From: fellow@cs.utexas.edu (Heng Wei Osbert Tan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.asean
Subject: Re: Malaysia to choose F16 or Mig29
Date: 11 Sep 1992 09:21:34 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: boogie.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Sep11.085138.23648@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>, eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) writes:

> 	I recommend Singapore take a look at Mig29. Howeve because of logistic
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> problems, maybe it is better to stick to F16, same models(?).
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Interesting, do you usually talk when you think, even if it's nonsensical ?

> 	After spending so much money, do you want to go to war immediately?
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Huh ???? you implicitly suggest that there IS a GOOG time to go to war ??

> Surely not. Why don't we give it alternative uses? At least it did not waste
> public money. How much do you think it costs the public money to conduct those               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> noise air exercises over NTU here?
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> 	It just frightens the children. May break our eardrums as well. Those
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> A4s are ugly to look at, and they do not do aerobatic flying, just straight
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> low-leve flying.
> 	Instead of just flying uselessly, why don't they train as well as
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> entertain. I'm sure simulated dog fights or even simulated bombing runs and
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>  defences againts those bombers are very attractive to watch.
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> 	However you must tell the public where it will be conducted and where
> to watch, and the time. The place must be safe and good to observe. Across the
> sea will be a nice one.
> 	If you do it every week, people and toursits will like it, and do not
> complain. You have the best of both worlds.

Othman, you made my day, bozo couldn't have done it better, really.

I see that your thought process is somewhat different from most people. You
suggested having tourists around to watch air combat maneuver training, and 
said that "A-4 scared the chicken" because all they do is "low level flying".
Hmmm...., I was wondering why you didn't suggest to Singapore AirForce to form
a flying circus, so they may earn some money to pay for their own expenses ?
On a second thought, why don't you suggest that to your own government, I am
sure they will appreciate your idea.

Not only you are clueless about what air combat maneuver training is, (dispite
of all those spy novels, and sci.military news group you've subscribed) you're
actually bold enough to post it to the newsgroup, albeit this is not rec.humor.
Have you even talk to any Singaporean, or any knowledge person, perhaps
exchanging views before posting your blurb ? or do you simply sit infront of 
your keyboard and hammer out whatever comes first in your mind ?

Btw, if you take a closer at the Singapore aerial map, you will understand why
A-4 "scared the chicken" over NTU, and I didn't even know NTU raises chicken, 
Ha Ha Ha ......


> 	Even the perfectionist Singaporean make mistakes, don't they?
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If we missed by 1%, we still come up 99%, can you say the same thing about
others ? 

-Osbert


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