[geeks] Dos and similar games

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 @ 19:03 -0400, Nadine said:

> On 8/18/06, Dan Duncan <dand at pcisys.net> wrote:
> > At least one passenger who freaked out on a plane recently has been
> > killed by the other passengers who wrestled him to the ground and sat
> > on him to hold him down where he suffocated.  I really don't have a
> > problem with that.  (Although carrying a few sets of disposable plastic
> > restraints and training a flight crew on how to use them isn't a
> > bad policy.)
> 
> I tried to find a reference to that incident, but wasn't able to--I
> remember it quite vividly because after the investigation, no charges
> were laid against any of those who pinned the passenger down.
> 
> I'm thinking it was shortly before 9/11 but my memory may be
> faulty--but I know it was not that recent.  It got a lot of press in
> California because it was on a fairly short commuter flight.

I don't see any reason to specifically address this.

Incidents where people act in error or acciently hurt someone have been
happening for millenia, why should it suddenly be a big issue?

I hate how people hyper-focus on normal events just because of where
they might occur.

On a plane, a bus, or open field somewhere... it's always happened and
always will, and it is a waste of time to try and nanny it out of
civilization.


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