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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Corporations are "legal persons", but again unlike other parts of the world their rights are severely restricted. A corporation does not have gender, for example and hence cannot sue for discrimination against it on those grounds, or apply the castle law, since that was only and specifically vested in males. Once more, bad example.
Airlines can only refuse insofar as they comply with all relevant law. This is a far cry from say... "go away, blackie", which you are claiming they could apply, if they could refuse service on any grounds. That age is, rightly, long past and it's disgusting when there are repeated calls for a return to that era in a thread like this! (Because that IS a direct consequence of the suggesting, and the Castle law was absolute, even to the King (in theory))
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I didn't claim that airlines can refuse you entry because they don't like your nose. I just said they had the right to refuse - not on which grounds because this is not the subject of the thread and I didn't think that I had to spell it all out in detail.
The 'home & castle' example was meant to make a point - I still believe that corporations can impose rules - within the law - to anyone entering their plane.
And to misbehave on the plane is rude. That's all. If you want a legal discussion about corporations, I'm out cos that is not what I intended, nor interested in at this stage - and not being a lawyer makes it rather difficult for me anyway.
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
And I have not suggested "putting flight attendants to the test", I don't know who the heck you're replying to there, but it's not me.
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My point in my first post was: don't be rude to flight attendants they are doing their job.
You took it and dragged the corporations and their behaviour into the mix - sure I might have used some not so great examples but I still think they were sufficient to make my point (I didn't intend to go to court with them).
You have so far said nothing that would convince me to not switch off my device. If I am being asked to switch it off I will - no reason to make trouble or being rude.
And I didn't say that YOU are being rude to the flight attendant. I just said that not following their instructions / request is rude.