And by that I meant: "Cost after subsidies" :)Quote:
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Originally Posted by wiggin
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-diverted.html
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Two fighter jets were scrambled to escort a passenger jet that was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman on board allegedly became unruly over her cat.
I don't get why these kind of passengers almost never get charged with crimes.
Which also makes you wonder if it wasn't an overreaction (not to have her arrested but to get a jet escort) - or if she indeed had powerful mafia connections of course :p
On a side note keeping the cat in a lavatory also seems very strange. And does that mean she got the cat on board without anyone in security noticing it was in her handbag? This story is just weird all around.
The jet escort is an overreaction, but punching a flight attendant and making terroristic threats should lead to a jail sentence. If this woman was a Muslim, she'd probably be dead.
Yeah punching and threatening doesn't sound like a 'misunderstanding'. Which does remind me of an incident where two engineers were talking about pumps on a plane, but the Spanish word for that is 'bomba' :p
You'd hope this lady at least gets to pay for all the trouble she caused, actions like these aren't exactly cheap.
I have no idea. This woman is deranged and should be kept separate from the general population (prison). Crazies shouldn't be out and about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
It sounds like psychiatric illness is what it sounds like.
It seems more like spoiled child syndrome to me.
Actual 'crazies' should be treated, not sent to prison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewkowski
Meh I don't see a vast difference between locked in a mental institution or locked in a prison. Either way I think we can all agree that someone who is that irrational isn't safe to be around other people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
I have just gone back and read every one of the full 55 pages of the What Movie did you see today thread.
I don't know why.
There's a kinda crappy independent movie theater near my house that we go to only reluctantly. For some inane reason, Depp's new film is premiering there. :weird: It has screwed up traffic (both foot and car) like none other, and for some reason they need a helicopter overhead to annoy us as well.
Should I move these posts over into Aimless's thread?
Good plan.
All clock/bomb posts were moved to this thread. If anyone objects to the move, it's actually Steely's fault and you should PM him with your complaints.
But be aware; I do not consider opinions which don't correspond to my own to be valid, nor do I recognize the right of anyone to express them.
Thus, any PM's expressing displeasure at Wraith's actions will be ignored.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34376563 What is it with German defense ministers?
I was surprised how the Pope's visit to the US pretty much trumped ALL other media news coverage. WTF?
I'm not sure. However, it's a problem endemic to the medical profession over here - their dissertations are mostly worthless anyway. My own master thesis equivalent was 120 pages long (had I printed the source code it would have tripled). That's about three times the pages expected of a medical student to earn their doctorate. They're also allowed to write this dissertation before they actually finish their master. You can imagine how "useful" those dissertations are to actual research - some medical faculties actually prescribed an upper limit of 50 pages. And there was one aspiring eye doctor who got away with a mere 24 pages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Yes, I know, quantity is not quality.
Wait, an M.D. needs to write a dissertation? Or is this just a German thing? Or is this an academic degree in medicine (I don't think we don't have those in the US)?
In Switzerland Dr.Med (which is M.D.) needs a dissertation as well. It is much smaller than a usual dissertation and it is discussed to drop it.
No, you can be a physician without a dissertation and you're allowed to do all the medical stuff. If you want the academic title "Dr. med" you'll need to do a dissertation. It's partly vanity, partly because some patients still expect their physician to have this title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Seems like a recipe for fraud and plagiarism.