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Veteran and double amputee claims Six Flags kicked him off ride

Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:13 pm
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67488 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:13 pm
wait for it.....here it comes......hold on to your arse.....
quote:

‘Nah bro, you gotta have two real legs’

Fox

quote:

“Hey @SixFlags you really think I’m so physically useless I can’t ride a tilt-a-whirl?” he captioned the tweet featuring the ride requirements. “Seriously?! Did you see the enormous hill I walked up and down to get here?


WTF??
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134865 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:14 pm to
Well, what are the rules?
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
18797 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:15 pm to
That's pretty ignorant.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67488 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:16 pm to
quote:

Well, what are the rules?

A retard shouldn't run a ride at 6 Flags?
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71426 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:16 pm to
Is there any safety reason why he would need two real legs?

Also, why does it matter if he was a Vet?
Posted by PaperTiger
Ruston, LA
Member since Feb 2015
22943 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:16 pm to
I would have to see the rules. If you can't carefully secure the rider then I don't fault Sixx Flags
Posted by celltech1981
Member since Jul 2014
8139 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:16 pm to
i wonder what the poli board would be saying if six flags let him ride and he fell to his death

"Six flags murders Veteran and double amputee"

I could imagine they have some sort of safety rules regarding this. I'm not going to be outraged until I get some more info on it.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67488 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

Also, why does it matter if he was a Vet?

Bc usually only vets have their fricking legs blown off by an IED; why else do you think it matters?
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79188 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

Jones did acknowledge that the ride requirements were posted at the entrance, though he did not see them




Seems like a losing battle sir.
Posted by dcbl
Good guys wear white hats.
Member since Sep 2013
29688 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:18 pm to
quote:

Hey @SixFlags you really think I’m so physically useless I can’t ride a tilt-a-whirl?


seems they do
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134865 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:19 pm to
quote:

Jones did acknowledge that the ride requirements were posted at the entrance, though he did not see them


Another a-hole that thinks the rules shouldn't apply to them
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71426 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:19 pm to
quote:

Bc usually only vets have their fricking legs blown off by an IED; why else do you think it matters?



There are plenty of non-Vet amputees. You only included him being a Vet to be inflammatory, like when people include WHITE cop shots BLACK criminal. It's annoying as hell when the other side does it, so why must you?
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
18797 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:20 pm to
Looks like this is much more than just a tilt-a-whirl. Seems pretty intense.

LINK

ETA. There's a ride that goes by the same name in another Six Flags park that is a basic tilt-a-whirl.
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 1:22 pm
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
27158 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:21 pm to
Well, the ride requirements within the article that you linked says "must have one functioning arm and one functioning leg, ABSENT PROSTHETIC"... So, unfortunately, the vet was one functioning leg short of the ride requirements.

Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
41686 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

Also, why does it matter if he was a Vet?
Emotional persuasion. A guy who lost his legs in a DUI-related car accident wouldn't garner as much outrage.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67488 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

You only included him being a Vet to be inflammatory

Not really; I pasted the title of the article but keep on being rustled
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:28 pm to
quote:

Jones did acknowledge that the ride requirements were posted at the entrance, though he did not see them




Seems like a losing battle sir.


Yuuuup.

The vet (TYFYS) is taking an L here.
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
77625 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:31 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/27/23 at 8:21 am
Posted by BamaScoop
Panama City Beach, Florida
Member since May 2007
53842 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:42 pm to
Maybe you have to be a certain height.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55494 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 1:48 pm to
He doesn't have a leg to stand on, legally speaking.
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