Comair Pilot Error

Emily schrieb:

If someone drove at 120 mph through a city and killed your family in
the process, would you also have a little respect because he was in
the hospital afterwards?

Yes, I would.

I don't believe you.

Besides, that comparison is stupid, because we don't know he did
anything wrong.

Yes, we know. He tried to take of from a runway which was too short. An
undeniable fact, IMNSHO.

Stefan

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:09:47 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:
As was pointed out by someone else in this group a few months ago (I
believe in the "He died doing something he loved" thread), modern
society
seems to discourage speaking ill of the dead or severely injured.

Yeah, I suspect political correctness will be the death of
civilization...

That isn't political correctness, which I hate, it is common human
decency.

It's both. "Political correctness" is what people call common decency when
they don't want to be bothered with it.

--Gary

"Emily" wrote in message
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Stefan wrote:
Emily schrieb:

The guy's in the hospital, have a little respect.

If someone drove at 120 mph through a city and killed your family in the
process, would you also have a little respect because he was in the
hospital afterwards?
Yes, I would.

You have got to be kidding.

"Emily" wrote in message
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Grumman-581 wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:31:27 -0500, Emily
wrote:
Your point? I was including everyone and their families. The fact is,
people are crucifying someone and don't even know what happened. The
guy's in the hospital, have a little respect.

Respect is *earned*, not just given because a person holds a certain
position or just happens to be injured... The fact that someone just
so happens to be an ATP, cop, pilot, or even the President does not
automatically make him deserving of respect...

No, he deserves respect for being a human being.

I can think of thousands if not millions of human beings that deserve no
respect.

In article ,
Stefan wrote:

Besides, that comparison is stupid, because we don't know he did
anything wrong.

Yes, we know. He tried to take of from a runway which was too short. An
undeniable fact, IMNSHO.

"String 'im up. It'll teach'm a lesson"
"Naw... hangins too good fur 'im!"

Interesting how the imagination makes the world so perfect.

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:19:56 -0500, Emily
wrote:
No, he deserves respect for being a human being.

LMAO !! So, Ted Bundy and bin Laden also deserve respect for being a
human being? Not that I'm comparing the pilot with these two, but I'm
just pointing out that you need to be careful when making blanket
statements like that...

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:19:31 GMT, "Dave Stadt"
wrote:
I can think of thousands if not millions of human beings that deserve no
respect.

And I can think of BILLIONS...

Grumman-581 wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:19:56 -0500, Emily
wrote:
No, he deserves respect for being a human being.

LMAO !! So, Ted Bundy and bin Laden also deserve respect for being a
human being? Not that I'm comparing the pilot with these two, but I'm
just pointing out that you need to be careful when making blanket
statements like that...

They killed people on purpose.

The point is, you've got a lot of people with absolutely no clue what
happened wishing this guy was dead or in jail. How about we save the
judgment for when we actually know what happened...or until the NTSB
gives us their best guess?

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:04:16 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote:
That isn't political correctness, which I hate, it is common human decency.

**** "common human decency"... The only reason the pilot is alive
right now is that *my* family wasn't on that flight and killed by
him...

Emily wrote:

Grumman-581 wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:19:56 -0500, Emily
wrote:
No, he deserves respect for being a human being.

LMAO !! So, Ted Bundy and bin Laden also deserve respect for being a
human being? Not that I'm comparing the pilot with these two, but I'm
just pointing out that you need to be careful when making blanket
statements like that...

They killed people on purpose.

The point is, you've got a lot of people with absolutely no clue what
happened wishing this guy was dead or in jail. How about we save the
judgment for when we actually know what happened...or until the NTSB
gives us their best guess?

Actually Emily we know for a fact what happened. They attempted a
take-off on a runway that was too short for their aircraft. You are
wanting something to tell you WHY they made such a deadly mistake.

Ron Lee