October 25, 2003
The Long Campaign
Apparently there are a few folks who are happy (NYT requires free reg) with the demise of the Concorde:
Many of those sufferers, from neighborhoods surrounding Kennedy International Airport, showed up to toast a jet that had provided them not with trans-Atlantic luxury and speed, but with a first-class earache that throbbed for a quarter-century.A few of them even think that their efforts ended the Concorde's career which brings this response from Perry at Samizdata:
It is widespread delusional mindsets like, these with an inability to grasp anything beyond the most rudimentary causal links that sometimes get me muttering things like "the more people I meet, the more I like my cat".Perry's right about the delusional part. I suppose, though, that these folks feel better and will now look to fight something else that will disappear on its own in 20-30 years. Tilting at windmills can be addicting. Posted by Steve on October 25, 2003
