Man dragged off United airplane traded prescription drugs for sex with patient

I wouldn't go that far...

Perhaps United should have cancelled the flight.

You must be a total retard to think that he put himself in the spotlight.

"I know what I'll do today! I'll board a plane which will become overbooked due to United needing to get their own workers on board, get everybody around to record it, have it become big news and hope the gutter press doesn't find out about what I did nearly 15 years ago! Perfect plan!" -what I assume you think went through his mind

You're a slightly edgy conservative, if I were running the show we'd be abolishing the NHS and legalising assault rifles.

Typical left wing response, when the facts are incriminating shrug, wring your hands and further increase the standard of proof required.

But these facts are not relevant to the incident in question - which is whether United were justified in removing him from the plane in the way they did.

You can answer that question in the negative without saying the victim in this instance has never done anything wrong in his life, which is why it's totally irrelevant and why this really does constitute poisoning the well.

The flight wasn't even actually overbooked, everyone with a valid ticket had boarded but then 4 crew members said they had to be on the plane (when in fact it was not crucial that they were on that very flight).

No one accepted the voluntary re-accommodation compensation, so they chose 4 passengers 'at random' to be involuntarily re-accommodated. He said he couldn't because he was flying to see patients in the morning, but then they knocked him unconscious and dragged him through the cabin.

On the facts (and the facts alone), there is no doubt who is in the wrong.

As to the subsequent airing of his private life, the victim was not a listed company, he is not offering a service. He didn't even publicise this issue, yet now not only did he suffer personal injury (at best due to negligence and a brutally disproportionate amount of force, at worst because of racism as the 4 passengers that were 'randomly' chosen were all Asian) but now his entire private life is apparently relevant knowledge for the world.

If you can't feel sorry for the guy or acknowledge United were in the wrong then I don't think you are seeing things correctly.

Please seek therapy for your manifestly significant family problems instead of projecting them onto TSR.

This is not something which I am disputing, but every couple of months some pillock with a smart phone creates the next big story of the righteous little guy against the big bad guy and when that is happening then yes I support a balanced and holistic approach.

Really, the situation went nuclear right from the start and didn't gradually escalate into what it ultimately became?

Being a doctor one would presume he shared the same social skills that most of us possess, and be able to defuse the situation before it went out of control.

Yes?

Quite sad how many members are so easily reduced to childish insult.

He has the same social skills that most of us possess and understood that there was no reason for him to leave the plane at that time.

United are responsible for escalating the situation to the point where the security team assaulted the doctor. They failed to turn away passengers prior to boarding. They failed to realise that kicking off paying already-sat-down customers for the sake of the not-really-urgent transport of staff would be considered ludicrous by any reasonable person. They failed to go up to the maximum reaccomodation compensation before forcing people off the plane. And they failed to even attempt to get other passengers to leave instead after their first randomly chosen (I somewhat doubt it when prices are involved) passenger refused to get kicked out.

The left-wing morality police have created a scenario of good doctor vs evil capitalists and the facts are now showing this narrative which has been used to create the moral outrage is untrue.

You are not supporting a "balanced and holistic approach" to this incident, you are trying to level the playing field in terms of the overall moral perception of United and this guy - these are two very different things.

The Daily Mail is a good newspaper; far better than the Guardian.

The Daily Mail is a good newspaper; far better than the Guardian.

That's fair enough and he should pursue them through the courts as is his right, but this case has become a cause célèbre, a story of good verses evil and if you're going to frame yourself as a Jesus-like martyr then you should be open to having your personal life scrutinised. Had this been a court case then yes you're right his past has no relevance but the moral outrage has made his past relevant.

What you mean is, the Daily Mail is more concordant with your world view. It's pretty irrational to state that a newspaper is "far better" simply because it matches your opinion.

No it's not. Most people believe that their opinions are rooted in objective reality so actually it's very rational to believe that something is better because it matches your opinion. If I were a Bible literalist, it would make perfect sense for me to believe that the Bible is inherently superior to the Bhagavad Gita even if in reality Bible literalism is an incorrect worldview.

Are you trying to be a moron on purpose?

Please elaborate for us all how the doctor "framed himself as a Jesus-like martyr"..

Did he ask to be removed from the plane? Did he record himself being taken off? Did he report it himself to the media?

Stop trying so hard to be an edgy Alt-right goon.