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Denzil_DC

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8. I don't buy this.

Reply to Lee-Lee (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:22 AM

Apr 2017

I don't care what went on before or how stubborn you think Dao was being, the way they went about removing him from a cramped seat in a crowded cabin was rash and irresponsible, and pretty much guaranteed to result in an injury to someone and shock and alarm to many. They're very lucky it was just Dao who was injured.

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