What is the matter with people these days?

https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x

On 13/07/2021 6:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> What is the matter with people these days?
>
> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>

Reading some of the postings on this group might give an indication ??

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 07:10:09 +0800, Rheilly Phoull
<rheilly@bigslong.com> wrote:

>On 13/07/2021 6:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>>
>
>Reading some of the postings on this group might give an indication ??

Fair comment. It's just that most nut-cases seem to be clustered in
Australia, and this incident took place elsewhere. Having said that,
she may well have been an Australian; I don't recall the report
mentioning her nationality.

On 7/12/2021 6:33 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

"Last Tuesday, during a late-night flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unidentified woman in first class
unbuckled her seat belt, made a mad dash to the door, and tried to open it.

Flight attendants scrambled to stop her and tackled her before the door
was open."

The plug doors on airliners open inwards and are held shut in flight by
cabin pressure, 20 of her couldn't budge it. Poor gal can't even escape
three pieces of duct tape apparently...

> What is the matter with people these days?

Probably just a panic attack, drug-induced or otherwise, happens on
aircraft a hundred times a day probably, this one particularly bad one.
Surprising they don't carry a Valium stab to settle them down, nobody
medically qualified to use it on passengers or liability issues I guess.
Seems like a better solution than duct tape, at least as a first resort...

On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> What is the matter with people these days?
>
> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>

As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.

Sylvia.

On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 3:33:42 AM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 07:10:09 +0800, Rheilly Phoull
> <rhe...@bigslong.com> wrote:
>
> >On 13/07/2021 6:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> >> What is the matter with people these days?
> >>
> >> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
> >>
> >
> >Reading some of the postings on this group might give an indication ??
> Fair comment. It's just that most nut-cases seem to be clustered in
> Australia, and this incident took place elsewhere.

Cursitor Doom is clearly insane, and doesn't admit to being Australian. He may be in denial.

> Having said that, she may well have been an Australian; I don't recall the report
> mentioning her nationality.

It was a Zero Hedge report, so rather less than reliable. Zero Hedge does seem to know how to press Cursitor Doom's buttons - but the same buttons presumably work for for every other right-wing lunatic, not just the ones who want to say rude things about Australians.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
wrote:

>On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>>
>
>As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
>the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.

I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much
relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and
re-assure them, Sylvia.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 22:00:07 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

>On 7/12/2021 6:33 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>
>"Last Tuesday, during a late-night flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
>to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unidentified woman in first class
>unbuckled her seat belt, made a mad dash to the door, and tried to open it.
>
>Flight attendants scrambled to stop her and tackled her before the door
>was open."
>
>The plug doors on airliners open inwards and are held shut in flight by
>cabin pressure, 20 of her couldn't budge it. Poor gal can't even escape
>three pieces of duct tape apparently...
>
>> What is the matter with people these days?
>
>Probably just a panic attack, drug-induced or otherwise, happens on
>aircraft a hundred times a day probably, this one particularly bad one.
>Surprising they don't carry a Valium stab to settle them down, nobody
>medically qualified to use it on passengers or liability issues I guess.
>Seems like a better solution than duct tape, at least as a first resort...

Sounds like a good idea. If you're going to do something crazy that
puts the fear of god into your fellow passengers, I for one would say
you forfeit all right to sue for compensation after the dust settles.

On 7/14/2021 11:32 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 22:00:07 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On 7/12/2021 6:33 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>
>> "Last Tuesday, during a late-night flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
>> to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unidentified woman in first class
>> unbuckled her seat belt, made a mad dash to the door, and tried to open it.
>>
>> Flight attendants scrambled to stop her and tackled her before the door
>> was open."
>>
>> The plug doors on airliners open inwards and are held shut in flight by
>> cabin pressure, 20 of her couldn't budge it. Poor gal can't even escape
>> three pieces of duct tape apparently...
>>
>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>
>> Probably just a panic attack, drug-induced or otherwise, happens on
>> aircraft a hundred times a day probably, this one particularly bad one.
>> Surprising they don't carry a Valium stab to settle them down, nobody
>> medically qualified to use it on passengers or liability issues I guess.
>> Seems like a better solution than duct tape, at least as a first resort...
>
> Sounds like a good idea. If you're going to do something crazy that
> puts the fear of god into your fellow passengers, I for one would say
> you forfeit all right to sue for compensation after the dust settles.
>

In America for better or worse the right to sue is
Constitutionally-protected and in the abstract at least you can rarely
completely sign away a Constitutional right, regardless of whatever
document some company requires you to sign that says you have.

I think most airlines nowadays have fine print in their passenger
agreements saying you agree to not sue them for anything that happens,
standard boilerplate stuff.

On 7/14/2021 12:53 PM, bitrex wrote:
> On 7/14/2021 11:32 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 22:00:07 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/12/2021 6:33 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>
>>> "Last Tuesday, during a late-night flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
>>> to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unidentified woman in first class
>>> unbuckled her seat belt, made a mad dash to the door, and tried to
>>> open it.
>>>
>>> Flight attendants scrambled to stop her and tackled her before the door
>>> was open."
>>>
>>> The plug doors on airliners open inwards and are held shut in flight by
>>> cabin pressure, 20 of her couldn't budge it. Poor gal can't even escape
>>> three pieces of duct tape apparently...
>>>
>>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>>
>>> Probably just a panic attack, drug-induced or otherwise, happens on
>>> aircraft a hundred times a day probably, this one particularly bad one.
>>> Surprising they don't carry a Valium stab to settle them down, nobody
>>> medically qualified to use it on passengers or liability issues I guess.
>>> Seems like a better solution than duct tape, at least as a first
>>> resort...
>>
>> Sounds like a good idea. If you're going to do something crazy that
>> puts the fear of god into your fellow passengers, I for one would say
>> you forfeit all right to sue for compensation after the dust settles.
>>
>
> In America for better or worse the right to sue is
> Constitutionally-protected and in the abstract at least you can rarely
> completely sign away a Constitutional right, regardless of whatever
> document some company requires you to sign that says you have.
>
> I think most airlines nowadays have fine print in their passenger
> agreements saying you agree to not sue them for anything that happens,
> standard boilerplate stuff.

That is to say you're supposed to go to some private arbitration board
(paid for and selected by the airline obv.) and settle any grievances there.

On 7/14/2021 11:32 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 22:00:07 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On 7/12/2021 6:33 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>
>> "Last Tuesday, during a late-night flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
>> to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unidentified woman in first class
>> unbuckled her seat belt, made a mad dash to the door, and tried to open it.
>>
>> Flight attendants scrambled to stop her and tackled her before the door
>> was open."
>>
>> The plug doors on airliners open inwards and are held shut in flight by
>> cabin pressure, 20 of her couldn't budge it. Poor gal can't even escape
>> three pieces of duct tape apparently...
>>
>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>
>> Probably just a panic attack, drug-induced or otherwise, happens on
>> aircraft a hundred times a day probably, this one particularly bad one.
>> Surprising they don't carry a Valium stab to settle them down, nobody
>> medically qualified to use it on passengers or liability issues I guess.
>> Seems like a better solution than duct tape, at least as a first resort...
>
> Sounds like a good idea. If you're going to do something crazy that
> puts the fear of god into your fellow passengers, I for one would say
> you forfeit all right to sue for compensation after the dust settles.
>

United Airlines, cool airline, get pissy with a surly American flight
attendant who then lies about what you said and they drop your ass off
in a Belfast jail for ten months until a trial, United then sends a
bunch of the crew to Ireland to lie to the court, the jury doesn't buy
it and frees the guy, then United Airlines claims they have no liability:

<https://www.aviationlawmonitor.com/2020/01/claims-and-defenses/montreal-convention-does-not-protect-united-airlines-from-passengers-malicious-prosecution-lawsuit/>

On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>>
>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>>>
>>
>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
>
> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much
> relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and
> re-assure them, Sylvia.
>

If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a
better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.

As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of
ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.

Sylvia.

On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
wrote:

>On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>>>
>>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>>>>
>>>
>>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
>>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
>>
>> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much
>> relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and
>> re-assure them, Sylvia.
>>
>
>If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a
>better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
>
>As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of
>ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
>
>Sylvia.

Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and
are unlikely to set much store by it. For sure I would still be scared
to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start
wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.
I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these
damn fools so others don't follow suit.

On 16-Jul-21 3:26 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
>>>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
>>>
>>> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much
>>> relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and
>>> re-assure them, Sylvia.
>>>
>>
>> If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a
>> better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
>>
>> As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of
>> ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
>>
>> Sylvia.
>
> Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and
> are unlikely to set much store by it. For sure I would still be scared
> to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start
> wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.
> I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these
> damn fools so others don't follow suit.
>

I the story made the clear point that the doors are impossible to open
in flight, and said way, then I think people would be inclined to
believe that.

Sylvia.

On 16/07/21 01:34, Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 16-Jul-21 3:26 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
>>>>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much
>>>> relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and
>>>> re-assure them, Sylvia.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a
>>> better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
>>>
>>> As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of
>>> ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
>>>
>>> Sylvia.
>>
>> Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and
>> are unlikely to set much store by it. For sure I would still be scared
>> to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start
>> wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.
>> I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these
>> damn fools so others don't follow suit.
>>
>
> I the story made the clear point that the doors are impossible to open in
> flight, and said way, then I think people would be inclined to believe that.
>
> Sylvia.

That would be rational. Unfortunately not everybody is rational.

On 16-Jul-21 10:48 am, Tom Gardner wrote:
> On 16/07/21 01:34, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> On 16-Jul-21 3:26 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to
>>>>>> open
>>>>>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much
>>>>> relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and
>>>>> re-assure them, Sylvia.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a
>>>> better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
>>>>
>>>> As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of
>>>> ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
>>>>
>>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>> Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and
>>> are unlikely to set much store by it. For sure I would still be scared
>>> to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start
>>> wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.
>>> I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these
>>> damn fools so others don't follow suit.
>>>
>>
>> I the story made the clear point that the doors are impossible to open
>> in flight, and said way, then I think people would be inclined to
>> believe that.
>>
>> Sylvia.
>
> That would be rational. Unfortunately not everybody is rational.

Even if only some people got educated, it could help in having
passengers explaining to others that it's no big deal when someone is
trying to open a door. At the least it could reduce the feeling in
passengers that they narrowly avoided death.

Sylvia.

On Friday, July 16, 2021 at 3:26:51 AM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
> >On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
> >>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> What is the matter with people these days?
> >>>>
> >>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
> >>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
> >>
> >> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and re-assure them, Sylvia.
> >
> >If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
> >
> >As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
> >
> Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and are unlikely to set much store by it.

People like Cursitor Doom, who are addicted to fatuous conspiracy theories, do discount what the sane segment of the media says, and concentrate on the output of the fringe publications who cater to their addiction. Cursitor Dom has the fatuous delusion that his tastes and opinions are normal and sane.

> For sure I would still be scared to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.

Cursitor Doom is confident about the self-evident correctness of every last one of his delusions.

> I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these damn fools so others don't follow suit.

Damn fools don't learn, as Cursitor Doom reminds us, more or less non-stop.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 12:53:54 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
> On 7/14/2021 11:32 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 22:00:07 -0400, bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/12/2021 6:33 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> >>
> >> "Last Tuesday, during a late-night flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
> >> to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unidentified woman in first class
> >> unbuckled her seat belt, made a mad dash to the door, and tried to open it.
> >>
> >> Flight attendants scrambled to stop her and tackled her before the door
> >> was open."
> >>
> >> The plug doors on airliners open inwards and are held shut in flight by
> >> cabin pressure, 20 of her couldn't budge it. Poor gal can't even escape
> >> three pieces of duct tape apparently...
> >>
> >>> What is the matter with people these days?
> >>
> >> Probably just a panic attack, drug-induced or otherwise, happens on
> >> aircraft a hundred times a day probably, this one particularly bad one..
> >> Surprising they don't carry a Valium stab to settle them down, nobody
> >> medically qualified to use it on passengers or liability issues I guess.
> >> Seems like a better solution than duct tape, at least as a first resort...
> >
> > Sounds like a good idea. If you're going to do something crazy that
> > puts the fear of god into your fellow passengers, I for one would say
> > you forfeit all right to sue for compensation after the dust settles.
> >
> In America for better or worse the right to sue is
> Constitutionally-protected and in the abstract at least you can rarely
> completely sign away a Constitutional right, regardless of whatever
> document some company requires you to sign that says you have.
>
> I think most airlines nowadays have fine print in their passenger
> agreements saying you agree to not sue them for anything that happens,
> standard boilerplate stuff.

That's why many such agreements contain an indemnification clause. Even if you win, you are then responsible for paying the other party's losses. ALL OF THEM even if you weren't the compensated party!!! Indemnification is like insurance, except insurance companies always put limits on their liability. Indemnification seldom has limitations.

Virtually every web site you visit requires you to indemnify them.

--

Rick C.

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On 7/16/2021 12:24 AM, Rick C wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 12:53:54 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
>> On 7/14/2021 11:32 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 22:00:07 -0400, bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/12/2021 6:33 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Last Tuesday, during a late-night flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
>>>> to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unidentified woman in first class
>>>> unbuckled her seat belt, made a mad dash to the door, and tried to open it.
>>>>
>>>> Flight attendants scrambled to stop her and tackled her before the door
>>>> was open."
>>>>
>>>> The plug doors on airliners open inwards and are held shut in flight by
>>>> cabin pressure, 20 of her couldn't budge it. Poor gal can't even escape
>>>> three pieces of duct tape apparently...
>>>>
>>>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>>>
>>>> Probably just a panic attack, drug-induced or otherwise, happens on
>>>> aircraft a hundred times a day probably, this one particularly bad one.
>>>> Surprising they don't carry a Valium stab to settle them down, nobody
>>>> medically qualified to use it on passengers or liability issues I guess.
>>>> Seems like a better solution than duct tape, at least as a first resort...
>>>
>>> Sounds like a good idea. If you're going to do something crazy that
>>> puts the fear of god into your fellow passengers, I for one would say
>>> you forfeit all right to sue for compensation after the dust settles.
>>>
>> In America for better or worse the right to sue is
>> Constitutionally-protected and in the abstract at least you can rarely
>> completely sign away a Constitutional right, regardless of whatever
>> document some company requires you to sign that says you have.
>>
>> I think most airlines nowadays have fine print in their passenger
>> agreements saying you agree to not sue them for anything that happens,
>> standard boilerplate stuff.
>
> That's why many such agreements contain an indemnification clause. Even if you win, you are then responsible for paying the other party's losses. ALL OF THEM even if you weren't the compensated party!!! Indemnification is like insurance, except insurance companies always put limits on their liability. Indemnification seldom has limitations.
>
> Virtually every web site you visit requires you to indemnify them.
>

Hard to believe airlines haven't come up with a more standardized
protocol or set of tools for dealing with unruly passengers given that
it happens so regularly, other than relying on the well-known
uncompromising strength of a roll of hardware store duct tape they had
in a bin somewhere to keep the aircraft secure...

"Hey guys what's our game plan if a passenger starts flipping out? Well
first we'll all run around the plane not knowing what to do. Then we'll
divert the plane and see if we got some duct tape someplace and tie them
up with it. And then pray they can't escape from duct tape so the
passengers will have no choice but to beat them to death."

Great plan. Very civilized society.

On 16/07/21 02:30, Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 16-Jul-21 10:48 am, Tom Gardner wrote:
>> On 16/07/21 01:34, Sylvia Else wrote:
>>> On 16-Jul-21 3:26 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
>>>>>>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much
>>>>>> relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and
>>>>>> re-assure them, Sylvia.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a
>>>>> better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
>>>>>
>>>>> As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of
>>>>> ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sylvia.
>>>>
>>>> Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and
>>>> are unlikely to set much store by it. For sure I would still be scared
>>>> to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start
>>>> wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.
>>>> I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these
>>>> damn fools so others don't follow suit.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I the story made the clear point that the doors are impossible to open in
>>> flight, and said way, then I think people would be inclined to believe that.
>>>
>>> Sylvia.
>>
>> That would be rational. Unfortunately not everybody is rational.
>
> Even if only some people got educated, it could help in having passengers
> explaining to others that it's no big deal when someone is trying to open a
> door. At the least it could reduce the feeling in passengers that they narrowly
> avoided death.

I doubt it would calm the perpetrator in the cases where
someone is so drunk or terrified that they are attempting
to open the cabin door :(

Other passengers, maybe, but we are in no danger of
exhausting the supply of stupidity.

On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:48:02 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

>On Friday, July 16, 2021 at 3:26:51 AM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
>> >On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
>> >>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
>> >>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
>> >>
>> >> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and re-assure them, Sylvia.
>> >
>> >If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
>> >
>> >As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
>> >
>> Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and are unlikely to set much store by it.
>
>People like Cursitor Doom, who are addicted to fatuous conspiracy theories, do discount what the sane segment of the media says, and concentrate on the output of the fringe publications who cater to their addiction. Cursitor Dom has the fatuous delusion that his tastes and opinions are normal and sane.
>
>> For sure I would still be scared to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.
>
>Cursitor Doom is confident about the self-evident correctness of every last one of his delusions.
>
>> I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these damn fools so others don't follow suit.
>
>Damn fools don't learn, as Cursitor Doom reminds us, more or less non-stop.
--

Britain: do the right thing and hand Australia back to China.

On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 8:50:34 AM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:48:02 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
> <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
>
> >On Friday, July 16, 2021 at 3:26:51 AM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> >> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
> >> >On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
> >> >>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> What is the matter with people these days?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
> >> >>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and re-assure them, Sylvia.
> >> >
> >> >If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
> >> >
> >> >As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
> >> >
> >> Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and are unlikely to set much store by it.
> >
> >People like Cursitor Doom, who are addicted to fatuous conspiracy theories, do discount what the sane segment of the media says, and concentrate on the output of the fringe publications who cater to their addiction. Cursitor Dom has the fatuous delusion that his tastes and opinions are normal and sane.
> >
> >> For sure I would still be scared to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.
> >
> >Cursitor Doom is confident about the self-evident correctness of every last one of his delusions.
> >
> >> I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these damn fools so others don't follow suit.
> >
> >Damn fools don't learn, as Cursitor Doom reminds us, more or less non-stop.
> --
> Britain: do the right thing and hand Australia back to China.

Are Cursitor Doom and John Doe different aspects of the same idiot? Enquiring minds would like to know. It would be cheaper to get one lunatic certified and locked away than two.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

On Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:07:44 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

>On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 8:50:34 AM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:48:02 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
>> <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, July 16, 2021 at 3:26:51 AM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:30:46 +1000, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
>> >> >On 15-Jul-21 1:30 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> >> >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:06:44 +1000, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
>> >> >>> On 13-Jul-21 8:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> What is the matter with people these days?
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> https://tinyurl.com/4fet837x
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> As usual, no mention of the fact that it is utterly impossible to open
>> >> >>> the door of a pressurised aircraft in flight.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm sure the other horrified passengers on board would be much relieved to know that - if only you could go back in time and re-assure them, Sylvia.
>> >> >
>> >> >If the media consistently mentioned this point, then there would be a better chance that passengers would know before it happens to them.
>> >> >
>> >> >As it happens, the media almost never mention it, either out of ignorance, or because it would reduce the impact of the story.
>> >> >
>> >> Well, people nowadays quite rightly discount what the media says and are unlikely to set much store by it.
>> >
>> >People like Cursitor Doom, who are addicted to fatuous conspiracy theories, do discount what the sane segment of the media says, and concentrate on the output of the fringe publications who cater to their addiction. Cursitor Dom has the fatuous delusion that his tastes and opinions are normal and sane.
>> >
>> >> For sure I would still be scared to death if some nutcase were to make a dash at the exit and start wrestling with the door - and I doubt I'm alone.
>> >
>> >Cursitor Doom is confident about the self-evident correctness of every last one of his delusions.
>> >
>> >> I'd say a better approach would be to make an example out of these damn fools so others don't follow suit.
>> >
>> >Damn fools don't learn, as Cursitor Doom reminds us, more or less non-stop.
>> --
>> Britain: do the right thing and hand Australia back to China.
>
>
>Are Cursitor Doom and John Doe different aspects of the same idiot? Enquiring minds would like to know. It would be cheaper to get one lunatic certified and locked away than two.

Poor old Bill. All pain, no gain.
--

Britain: do the right thing and hand Australia back to China.