Okay
folks, I am usually the first one to rail against unnecessary law
suits that clog up our legal systems around the world, but I gotta
say I am kind of on the Airline's side on this one.
For
those who are unaware there was a horrible crash involving an Asiana
Jet not too long ago. Almost immediately afterwards, the NTSB and a
Fox News Affiliate got seriously punked when someone gave them a list
of “Pilot Names” that were more than a little bit racially
offensive and also not exceedingly funny.
Ordinarily
I'd be trotting out the “Hey everyone makes mistakes” argument
because everyone does make mistakes, but come on peeples! Just look
at this list! Sound it out in your head! Anyone with more than two
brain cells to rub together can see that this is a really bad prank.
The fact that both the NTSB (One of our oh so effective Government
agencies) and a Affiliate of a National News Agency (Well Okay, Fox
News, but that is not the point.) did not catch this makes me shake
my ever balding head in disbelieve.
So now,
on top of this tragedy, Asiana has to deal with the annoyance and
stupidity of people who were to lazy to do their jobs or just didn't
care. Maybe a lawsuit will make both parties do their jobs better in
the future.
Now in
the Accused defense, they have issued apologies. But since neither
NTSB or Fox News has explained exactly where the names came from, I
have to wonder if it was a inside job and now both agencies are
trying to cover their collective asses.
The main
thing to take away from all of this is this. Low brow, racial humor
is inappropriate in any case (See my blogs on “Lady Chinky Eyes”
etc on that. But when you are dealing with a tragedy such as a plane
crash, it is really inappropriate. Someone should have caught this
before it even got to the air waves. Someone didn't so something
needs to be done.
End of
Rant
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