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An Example of American Hysteria

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An Example of American Hysteria
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An Example of American Hysteria
March 4, 2010 at 10:51 am
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/20...e_for.html

In short, during February vacation, (The parasites get a week off from school during the week of Presidents Day) a father brought his children to work and let them talk to pilots giving the directions. The father was still in control, the pilots were mostly amused or unfazed by it. Nothing terrible happened, so of course EVERYONE IS FLIPPING THEIR SHIT.

It has been all over the news with people soo outraged. I watch the Today show every morning for about 15 minutes while I get ready for work and they had a guy on who was like "What's next, children performing surgery?" Ughh, terrible slippery slope argument.

My opinion, nothing bad happened, so give the dude a slap on the wrist, strengthen rules about air traffic control and move the fuck on.

Maybe I feel this way because air travel does not scare me like it does many people, but still, it's just absurd the way people are freaking out about it.
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An Example of American Hysteria

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An Example of American Hysteria - by Eilonnwy - March 4, 2010 at 10:51 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Minimalist - March 4, 2010 at 12:15 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by padraic - March 5, 2010 at 3:43 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Minimalist - March 5, 2010 at 5:38 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by tavarish - March 4, 2010 at 12:43 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by KichigaiNeko - March 4, 2010 at 11:44 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Eilonnwy - March 5, 2010 at 9:52 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by tavarish - March 5, 2010 at 10:07 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Minimalist - March 4, 2010 at 9:59 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by leo-rcc - March 5, 2010 at 10:11 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Eilonnwy - March 5, 2010 at 10:32 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by leo-rcc - March 5, 2010 at 10:38 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Eilonnwy - March 5, 2010 at 10:55 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Tiberius - March 5, 2010 at 10:41 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Meatball - March 5, 2010 at 5:07 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Tiberius - March 5, 2010 at 5:55 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Meatball - March 5, 2010 at 6:06 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Tiberius - March 6, 2010 at 9:51 am
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Minimalist - March 5, 2010 at 7:35 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Minimalist - March 6, 2010 at 12:15 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Tiberius - March 6, 2010 at 12:27 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Violet - March 6, 2010 at 3:56 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Tiberius - March 6, 2010 at 4:17 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by Minimalist - March 6, 2010 at 4:24 pm
RE: An Example of American Hysteria - by LEDO - March 6, 2010 at 9:03 pm

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