Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"As for the lawyer, Scott A. Wissel, And the little lawsuit he hoped would sizzle,
Let this be a lesson, sport, Harmless rhymes are no cause for tort."

Source: The concluding portion of ANN Associate Editor Pete Combs' humorous rhyme describing the conclusion of a lawsuit field against SouthWest Airlines by two sisters who found offense in a simple rhyme recited by a flight attendant over the cabin loudspeaker. 
"Eenie, Meenie, Minie Moe, Pick a seat, we gotta go," was what was said... but the sisters recall a racist version, NOT recited by SWA, that they were offended by... and since SWA recited something distantly related, they felt they need to sue them... go figure. The jury found for Southwest.

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