American Airlines Reports Teen’s Terroristic Tweet

the grammar police were out on this one too.

Rocketboy1313

You need to learn how to use commas. Your comment is a little rough.

but grammar will matter little when this comment follows Sarah for years.
 
Warning:  Old Coot Alert!  Old Coot Alert!
 
What I see in a lot of children and teenagers today is a definite lack of parental control, teaching, and example.  They say and do the most outrageous, tasteless, and wrong things, and when the law gets involved (which it should and will in this case), they think that if they just say "OMFG, it was just a joke", and everything should be ok.  As someone who had to witness on television the 2nd plane hit the other World Trade tower, I don't think there is anything funny about terrorist comments.  (Side note, the fact that a 14-year old even knows what OMFG means is rather sad.)
 
But then, they have their parents behaving in their presence like children..."you should make people move so that we can sit together.  I was too busy to check-in from home and get seats together.  And, no I will not accept seats together in the back of the plane.  They must be in the first 5 rows of coach."  "What do you mean the plane has already left.  We were just in the bar getting a drink.  You were supposed to wait."  "The agent told me to see you (the flight attendant) about an upgrade to First Class."  (And then, when I told him that only the agent could upgrade him and he went storming back up to the gate, he told the agent's supervisor that I told him to tell them to upgrade him to First Class.)
 
I was raised on the compromise method..."Jim, son,  let's make a deal.  When we get on the train (or bus) today, you behave yourself and I won't kill you.  Does that sound fair?"   I realize that in this day and age, if you jerked up a child and swatted them on the butt, you would probably be arrested for child abuse, but we knew that retribution would be swift and sure if we did not behave.  And, if I had pulled a 1950's version of this stupid child's trick, I'm not sure I would have survived long enough to be interviewed by the FBI.  LOL
 
jimntx said:
Warning:  Old Coot Alert!  Old Coot Alert!
 
What I see in a lot of children and teenagers today is a definite lack of parental control, teaching, and example.  They say and do the most outrageous, tasteless, and wrong things, and when the law gets involved (which it should and will in this case), they think that if they just say "OMFG, it was just a joke", and everything should be ok.  As someone who had to witness on television the 2nd plane hit the other World Trade tower, I don't think there is anything funny about terrorist comments.  (Side note, the fact that a 14-year old even knows what OMFG means is rather sad.)
 
But then, they have their parents behaving in their presence like children..."you should make people move so that we can sit together.  I was too busy to check-in from home and get seats together.  And, no I will not accept seats together in the back of the plane.  They must be in the first 5 rows of coach."  "What do you mean the plane has already left.  We were just in the bar getting a drink.  You were supposed to wait."  "The agent told me to see you (the flight attendant) about an upgrade to First Class."  (And then, when I told him that only the agent could upgrade him and he went storming back up to the gate, he told the agent's supervisor that I told him to tell them to upgrade him to First Class.)
 
I was raised on the compromise method..."Jim, son,  let's make a deal.  When we get on the train (or bus) today, you behave yourself and I won't kill you.  Does that sound fair?"   I realize that in this day and age, if you jerked up a child and swatted them on the butt, you would probably be arrested for child abuse, but we knew that retribution would be swift and sure if we did not behave.  And, if I had pulled a 1950's version of this stupid child's trick, I'm not sure I would have survived long enough to be interviewed by the FBI.  LOL
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+100
Spot on Jim!
 
Kev3188 said:
And where exactly is her "place?"
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jimntx said:
Warning:  Old Coot Alert!  Old Coot Alert!
 
What I see in a lot of children and teenagers today is a definite lack of parental control, teaching, and example.  They say and do the most outrageous, tasteless, and wrong things, and when the law gets involved (which it should and will in this case), they think that if they just say "OMFG, it was just a joke", and everything should be ok.  As someone who had to witness on television the 2nd plane hit the other World Trade tower, I don't think there is anything funny about terrorist comments.  (Side note, the fact that a 14-year old even knows what OMFG means is rather sad.)
 
But then, they have their parents behaving in their presence like children..."you should make people move so that we can sit together.  I was too busy to check-in from home and get seats together.  And, no I will not accept seats together in the back of the plane.  They must be in the first 5 rows of coach."  "What do you mean the plane has already left.  We were just in the bar getting a drink.  You were supposed to wait."  "The agent told me to see you (the flight attendant) about an upgrade to First Class."  (And then, when I told him that only the agent could upgrade him and he went storming back up to the gate, he told the agent's supervisor that I told him to tell them to upgrade him to First Class.)
 
I was raised on the compromise method..."Jim, son,  let's make a deal.  When we get on the train (or bus) today, you behave yourself and I won't kill you.  Does that sound fair?"   I realize that in this day and age, if you jerked up a child and swatted them on the butt, you would probably be arrested for child abuse, but we knew that retribution would be swift and sure if we did not behave.  And, if I had pulled a 1950's version of this stupid child's trick, I'm not sure I would have survived long enough to be interviewed by the FBI.  LOL
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I think jimntx pretty much covered it.  
 
Did you want me to elaborate more?
 
Yes, please. You didn't specifically note what you think her "place" should be.

And for the record, I happen to agree w/Jim's assessment of today's society.
 
Update:
 
The 14 year old girl turned herself in to Dutch police and got arrested.
 
Sorry for the sarcasm, twitter just really irritates me. When you give the world a megaphone, you are also giving thousands of people a soapbox that probably shouldn't have one. Perfect example is when an Indian woman won the Miss America pageant, and we all got to see just how ugly and racist so much of the population is.
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Twitter and FB are the recycled garbage that is the social life of the lonely hearts who need social contact in a cyber world. Miss America lives 5 miles from me. Vanessa Williams attended SU. Racism will always exist no matter who tries to wipe it out. You can't wipe out racism because deep down, even those who scream racism are racists. At one time it was called prejudice. Now a stronger word is needed to describe a human nature that does not suit us.
 
AdAstraPerAspera said:
Sorry for the sarcasm, twitter just really irritates me. When you give the world a megaphone, you are also giving thousands of people a soapbox that probably shouldn't have one. Perfect example is when an Indian woman won the Miss America pageant, and we all got to see just how ugly and racist so much of the population is.
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Totally agree.
Social media is out of control as anyone thinks their information is 'magically' hidden from the powers that be and they have full license to spread 'whatever' without recourse.
Even on this forum, if one would choose to post threats to humanity, be prepared for a knock at your door.
Yes, it does(did) have some merit to communicate ideas and information that did not previously exist, however, this 'asset' is now a liability as the noise level comes to a point that is nonsensical(useless).
As you probably already know, it is much easier for a person to promote hate and fear mongering when not speaking to a person face to face where twitter(IMHO) provides this gap.
When I post, I ask myself "Would you say that to the person face to face?"
I do my best to adhere to that rule. I think if everyone would consider this, it would greatly reduce the noise and internet bravado.
JMHO & PO
Take Care,
B) xUT
 
Twitter is a fad. I said so at an airline conference years ago, much to the chagrin of two of my colleagues, and I still believe it.

I'm sure some people will be bitter clingers to the end, but five years from now, it will be as inconsequential and archaic as BBM, Sametime, Usenet, MySpace, AIM, IRC and ICQ are today. Maybe even Facebook will be outdated by then (heck, my kids don't even use it anymore... they've moved on to Instagram and Snapchat).
 
xUT said:
When I post, I ask myself "Would you say that to the person face to face?"
I do my best to adhere to that rule. I think if everyone would consider this, it would greatly reduce the noise and internet bravado.
JMHO & PO
Take Care,
B) xUT
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+1

We should be so lucky!


 
 
eolesen said:
Twitter is a fad. I said so at an airline conference years ago, much to the chagrin of two of my colleagues, and I still believe it.

I'm sure some people will be bitter clingers to the end, but five years from now, it will be as inconsequential and archaic as BBM, Sametime, Usenet, MySpace, AIM, IRC and ICQ are today. Maybe even Facebook will be outdated by then (heck, my kids don't even use it anymore... they've moved on to Instagram and Snapchat).
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You may be right; if only one could predict-and invest in- what the next Instagram would be.

At the same time, after reading the last few posts, I can't help but see the phrase "get off my lawn."

I dunno... I'm as out of step when it comes to what the kids are into as the next guy, but I can't help but see the (current?) value in Twitter's platform.
 
Kev3188 said:
Yes, please. You didn't specifically note what you think her "place" should be.

And for the record, I happen to agree w/Jim's assessment of today's society.
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Her "place" is to understand that she cannot continue to act like a fool and pay no consequences. Eventually when she moves out of mommy and daddies home she is going to come to a rude awakening that she can't do whatever she wants in the real world and get a slap on the wrist. She may get her awakening sooner than that. 
 
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