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From YKTTW Working Title: Military Good, Civilians Bad
- Tom Clancy's novels have this. People who complain about loud jet planes flying from military bases near their homes are just whining about the "sound of freedom". (clipped)
- But on the other hand, it is also your choice to live next to an airbase.
- Just wanted to natter about this: In the Airport novel, which the movies are based on, the airport director mostly feels this way about people who complain about the airplane noise—but he also knows that real estate brokers keep removing the noise warning signs whenever they're selling a house in the area, so the civvies can claim they didn't know, and now they can't afford to move.
- But on the other hand, it is also your choice to live next to an airbase.
