Re: Knee Defender


Patrick Danville wrote:
> Politeness has nothing to do with rights. Pushing your seatback into
> the knees of another person is rude per se, as a matter of fact.
> Period.

Shoving your knees into the back of the seat in front of you trying to
stop the guy in front from reclining is rude per se, as a matter of
fact.
Period.

No one still is willing to discuss why the guy in front has to be
polite but the guy in back can be as big of a jerk as he wants to be.

.

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