[725686]

Wrong. Noise affects everyone around. The laser only affects the source of noise.

[ted_dunning]

And the people the helicopter crashes into after the pilot is blinded.

[WarOnPrivacy]

Excessive copter activity is abusive. In an ethical society, it is best followed by action-changing consequences.

The solution must never involve lasers.

Each of these observations stands properly on it's own. If we're making them compete, we've lost the thread somewhere.