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In reply to the discussion: Story about 69 year old Dr. David Dao; the man United dragged off the plane [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)This idea that we should encourage the passengers' natural greed to come to the rescue sounds a little Libertarian-ish to me, to be honest.
Mostly I would lay the blame on the police officers or security officers. There seems to be some confusion as to their actual positions.
But United did not try to rough this man up so I also don't understand the need to blame them for what a police officer did.
Neither did the police, imo, it was simply an accident when he lost his death-grip on his chair.
An overused term is "shit happens". When a corporation is involved, that term implies we should all simply follow a corporation's orders and forget about having free will. When a member of a minority is involved, that term implies that minorities should mind their betters.
A corporation and a member of a minority are involved in this situation. Yet even then, sometimes, shit happens. I don't see the need to put the blame squarely on one side or the other. UA should pay this man's medical bills and give him lifetime flying privileges, but the idea that he should somehow end up owning the airline is ridiculous.
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