I would say whoosh, but given we're talking about the SF340 you can't really hear the wind stream over the sound of the engines. (I must admit I like the plane though.)

It's still an entirely valid complaint in this instance IMHO. Whether or not its news should be judged on whether or not it's new information to the public, not whether or not it's a recent occurrence. After all, things we discover about the past are in the news all the time.

I don't really care either way, but using the aggregate time is a poor measure of how it effects the experience of watching the film. Frequency is more important, because even if each instance doesn't last long, it's noticeable.

That's blatant misrepresntation of the problem and of what GP said. There's a difference between blocking completely and throttling uaing shady methods.

Don't breathe this...

Don't forget about "chemtrails."

Thankfully, most RTOs don't result in people going up in flames. It's still a relative non-event.

"People have it worse in X so we shouldn't be concerned about problem Y" is not even the least bit constructive.

It should be obvious that when you rule with an iron fist, people will shy away from more serious crimes. The question is if people are really better off.

What ericloewe said. Also, I would imagine that in practice this might be used more to verify the integrity of some "mission critical" hardware rather than inspections on a massive scale.

Well, the turnstyle is about all that's missing from the "Welcome to City 17" experience...

"Now you can arrange the total destruction of the entire universe served by our sun: The only explosion left is the Solaranite."

That seems like an unlikely assumption given that the crew saw the missile from the cockpit.

Firstly, I'd like to note that I'm not placing blame with any particular party or saying that this was definitely an incident where the plane was shot down. With that said, the plane was in the older Malysia Airlines livery, which has the bottom of the fuselage and engine nacelles painted grey. Perhaps this could contribute to it being mistaken for a military transport by inexperienced or trigger-happy forces, as it would be a similar color to that used on those transports. I hope the truth of this incident can be found without politics getting in the way on every side. The crew and passengers deserve it.

Which is democratic process as well. People have every right to participate in the democratic process, just as they have the right to free speech. What they don't have is freedom from the consequences of those actions or that speech. If people, corporations, and organizations refuse to associate with you because of that, that's also democracy at work.