Comair Pilot Error

Grumman-581 wrote:
On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:52:25 -0000, Jim Logajan
wrote:
And their names are...?

Muslims, Communists, Socialists, Democrats, Yankees... Need I go on?

You may as well. So far I'm still not in any of the groups of people you
disrespect, but if you provide a more complete list I feel I may yet get
lucky....

Grumman-581 wrote:

Yankees...

The team or the north?

--
Peter

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:09:19 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:
The team or the north?

The north... Of course, one person that I know down in southern
Florida says that anyone from north of I-10 is a Yankee...

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?

I, for one, think that they do.

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Dave Doe wrote:
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Ron Lee wrote:
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.
And what's wrong with that? I figure out WHY things went wrong for a
living and don't judge until I know all the facts.

What would a good excuse be then ??? What would be acceptable?

It's not about excuses. I'm sorry if you don't understand that.

Use another word of your choice then. What is an acceptable reason (you
choose the word if you like)?

Sheesh!

--
Duncan

In article ,
says...
And what's wrong with that? I figure out WHY things went wrong for a
living and don't judge until I know all the facts.


What would a good excuse be then ??? What would be acceptable?

"reason" and "excuse" are not the same.

What is an acceptable reason then?

--
Duncan

On 1 Sep 2006 19:47:31 -0700, "cjcampbell"
wrote:
I, for one, think that they do.

Before I spew Coke all over my keyboard laughing uncontrollably at
that statement, perhaps I should understand exactly *where* you are
coming from...

How old are you and does your mother know that you are up this late?

Or are you some hippy from the '60s stuck in Makati because the drugs
were cheap?

Grumman-581 wrote:
On 1 Sep 2006 19:47:31 -0700, "cjcampbell"
wrote:
I, for one, think that they do.

Before I spew Coke all over my keyboard laughing uncontrollably at
that statement, perhaps I should understand exactly *where* you are
coming from...


Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

How old are you and does your mother know that you are up this late?


Old enough -- retired, in fact. It is the middle of the day here, by
the way.

Or are you some hippy from the '60s stuck in Makati because the drugs
were cheap?

No, just an elderly American missionary who thinks that all people
should be treated with respect. :-)

Grumman-581 wrote:
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...

Revenge killing is one of the worst aspects Filipino culture. It is
endemic. Here we have mayors who shoot police officers over some
argument at a funeral. Then the feud starts. The body count climbs,
business flees, and the survivors are living in cardboard boxes.

So, if your family had been on that plane, and you would have gone to
the hospital and killed the pilot as he lay in his hospital bed, and
then his family would have come after you, and yours would go after
his, and the next thing you know you have the end of civilization. But
at least you would have had the satisfaction of revenge. All your
relatives would be dead or in prison. Their houses would be burned to
the ground. The same for all of the pilot's relatives. But at least you
would have had your revenge. You would have Israel and Palestine. The
IRA and UVF in Ireland. The Shiites and the Sunnis. The Campbells and
the Montroses. The Hatfields and the McCoys. Everybody grab guns and
have at it. Yes, sir. Never mind that it ends with a few ruined widows
and orphans struggling to survive in a blasted wasteland. You'll have
taught those guys a real lesson.

The one thing that separates us from primitive headhunters is that we
do not live like that. We have the rule of law. We have civilization.
We do not go out and take somebody's head simply because one of his
relatives took the head of one of ours. If you have that attitude then
all social and economic progress becomes impossible. This is what kept
Scotland and Ireland poor for centuries. It keeps Palestine and the
Philippines poor today. It is why we have Somalia and Sudan and East
Timor. It encourages corruption, depresses the economy, and makes it
dangerous to even deliver the mail.

Grumman-581 wrote:
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...

Actually, human decency is the defining quality of civilization. It is
the lack of decency that gives rise to tribal conflict, corruption,
decadence, and war.

Viciousness does not encourage civilization.