After pit bull attacks passenter on plane, airline bans pit bulls. Bureaucrat: "You cain't do dat."
Bureaucrats are some of the dumbest SOB's on the planet. Example number infinity: A few years ago snowflakes who are so nervous and emotionally fragile that they're scared to fly got a judge to RULE that they could bring their "emotional support animal" on commercial flights.
Better yet, the judges RULED that the snowflakes don't have to pay for bringing their pet along. Cuz, "emotional support," comrade.
At first this was rare enough that no one thought much about it. But then clever people realized they could use this to bring Muffy along on trips...for FREE! And Muffy got to ride in the cabin instead of in the baggage compartment. All the snowflake needed was a doctor's note.
And BANG: The number of passengers bringing their pets ("emotional support animals") on flights exploded. Delta says they're up 250 percent in just two years.
It was only a matter of time before the inevitable happened: Some yahoo's pit bull attacked another passenger, chewing up the victim's face and arms.
The victim sued both the owner of the pit bull and Delta. Delta then announced a very logical policy: No pit bulls on their flights.
Can you guess what happened next? Sure you can: An idiot bureaucrat in the Department of Transportation RULED that Delta couldn't do that. Specifically, the un-named bureaucrat RULED that while airlines could bar any animal they considered a "safety threat," they could NOT ban an entire breed.
But how the hell do you determine that any specific animal is a "safety threat"? You can't. So the practical effect is every animal will be allowed to fly. Cuz to do the logical thing--telling people "if you're too f'n fragile to fly, don't fly"--is simply not permitted in a society where bureaucrats have taken a child away from parents for refusing to let docs put their kid on sex-change hormones.
Better yet, the judges RULED that the snowflakes don't have to pay for bringing their pet along. Cuz, "emotional support," comrade.
At first this was rare enough that no one thought much about it. But then clever people realized they could use this to bring Muffy along on trips...for FREE! And Muffy got to ride in the cabin instead of in the baggage compartment. All the snowflake needed was a doctor's note.
And BANG: The number of passengers bringing their pets ("emotional support animals") on flights exploded. Delta says they're up 250 percent in just two years.
It was only a matter of time before the inevitable happened: Some yahoo's pit bull attacked another passenger, chewing up the victim's face and arms.
The victim sued both the owner of the pit bull and Delta. Delta then announced a very logical policy: No pit bulls on their flights.
Can you guess what happened next? Sure you can: An idiot bureaucrat in the Department of Transportation RULED that Delta couldn't do that. Specifically, the un-named bureaucrat RULED that while airlines could bar any animal they considered a "safety threat," they could NOT ban an entire breed.
But how the hell do you determine that any specific animal is a "safety threat"? You can't. So the practical effect is every animal will be allowed to fly. Cuz to do the logical thing--telling people "if you're too f'n fragile to fly, don't fly"--is simply not permitted in a society where bureaucrats have taken a child away from parents for refusing to let docs put their kid on sex-change hormones.
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