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My friend has PTSD from his tour in Afghanistan and he has an emotional support dog. He's one tough mofo but the dog helps him from having panic attacks and bec

My friend has PTSD from his tour in Afghanistan and he has an emotional support dog. He's one tough mofo but the dog helps him from having panic attacks and becoming a "normal" person again.

EpicEng 13y ago
Well, if this woman has severe PTSD from combat I'll give her a pass. For some reason I doubt it though. I don't mean to come off as a heartless jerk, and I'm certain I'm going to be proven wrong in some cases, but, like I said before... I just get the feeling that this woman enjoyed the whole thing at some level. I come into contact with rude people like everyone else. I don't run off and write a blog post about it.
- russelluresti 13y ago
  It's not up to you to give someone "a pass" or determine who qualifies for a service animal and who doesn't. There are professionals out there whose job it is to determine these things based on need. If you're not one of them, then you should keep your opinion about who you think deserves what to yourself. Also, at a certain point, being rude crosses into being bigoted. Imagine if someone said a person didn't "look rich enough", or poor enough, or white enough, or black enough, or young enough, or old enough, or whatever other type of judgement based on someone's physical appearance. To me this is akin to a cop pulling over a black guy driving a nice car and asking if he stole it. It's a person in power abusing their power because someone else has something that the person in power doesn't believe they have any right to have. Finally, people who are bad at their jobs (like the flight attendants in this story) deserve to be publicly exposed and fired so that they can't cause inconvenience to anyone else who has the misfortune of getting them on a flight.
  - EpicEng 13y ago
    It is in fact up to me when I'm giving my opinion on an open forum. You also seem to have completely missed the point. I never intended to defend the Delta employees. All I said was that this woman (as well as the commentor) come off as whiny to me. You are free to disagree, and you are also free to cut the holier than though attitude. Some people are just whiners and enjoy feeling victimized.

My friend has PTSD from his tour in Afghanistan and he has an emotional support dog. He's one tough mofo but the dog helps him from having panic attacks and becoming a "normal" person again.

EpicEng 13y ago

Well, if this woman has severe PTSD from combat I'll give her a pass. For some reason I doubt it though. I don't mean to come off as a heartless jerk, and I'm certain I'm going to be proven wrong in some cases, but, like I said before... I just get the feeling that this woman enjoyed the whole thing at some level. I come into contact with rude people like everyone else. I don't run off and write a blog post about it.

russelluresti 13y ago
It's not up to you to give someone "a pass" or determine who qualifies for a service animal and who doesn't. There are professionals out there whose job it is to determine these things based on need. If you're not one of them, then you should keep your opinion about who you think deserves what to yourself. Also, at a certain point, being rude crosses into being bigoted. Imagine if someone said a person didn't "look rich enough", or poor enough, or white enough, or black enough, or young enough, or old enough, or whatever other type of judgement based on someone's physical appearance. To me this is akin to a cop pulling over a black guy driving a nice car and asking if he stole it. It's a person in power abusing their power because someone else has something that the person in power doesn't believe they have any right to have. Finally, people who are bad at their jobs (like the flight attendants in this story) deserve to be publicly exposed and fired so that they can't cause inconvenience to anyone else who has the misfortune of getting them on a flight.
- EpicEng 13y ago
  It is in fact up to me when I'm giving my opinion on an open forum. You also seem to have completely missed the point. I never intended to defend the Delta employees. All I said was that this woman (as well as the commentor) come off as whiny to me. You are free to disagree, and you are also free to cut the holier than though attitude. Some people are just whiners and enjoy feeling victimized.