Reply #19: You missed my MAIN point [View All]

an alcoholic on her way to rehab can hardly be expected to be rational...

I've dealt with thousands of alcoholics/addicts/people with problems with substances and her behavior was perfectly within the norm for folks with those problems.

It's a form of mental illness -- these folks are NOT RESPONSIBLE for their actions...any more than any other mentally ill person is... That's one reason it's illegal to fire someone who checks into Rehab...

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If we lived in a decent society instead of a police state where "law and order ubber alles" is all important...THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED...

The police are a fucking sledge hammer trying to fix a wrist watch in situations of human stress like this one...

In a mature society based on compassion and understanding personnel with the CORRECT TRAINING and skills would have been on hand (if needed at all)...

In a mature society based on compassion and understanding the management of the airport, police and airlines would change their procedures to handle these inevitable situations...

In a mature society based on compassion and understanding her fellow humans would have helped her out instead of some airline asshole calling the fucking cops to come tidy up the messy person...