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To: mulligan

What you posted about Dao being responsible for what happened is absolutely 100% not true. The man paid for his ticket, peacefully boarded the plane, took his seat and just as peacefully settled in for the flight. He did not initiate anything that happened afterwards but only responded. He had his reasons for not volunteering to give up his seat. Airline personnel singled him out for intimidation and bullying when he didn’t voluntarily give up his seat. The airport security personnel then took it to the next level. This was totalitarian impulses writ large.


34 posted on 04/14/2017 7:49:56 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Compromise is NOT a dirty word. It's how human society functions every day.)
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To: Avalon Memories
The man paid for his ticket, peacefully boarded the plane, took his seat and just as peacefully settled in for the flight.

I don't think this was exactly how it happened. The story I've seen is that Dao and his wife actually did leave the aircraft, but returned to their seats after they learned that the next flight from Chicago to Louisville wasn't scheduled until the following day.

I always consider something like this a big red flag when I'm traveling on a commercial flight, and I'd never even consider doing this myself. I'm always sensitive to this sort of thing from hearing stories about flights facing lengthy delays because of what is deemed an "unauthorized entry" to the aircraft.

There are all kinds of problems here that could easily have been avoided by all parties involved.

44 posted on 04/14/2017 7:59:23 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Avalon Memories
There is a hole in what you think you know. Very relevant to the entire event.

You seem unaware that the "victim" did get off the aircraft, pretended to accede, then snuck back on the plane with the replacement crew; that's when TSHTF...
With certain personalities, ignorance is bliss.

Or are you just pretending not to know that?

149 posted on 04/14/2017 12:58:59 PM PDT by publius911 (I SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT?)
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