From: quadibloc@ca.invalid   
      
   I read a recent news item about how airspace was closed aroud El Paso for   
   hours for safety reasons while the government was dealing with drones   
   being used by drug cartels.   
      
   While some of the news coverage noted that drones of this nature were a   
   common occurrence, this in itself doesn't mean that suddenly the   
   government did something unwarranted. These particular drones on that day   
   could have been different somehow, or the government finally was able to   
   do something to stop them.   
      
   However, today I came across an article saying that the lasers used to   
   knock drones out of the sky also hit some people's party balloons just   
   before the airspace closure.   
      
   This news item reminded me of the famous German song about how a young   
   couple's release of ninety-nine helium balloons to celebrate their love   
   accidentally triggered a global thermonuclear war.   
      
   John Savard   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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