Ever lived in the South? That stereotype wasn't created out of thin air.

Not ridiculous at all, and certainly not ****ing ridiculous. Nobody wants to look at your ****ing feet for 6 hours. It's an airplane, not the ****ing beach.

;)

I agree. I live in LA and many, many people don't wear socks here.

My response to those who complain: Stop staring at the bare feet if you find them disturbing.

Much in the same vein that the OP had a what seemed to be a bad day and blurted out what he did.

Neither voilated laws, both could have handled it better. Unfortuneately global warming and recent flooding in parts of the US seems to have washed away the Moral High Ground, which has for ages been occupied by the Sensible people.

Jokes aside, as I posted quite early in this thread, and which seems to be especially wide spread in the US: for more and more people it seems totally unpossible to grasp the difference of "I have the right to do X" and "It seems sensible to avoid X, even if I was within my right to do X".

All in all, the word "concequence" seems to go the way of the word "freedom", and it seems to become more and more opaque as time goes by.

-A

No one's saying that there aren't consequences for one's action. What some are saying is that the consequences as meted out by the FA were way out of line.

Sure, the FA was "within the right" to have the cops called. But was it sensible? I don't think so.

That's what I said, both were out of line and both were ridicolous. The OP for thinking his actions would lead to anything useful or productive, her for thinking her actions were proportional or even remotely produtive.

Then I attached a small rant describing my general view of how it works these days over there. ;)

So no, we don't disagree on anything here. :p

-A

Common sense isn't common.

I am glad that you are not the Flight Services Manager at AA, that has responded that it is not necessary to wear socks in the business cabin even during dinner. Now, next time that you are on a plane, you will be looking at my *****ing fingers and there's nothing that you can do about that. Unless that you want use the *****ing F word, in that case, you are in the same boat as the OP.:p

Why not just put the Taliban in control. Feet!? Dear God, what's next? Ankles? Wrists? The nudity just keeps flowing! :rolleyes:

Had you thought about taking a look at that poster's profile? Dd992emo indicates Gulf Shores, AL. @:-)

FWIW, I grew up in the South, and I am not particularly offended by your original comment, oneant. I was, in fact, one of those Southerners who once went to live for a time in New York and who was originally amazed by the lack of good manners (until I became a convert to the culture.) So, as I say, I am not personally offended by cultural stereotyping such as yours, having no doubt contributed to it in my time. ;)

I am bothered by overly facile posting, however, when a simple check. . . . :)

I heard that Burkas will be the way to go on AA moving forward...LOL:D

Well, this is actually not all that funny. If you substitute the muslim reference of burkah with more christian right wing ideas of whats proper and to be brought morals and advice onto, I'd say from my travels in the middle east and africa that you have at least as much tendcy to do moral policing in the US as most places I've been.

It's just that it's deemed funny to have a poke at what is not common, so you guys disarm this with referencing burkahs, and when they point out ridiculous stuff over there the reference is usually the other way, hinting at the lack of properness and state of undress at women.

Now, bringing up the habit that two guys that are good friends usually hold hands in many places when walknig around town, lets see that happen in a few choice places in the US.

-A

I apologize, didn't meant that to attack any religion, just tought that it would be funny, since they are asking us to cover ourselves from head to toe ( on the figure of language sense). Once again, please accept my apologies didn't mean it.

Actually, my question was rhetorical. I wasn't out to offend anyone with my comments. :)

We all have different customs or socially acceptable practices that seem outrageous to foreigners, and they're all equally funny if you really stop to look at them from their perspective. Whether those customs or practices are secular or religious makes no difference.

I saw JNS2001's comment as relatively harmless. It's unfortunate that you did not find it funny.