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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,710 posts)
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 04:02 PM Apr 2017

United Airlines controversy isnt about overbooking at all

The lawyer for Dr. David Dao, now the world’s most famous de-planed passenger, wants his client to be a symbol, not just of the dehumanization of air travel, but of all corporate bullying.

“I think corporate America needs to understand that we all want to be treated with the same respect and the same dignity that they would treat their own family members,” he said.

But what is Corporate America? It’s made up of employees who, in this case, could have done the right thing if they’d wanted to.

Even soldiers have a duty to refuse an unlawful order.

Someone could have said, “Stop! This is stupid! The guy paid for his seat. We’re not gonna call the cops to drag him off the plane!”

But instead, the airline employees and the cops decided we’re going to do this no matter what.

http://mynorthwest.com/600343/should-we-blame-the-corporation/

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United Airlines controversy isnt about overbooking at all (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 OP
K&R! Mme. Defarge Apr 2017 #1
Exactly. Nobody cares about their business model or his occupation or background dalton99a Apr 2017 #2
ahah lisa444 Apr 2017 #3

dalton99a

(81,386 posts)
2. Exactly. Nobody cares about their business model or his occupation or background
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 06:20 PM
Apr 2017

except the usual bigots/corporate bootlickers/authoritarians

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