Are You Kidding Me?
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The smart thing to do would be to let it blow over for everyone, but once it is infused with emotion it is hard to let that happen. Also, there is a whole criminal thing to go first - though keep in mind criminal culpability and civil liability aren't the same thing.
Personally I don't feel sorry for the "doctor" or the airline or anyone who has gotten their feelings hurt because others disagree with their opinions or those who think there are no opinions. I'm just tired of hearing about the whole matter. It got boring really fast for me.
IMO, the reason for the emotions surrounding this and why it's not blowing over very quickly is because it's not an isolated incident, or an anomaly. It's just one of a very, very long list of similar (and many much worse) incidents that have gone on at airports all over the country for many years now.
The difference here is just that it didn't involve the TSA...unlike probably 95% of all the others.
My understanding is that two of the three who left the plane were indeed a couple.
As to the assertion that no one on the plane was traumatized by the event, how did you miss the reactions by all of the other passengers on the many videos! They were horrified! How would you like to take off flying on an airline after seeing said airline beat a passenger unconscious just to free up his seat so one of their employees could use it? Of course, reasonable people would have just gotten off, but the ends cannot justify the means.
What is lost here is that both the airline staff and the police both lacked the necessary skills in dealing with the situation properly. All that mattered was to get their way at any cost because they had the force of law to get away with it. This is why your rights (or lack thereof) are so important.
As to the assertion that no one on the plane was traumatized by the event, how did you miss the reactions by all of the other passengers on the many videos! They were horrified! How would you like to take off flying on an airline after seeing said airline beat a passenger unconscious just to free up his seat so one of their employees could use it? Of course, reasonable people would have just gotten off, but the ends cannot justify the means.
What is lost here is that both the airline staff and the police both lacked the necessary skills in dealing with the situation properly. All that mattered was to get their way at any cost because they had the force of law to get away with it. This is why your rights (or lack thereof) are so important.
I don't know about other people's points, but I was pointing out that he did t cause the traumatizing, the security or whomever they were did.
And - from North Korea's official airline:
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And - from North Korea's official airline:
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What do you call 600 lawyers at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?
Personally, I'm not sure that I would have felt secure knowing there was a nut job occupying a seat during the flight.
Agree. But once he was set off, his antics could not be tolerated on an airplane. He didn't cause the initial trauma, though he had a part in it.
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