The blame game.

Can you get drunk on a flight and then sue the airline for giving you the booze?
A Florida couple is suing United Airlines for "negligently" over-serving alcohol during a flight from Osaka, Japan, to San Francisco.

They say the carrier's drinks fuelled the domestic violence that enmeshed the two soon after their plane landed.

Fortified with burgundy allegedly supplied at 20-minute intervals by crew members during the December 2006 trip, Yoichi Shimamoto became so inebriated "that he could not manage himself", according to a lawsuit filed with a District Court in Tampa, Florida.

He was arrested for disorderly conduct and battery after he struck his wife, Ayisha, six times, injuring her face and upper lip as the pair were heading through Customs.

The case will likely hinge on whether United, in effect, operated a flying bar that's subject to the same legal liabilities as earth-bound drinking establishments, legal experts said.

Mr Shimamoto faced criminal charges and was sentenced to 18 months probation.

Source: www.news.com.au/heraldsun
Date: 18 December 2008

Whatever happened to responsibility and accountability?
Perhaps the airline shouldn't have kept serving this guy.
Perhaps this guy should've controlled himself and not kept ordering the drinks.
Perhaps he should just grow up and be responsible for his own actions and stop blaming others for his own lack of control.

What sort of culture are we creating when we can do stupid things and expect, and often get, others to take the responsibility for our actions?