tkhayes 348 #26 December 24, 2008 QuoteYer Honor - It was that Pabst Blue Ribbon - it makes me mean....." or Quote"Since I started drinking light beer, I don't beat the wife half as much...." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #27 December 24, 2008 Quote "Since I started drinking light beer, I don't beat the wife half as much...." We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #28 December 24, 2008 Damn the Blue Ribbon!!! I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,030 #29 December 24, 2008 QuoteQuoteKallend since when do you get free booze on an airline? I don't think you get anything free anymore even in First Class. International flights still supply a stream of booze - keeps the passengers happy and pacified on a long trip stuffed into tight spaces. But it's not the same as bars. Most people drive to and from bars, and will immediately be getting on the road after their drinks. At some point we decided the bartenders had to be part of the solution to drunk driving. I think it's a stretch, but so be it. But plane passengers aren't driving out, and drinks aren't served during approximately the last hour in the air. Bottom line - he shouldn't be slapping around his wife. Maybe the plane's crew should have asked them to leave, and got the bouncers to throw them out if they wouldn't go quietly.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #30 December 24, 2008 QuoteMaybe the plane's crew should have asked them to leave, and got the bouncers to throw them out if they wouldn't go quietly. There you go again: preaching to the choir. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,030 #31 December 24, 2008 Quote Quote Maybe the plane's crew should have asked them to leave, and got the bouncers to throw them out if they wouldn't go quietly. There you go again: preaching to the choir. I've been thrown off a plane 13,000ft up and I didn't mind one little bit.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 806 #32 December 25, 2008 Context my boy, remember??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,030 #33 December 25, 2008 Quote Context my boy, remember??? So you ADMIT it's important, then? Progress, one small step at a time!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 806 #34 December 25, 2008 Apparently only when it applies to one's own views. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #35 December 25, 2008 Quote Well, the word "pusher" has a meaning. The complaint in the link claims United in essence pushed drinks on the couple. So this guy is going to try to convince a jury that a tort was committed by United by giving him too much service. UNITED! Good luck with that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #36 December 25, 2008 QuoteQuoteKallend since when do you get free booze on an airline? I don't think you get anything free anymore even in First Class. INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT - Osaka to San Francisco. Quote And stop using the word pusher. You and I both know no one was up there force feeding him. He simply got himself to drunk and acted like an idiot. No one force feeds drugs to kids either, but we still call them "pushers". And kids who accept are idiots.I guess I'm an old idiot. Just smoked 200 bucks worth of crack and some REALLY GOOD POT. Coming down w/ a bottle of Knob Creek. All you'll can kiss my ass. Merry Fuckin whatever. To each his own. Boy am I fucked up. But it feels good.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #37 December 26, 2008 Quote Quote Quote Quote Oddly enough the article doesn't have the words "push" or "pusher" anywhere. Oddly enough, I didn't write that it did. You missed the words "in essence". Maybe reading comprehension is the bigger issue with some? Supplying free booze at 20 minute intervals is rather like the tactics used by pushers to get kids hooked on dope. So, in essence, we have the same thing. Do you put any blame on the person who kept taking more to drink every 20 minutes? Sure, just like I blame kids who accept free dope from pushers. Doesn't absolve the pusher from some responsibility, though. Yeah. Mine cost me 200 bills last nitehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpoEmlxUPeQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBbv2v0xOlA&NR=1 [url] Another good one for the youngstersI hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #38 December 26, 2008 I think you're being overly dramatic here. This is just another stupid lawsuit, not the "death of personal responsibility"! Victims of drunk drivers sue bars and party hosts on a regular basis, but according to the article, this is the first time the criminal is attempting the same thing. The wife, as his victim, would have a better chance of winning. Why not wait for the decision before you start mourning "personal responsibility"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #39 December 26, 2008 Quote I think you're being overly dramatic here. This is just another stupid lawsuit, not the "death of personal responsibility"! Victims of drunk drivers sue bars and party hosts on a regular basis, but according to the article, this is the first time the criminal is attempting the same thing. The wife, as his victim, would have a better chance of winning. Why not wait for the decision before you start mourning "personal responsibility"? It's a failure in his personal responsibility to file suit. It would be society's failure if it's successful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,326 #40 December 27, 2008 I fly A LOT. (it ain't as adventurous and fun as people think ) Automatic bump to first class type of a lot. I've seen where people have had to be cut off by the flight attendant and they'll get a little belligerent till the nice lady or gentleman flight attendant tells them, "Sir, if you do not quiet down, we'll have Federal Marshals waiting to arrest you when we land." [Ever notice its always the guys?] Anyway, I think this case was taken just for the sake of challenge of jurisdiction and some sport. I think he'll prolly get more of smackdown than the airlines and learn the meaning of personal responsibility in the counterrsuit. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #41 December 27, 2008 Quote...I think he'll prolly get more of smackdown than the airlines and learn the meaning of personal responsibility in the counterrsuit. I'll take an opposing viewpoint: She'll win the big $$$ or take the big settlement. He'll learn that getting drunk, smacking the wife and blaming his actions on the airlines is an easy way to get big $$$. To the OP: Responsibility for self died a long, long time ago...back in the ME Generation days.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
