Human beings are emotional creatures. It is easy to manipulate them to do all sorts of things that will cost them in the end.
I’m not prone to emotional responses, but I am very rare in that regard. I feel for people who have had their dignity utterly trampled and then lash out. It’s like antagonizing a bear with a cattle prod and then blaming the bear when he takes a swipe at you.
When I get emotional, I appear quite calm, but I’m actually quite dangerous. I get this weird clarity that keeps me from acting out, unless I see it as a “final” act. So far, so good. It’s how I won in court. They tried to get me to respond emotionally. The other attorney got so frustrated that she was threatened with contempt twice by the judge.
And I was a non-attorney representing myself.
This story makes me sick. I’d like to see a total overhaul of the airline industry by removing government protections. Let the market determine which airlines fly.