Random Politics & Religion #00

According to German prosecutors this looks to be the case, an illiness and severe depression.

Alps crash co-pilot Andreas Lubitz hid the details of an existing illness from his employers

Oh good. Instead of knee-jerk reactions ostricizing people of a given religion we can have knee-jerk reactions to ostricize people trying to live with psychological impairments.

There was never going to be a positive outcome to this story.

As Milamber said to me yesterday when we heard about the lock-out of the captain: Maybe this will lead to a better way to handle the ***-pit doors rather than just automatic locks.

The two-people-always-in-the-cockpit rule is a good one. I was sort of put off by what one of the officials said that a "knee-jerk reaction to 9/11 helped cause this". The problem wasn't the door lock mechanism precisely as much as it was that the German airline didn't keep the same two-in-the-booth guideline that goes along with the door.

At the same time, you can't account for every contigency, either. It's just tragic.

If the door can be completely locked, I can't believe there wasn't already a minimum of 2 people required to be in the cockpit.

On U.S. flights another crewmember is required to be there with the pilot if one of the pilots needs to leave the cockpit for any reason. I believe what I read is that is not the case with most European airlines, and two pilots are required, but they lack the "crewmember fill-in" if a pilot needs to use the lavatory or leave for any other reason.

Yes, unlike US there is no two person required in cockpit in EU.

Wired has an interesting story
remarkably easy to lock out pilot

Well according to nausi everyone is some percentage gay already...
so are they going to develop some sort of electric meter or a scanner? a little wood cutout sign like they have next to rollercoasters you have to be less than this much gay to ride.

Or...since by law they can't discriminate against hiring gays, they could hire a gay guy with good gaydar to act as the bouncer...

And aside from homophobic wedding cake bakers who the *** is even going to "benefit" from a bill like this? I mean really? we have everything else squared away so we might as well settle Tom the homophobic cake bakers problem with putting two plastic dudes on the top of a wedding cake?...

really? everything else is great? the representatives have that much free time?

I haven't read this piece of crap law yet but can I then legally not provide goods or services to Tom (the homophobic cake baker)

And can I then go buy the only grocery store in some jerk water town and refuse to sell to anyone but gays?

If my religion demands everyone to be gay can I buy the power company and shut off everyone that isn't gay's power?

I guess, the pilots are the one group of people you really can't protect an airplane from. I can't imagine how you would get around that without someone on the ground having some control of it, and that could have it's own weaknesses.

King, the only thing we learn from the study of history is that we learn NOTHING from history.

Could the cigar store not sell cigars to bill clinton? Because they are morally offended by where he is going to stick them...

Can the pet store refuse to sell gerbils to Richard Gere?

Sorry kid you look kinda jesus~y... I can't sell you magic the gathering... or harry potter crap

Are they going to show me half naked pictures of antonio sabato jr and then check me for wood!?

Harry Reid isn't seeking reelection somewhere a liberal is crying !


http://time.com/3761397/harry-reid-history/

People will always speculate no matter how much information is given. No need to feed them unnecessary information to the case which will just increase problems, like hateful feelings towards other groups of the society.

I agree with this.

Just using the following quote to refer to the ongoing discussion not trying to single out Ramyrez but since he mentioned it first:
I prefer the European method instead of a two-people rule.
Like Jassik said it: ultimately someone will be in controle and the risk of it will not be eliminated.
Personally I trust a pilot way more than any other member of the crew with less knowledge inside a cockpit, a way shorter training period ect. A second none-pilot person seems to increase the risk for me (if the person had harmful intentions).

Experts should deal with the risk rating and airlines should not implement it on a whim.

Well, we're arriving at the same conclusion regardless, and that is that you cannot eliminate 100% of the risks, and there we're agreed. =\

safety is an illusion to keep the masses from losing their ***.

Pretty much!

Suggestion:
You can become a branch of the Invisible pink unicorn religion as a "gay only" shoot-off (...no pun intended, I swear).

This can be a sacred image for you. "We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them."

I won't stand for this LGBBQ discrimination !

From this day forward I refuse to go to Indiana.

My deli will only serve pagans. NO MONOTHEISTS ALLOWED.

Why? I still feel kinda bitter people were put to the sword and force converted by monotheists. It offends my sensibilities to do business with these denizens of darkness. They should all come around to the All-Father and quit this doomsday nonsense.

The real endtimes will be a glorious occasion of dead gods, binge drinking and everything asploding.

Rumor has it the Jews have the corner on the deli's !

At last weeks 'rule the world' meeting, the council came to an agreement that the price of pastrami would be increased 65 cents after convening on how to best bring the United States under its heel.

Was Prozac involved?

^ This very much so.

Russell Brand voted world's fourth most influential thinker

Is it that we don't learn from history or that as a group we don't learn from history? Cause I think individuals learn, but mindless masses most certainly do not.

In general we don't.

The same mistakes are repeated over and over.