The airline pilots union Balpa has complained about a series of incidents in which people on the ground have been shining laser pointers into the eyes of pilots in planes when they are coming in to land (see here).
I don't subscribe to the we're-all-going-to-hell-in-a-handcart view of society that would see this as just another sign of bigger woes. But as an example of the pointless stupidity of a few creating risk for many, it's hard to beat.
At least when the Cornish villagers used to set up false beacons on the coast to draw ships onto the rocks in centuries past, they did it because they were going to profit from the wrecks. What on earth would these people gain?
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