Originally Posted by PTravel

As far as reading a newspaper goes, there were plenty of people in F reading papers with the person in front fully reclined. This guy was just being a jerk. However, regardless, his "right" to read a newspaper doesn't trump my right to recline -- it's not "his" space. However, as I indicated, I'm willing to make reasonable accommodations when asked politely, and if he had just asked, instead of playing the knee-in-the-back game, and then assaulting me with his newspaper, I would have readily acceded and limited the amount of my recline (but I would not have refrained from reclining at all).