IN BAD TASTE: Putting the blame where it belongs?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu Sep 12 13:56:01 2002

At 11:54 AM 9/12/02 -0400, you wrote:
>One could be in even worse taste and observe that Microsoft, once again,
>missed their target.
>
>I expect the concept of crashing aircraft into things goes way back.
>There was the small private plane (Cessna or similar) that crashed into
>the White House (causing little or no damage; it didn't have enough
>explosive or flamable material to do anything). During WWII there were
>the kamakazi (sp?) pilots attacking our Pacific Fleet. In fact, the
>general concept goes back even before aircraft. Think about Roman ships
>ramming opposition ships in battle.

    That goes back far beyond the Romans. And I don't think those were intended to be suicide attacks.

    Joe
Received on Thu Sep 12 2002 - 13:56:01 BST