I have been severely disappointed in the number of submissions to the Write for TDR competition (0). The contest is still open so send them in and give me some indication that people actually still read this. If you win, you will receive an iPad.*
Anyhow, I have had little time to work on TDR recently and for that I apologize. However, I saw a story the other day that was so good that I couldn't resist sharing it here. And that brings us to today's Daily Topic: DEAD PEOPLE ON PLANES
On Tuesday, two women were arrested at the John Lennon Airport in Liverpool, England, for trying to board a plane with a dead body. The two women, the widow and step-daughter of the deceased man, claimed that he was sleeping in his wheelchair, when, in actuality, he was indeed dead. When going through security, they claimed the man, who was 91 and wearing sunglasses, was asleep. The family, who was German, were trying to avoid the fees necessary to transport the body out of England.
While the women were arrested for failing to report a death, I think there is a deeper issue here that is not being addressed: DISCRIMINATION
Is it fair to deny someone who has rightfully paid for a seat just because he no longer has a pulse? I think not. If people can book tickets for their pet, or for their other butt cheek, why not for a dead relative?
For that matter, why should dead people have to even pay for a seat? Pregnant women don't need to purchase two tickets to fly with an unborn baby. These are all legitimate questions. And it is a travesty that we allow such gross discrimination against the vitally-challenged. Airlines are quick to accommodate people in wheelchairs. They get to board the plane first, get preference in seating etc. Why should that change if it's a dead person in a wheelchair? Isn't death just a severe disability?
That is why I am planning a Dead Emigrants Against Discrimination (DEAD) rally at LAX to protest discrimination against the deceased who are trying to leave the country that they pass away in. I am expecting a great turnout.
On a lighter note, this will be a perfect sequel to "Snakes on a Plane."
-ROF
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