the traffic, I'm assuming. No more bombs. No more pranks or practical jokes that hurt people. No more war. It's senseless and serves no purpose in this world. Let me make this clear: I am now AGAINST all weapons. A pacifist? A world without conflict, war, violence, is just not possible, but I aim for a world that is close to that as possible.
Since I'm one for pouporie on my blog, I'm going to post some stuff that I haz found across the Interwebs:
1) Everyone now knows of the stories of Rehtaeh Parsons and Audrie Pott. Lately, I'm losing more and more faith in humanity.
2) A few days ago, a Lion Air plane crashed on landing at the airport in Bali. No one died, thank the good Lord, but what a sad end to a Boeing 737 that has just started teething. It was a baby 737, not much long in this world. Lion Air is banned from flying in US and European airspace, but I wouldn't blame the airline completely on this one. Or maybe. Lion Air's fleet is pretty young. The blog that I read about this after reading a news report had me thinking that all these airlines are placing 200+ aircraft orders. Boeing and Airbus need international regulators putting a kabash on these mega orders. I'll make myself clear: Charles de Gaulle was a JERK. He's part of the reason why Airbus exists, and McDonnell Douglas doesn't.
This is my favorite quote from here, by one Patrick M: "This airline has such a dismal safety record, if I were Boeing and Airbus, I would not count on those mega-orders placed ever coming to full fruition. I just cannot imagine them ever being allowed to continue to expand at the rate they are, at the apparent expense of safety. They will eventually run out of nations that will allow them to land."
I know some of you are saying "Are you against free markets?" No, I'm just for realistic business practices. Do we even have a worldwide fuel supply that can handle another 2500+ commercial aircraft the size of a 737 or A320 series jet? They get what, like a half mile a gallon? Any airline that order over 300+ aircraft in one year is nuts. Or maybe not.
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