I can't imagine why the well-reasoned, well-written thread by DaxOmni was closed. You let people call coach passengers "lice" for days on end, and question whether children should be "allowed" in first/business class, but for some reason, his pointing out arrogance and a growing sense of entitlement in Americans is offensive? How so?! 
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It's not like we (Americans) care about what anyone think.Originally Posted by sylvia hennesy
his pointing out arrogance and a growing sense of entitlement in Americans is offensive? How so?!
I'd be much more offended if someone called my wife/kids "lice" because they ride in coach than if someone called Americans "arrogant" or "entitled."
Because the former is rude and the second is code for "I live with my parents. In France."
Oh, yeah, <smiley>.
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It struck me more as an attempt to revive/continue a thread which was a beaten, dead horse, although that new thread did cloak itself as being "well-reasoned". Since the initial thread was closed, shutting down an attempt to side-step that closing seemed reasonable to me.Originally Posted by sylvia hennesy
I can't imagine why the well-reasoned, well-written thread by DaxOmni was closed.
If you want to continue that debate, Omni awaits you. This thread, on the other hand, probably belongs in ORP.
I never received any explanation for why my thread was locked, but I guess I can figure it out. Alternative views are apparently unwelcome here. Talk about an intentionally insulated crowd. How did we get a readership that's so highly educated and yet so completely unprepared for honest dialog with someone outside of the miles click?
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I'm a non-member of that clique, I don't fly premium classes, I don't fly for work, I don't fly mileage runs, I'm almost always in economy or premium economy - and therefore I'm in exactly the same boat as the OP on that thread.Originally Posted by DaxOmni
Talk about an intentionally insulated crowd. How did we get a readership that's so highly educated and yet so completely unprepared for honest dialog with someone outside of the miles click?
And I didn't agree with him either.
Says a lot for the strength (or lack of it) of his argument, on its merits. That's probably why he got such a universally negative response from a wide cross-section of posters.
And I'm now counting the seconds until this thread gets locked, too.
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sylvia hennesy please note that I wrote :Originally Posted by sylvia hennesy
I can't imagine why the well-reasoned, well-written thread by DaxOmni was closed. You let people call coach passengers "lice" for days on end, and question whether children should be "allowed" in first/business class, but for some reason, his pointing out arrogance and a growing sense of entitlement in Americans is offensive? How so?!
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Someone have a link to the thread in question? I want to read it.
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http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=605350Originally Posted by thegeneral
Someone have a link to the thread in question? I want to read it.
One of the mods sent me a PM saying my thread would be re-opened, but it still looks closed to me.
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One of the mods sent me a PM saying my thread would be re-opened, but it still looks closed to me.
Whoops! Sorry Originally Posted by DaxOmni
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=605350One of the mods sent me a PM saying my thread would be re-opened, but it still looks closed to me.
Thread is definitely open now.O2K
