It's almost like you can't use a toliet anymore..

[Bobby+Umit 161]

NYPD during game

and

During Flight

[MARM 7]

NYPD during game

and

During Flight

Yeah, the NYPD had no business kicking the guy out of the stadium...total discrimination.

And if the guy on the flight did not go to the bathroom, those wonderful ladies and gentlemen of the flight crew would have surely enjoyed cleaning up after him if he just went in his seat!

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Two groups of chops who need to join the ranks of jobless:

• NYPD cops who responded--last-i-checked, there is no rule that says that a fan cannot be in the loo during anthem-singing
• Delta flight attendants--who didn't understand whether it would be more disrespectful to other passengers if coach-passenger used first-class/business-class loo, or used floor or seat as one instead

[fozzie 41]

There is no indication as to the behaviour of the alleged victims though. The guy trying to go to the loo during the yankee game was initially blocked and told he could not move during the anthem..which is apparently policy at Yankee Stadium. What we do not know is did he then become abusive or threatening in anyway? If so then he will lose his lawsuit. It wouldn't surprise me if he did.

Same goes for the guy who needed to use the lav on the plane. A calm, but insistant, request and an explanation of the situation would no doubt have resulted in them letting him use the Business class lav or the flight attendant getting the cart out of the way. Sometimes the 'victims' behaviour is their own downfall.

[thetreble 19]

Maybe so, Foz. Again, we don't know that so I guess it's hard to say.

However, if the man's behaviour was nothing more than a little "Are you serious?" and grimacing at the NYPD, I think it's completely unreasonable. There is no law that states you can't go to the washroom while the anthem is playing.

I've gone to the washroom before during the Canadian and US national anthems. I had to take a piss so...what was I gonna do?

[Meriem_DZ 37]

It wasn't the National Anthem the article was talking about. It was the playing of the hymn, God Bless America. But still this is a free country. It shouldn't have mattered if it was the National Anthem or a hymn. He should have been allowed to go to the restroom.

Meriem

[pedroh 21]

well if he was a little tipsy and yelling.. he might not win..

but still.. a 'law' or whatever it is to not let u move while they are singing? #######

[fozzie 41]

Maybe so, Foz. Again, we don't know that so I guess it's hard to say.

However, if the man's behaviour was nothing more than a little "Are you serious?" and grimacing at the NYPD, I think it's completely unreasonable. There is no law that states you can't go to the washroom while the anthem is playing.

I've gone to the washroom before during the Canadian and US national anthems. I had to take a piss so...what was I gonna do?

They shoot you at the England matches if you move during God Save The Queen. Not the police but the "patriotic' thugs.

Edited April 17, 2009 by fozzie