Was he prosecuted? Chances are, no. Hopefully, he had the ____ scared out of him.
But, in the case you cited, he made an actual, legitimate threat. It had to be investigated. I am totally on board with that. I would also be on board with taking this guy and his girlfriend into custody, cuffing him, bringing him into a room for questioning, and finding out if there was any threat. I would also interview all of the witnesses. If there was not a legitimate threat, I would NOT, given the facts I know, bend a law that was not intended for this purpose, and charge the guy with a crime that has a potential of 20 years in prison for being a jerk. Cause, if being a jerk was a crime, chance are most of the people on that plane, and certainly everyone in the DAs office prosecuting him, would be found guilty. On 11/16/06, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/16/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I personally think that rule is asinine. > > > > The rule "don't fuck with the airplanes" was intended to handle > > TERRORISM. Not bad behavior or someone demanding extra peanuts. > > I remember in 1992 when I was on leave there was some yahoo in front > of me that told the baggage screener, "better keep an eye out for all > the C4 I have in there." > > He was drunk and we all knew that he was joking... even the screener > that cuffed him and led him off to her supervisor's office. The law > has been in place for a long time and even verbalized comments are > taken with complete seriousnes. > > Humor is generally rooted in the truth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220883 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
