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this plane should have been splashed into the East River without a second thought.

I don't do it very often, but I hit the abuse button on that comment. Being a newbie, you should understand that advocating violence is against the forum rules here on Free Republic.

And that particular comment brands you as an idiot, which means you are more than likely a democRAT troll.

And while you are chewing on all that, think how you'd like it if your family van was blown off the road by a cop with an RPG for making an illegal left turn.

Are you kidding me? Before you go branding people as trolls and hitting the abuse button, perhaps you should read some of my other posts. Even my posts in this thread explain the reasoning behind what I said. Maybe my suggestion was a little extreme, but sitting here in NYC waiting to get blown up, while rogue airplanes are allowed to approach landmarks without timely consequence, is quite an extreme experience in itself.

While we're on the subject of breaking forum rules, I am not aware of any rule that prevents people from posting suggestions on how we can defend our nation. I was not advocating a punitive terrorist attack on this pilot after the fact. I merely suggested that given the circumstances: the Orange PLUS Alert (NYC is always on Orange, when Orange goes national, we go to Orange PLUS), the WARplanes flying overhead, and the fact that this incident occurred 2 days removed from a thwarted attack in which small planes were to be used as missiles at an airport, it seemed like this was an instance where a good "talking to" would not be sufficient. If this incident didn't call for a defensive response, what the hell does? How close does a non-responsive plane have to be to hitting something before action is taken? If the rules of engagement for those fighter pilots rattling my windows are so strict as not to be able to at least fire a warning shot at a plane 3 seconds from a crowded airport, why should they be up there at all?

About this "no violence rule" you speak of...there are hundreds of posts everyday advocating violence against foreign countries, including some by me. Do you click the abuse button for those too?

If anyone broke any rules, it was you, for calling me an "idiot." The golden rule of Free Republic, and just about every other civilized forum is "attack ideas, not people."