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2004-08-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Steve White 2004-08-14 1:09:38 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ....but she raised her voice and they ran up a white flag.
She was obviously unarmed (dodges rotten veggies), but the Froggistanis don't care if you're a terrorist, they just care how easily they can insult you.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-08-14 1:18:26 AM|| 2004-08-14 1:18:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Air Phrog has to work at being that dumb and insensitive. Boggles the mind!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-14 1:28:51 AM|| 2004-08-14 1:28:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Most French people think this woman's lawsuit doesn't have a leg to stand on. Far from being cut off at the knees, I 'll go out on a (phantom) limb and wager that her complaint is on solid footing.

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-14 5:06:25 AM|| 2004-08-14 5:06:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I bet she loses, not being able to leave the plane in an emergency unaided is enough.

Zenster comments are right on.

Posted by Flamebait93268 2004-08-14 5:16:43 AM|| 2004-08-14 5:16:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Where are you at in Alaska, Ak Paul?

Posted by Big Sarge 2004-08-14 5:18:52 AM|| 2004-08-14 5:18:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Big Sarge---I live in Eagle River, Alaska, up the South Fork valley.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-14 12:23:56 PM|| 2004-08-14 12:23:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 LOL AC!

If she's still around we are having a softball game this evening and still need a second (base).

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-14 1:14:31 PM|| 2004-08-14 1:14:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Woman with no limbs; French with no brains -- sounds like its evenly matched.

Posted by Capt America 2004-08-14 3:40:57 PM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/] 2004-08-14 3:40:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Far be it from me to defend the French but what are we talking here. A transatlantic flight. Would someone have had to carry her on and off the plane, fasten her seatbealt, help her eat? Would a steward have been expected to pick the lady up and carry her to the bathroom?

Then there is the liability because the seatbelts are designed for someone with legs and may not work as well. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered before I'm gonna pile onto Air France on this one. Certainly they were barberous about the whole thing, but they are French.

Posted by Yank 2004-08-14 6:24:57 PM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-08-14 6:24:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 OK - I'll be un-PC - we have so many situations where unrealistic expectations are imposed on existing facilities...... my Dad ended up in a wheelchair (brain tumor) but as a civil engineer (same as me, and AP) he noted that the demand for accomodations clearly exceeded the need, and only the noisy would get the accomodation. Lately, the immediate needs have been subsceded (?) to the legally-represented, with too much of needed re-contruction funs paying professional litigators and their professional clients.

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-14 6:49:02 PM|| 2004-08-14 6:49:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 It must really suck to have no limbs.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-08-14 6:58:17 PM|| 2004-08-14 6:58:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Not much leprosy in Europe or the U.S. in the 1950s. Thalidomide was prescribed for morning sickness.

Posted by Grunter 2004-08-14 7:02:38 PM|| 2004-08-14 7:02:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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