Hilton's trouble on British Airways began moments after Flight 269 left the ground July 31. It continued for almost the entire 10 1/2-hour flight, according to a 17-page affidavit by FBI agent David Gates.
Hilton ignored instructions to keep his seat belt fastened and began pacing the aisle as the aircraft ascended, the document said. He complained that another passenger was giving him the "stink eye."
When told to return to his seat, he became unruly, and in a series of tirades, he threatened to kill several flight attendants and a co-pilot, and threatened to get them fired, the affidavit said.
"I could get you all fired in five minutes. I know your boss," Hilton said in one of the document's few quotes that didn't include an expletive. "My father will pay this out, he has done it before. Dad paid $300,000 last time."
Hilton said he was angry over the breakup with a girlfriend and wanted to smoke marijuana. At one point, he went to a lower deck restroom and the odor of pot wafted out, the affidavit said.
When confronted by the co-pilot, Hilton ran to an upper deck restroom and smoked a cigarette, the document said. A paper towel was found wadded in the smoke detector.
Hilton eventually fell asleep and was handcuffed to his seat for the remaining 90 minutes of flight.
This article paints this whole idea of hunting in Africa as complicated, which is probably is...but anyone who feels the need to take a selfie with an animal they just killed...I just don't get that.
I guess there is a picture of me holding a fish I caught once. Is that the same thing?
This article paints this whole idea of hunting in Africa as complicated, which is probably is...but anyone who feels the need to take a selfie with an animal they just killed...I just don't get that.
I guess there is a picture of me holding a fish I caught once. Is that the same thing?
No, it's not.
I just don't care for the big game hunting thing. All it is is a way for super rich people to show off that they can afford to go to Africa and kill something big. It's a complete "look at me!!!!!" thing. It has nothing to do with the sport of it, something I can at least understand when those hunt deer and other things in the states (even though I've never wanted to be a part of it). And this isn't me complaining about the rich, it's me complaining about those seeking attention. And it's really just something I roll my eyes at, not something I get worked up over.
On the flip side, I think what is worse is all the outrage over killing a lion or giraffe or whatever. Get over it, people. There's much bigger issues facing our country/world.
This article paints this whole idea of hunting in Africa as complicated, which is probably is...but anyone who feels the need to take a selfie with an animal they just killed...I just don't get that.
I guess there is a picture of me holding a fish I caught once. Is that the same thing?
No, it's not.
I just don't care for the big game hunting thing. All it is is a way for super rich people to show off that they can afford to go to Africa and kill something big. It's a complete "look at me!!!!!" thing. It has nothing to do with the sport of it, something I can at least understand when those hunt deer and other things in the states (even though I've never wanted to be a part of it). And this isn't me complaining about the rich, it's me complaining about those seeking attention. And it's really just something I roll my eyes at, not something I get worked up over.
On the flip side, I think what is worse is all the outrage over killing a lion or giraffe or whatever. Get over it, people. There's much bigger issues facing our country/world.
The killing of a critically endangered apex predator has the potential for serious repercussions on the entire ecosystem, more so than the killing of an apex predator in a healthy population, and certainly more than something further down the food chain. Granted, much of the outrage in this case seems to stem from the fact that the lion in question was friendly and had a name, but there is legitimate reason for outrage at the unprincipled destruction of the natural world. It is possible for people to be concerned about, and seek change for, multiple problems at once, and denying that this is a problem is naive.
This article paints this whole idea of hunting in Africa as complicated, which is probably is...but anyone who feels the need to take a selfie with an animal they just killed...I just don't get that.
I guess there is a picture of me holding a fish I caught once. Is that the same thing?
No, it's not.
I just don't care for the big game hunting thing. All it is is a way for super rich people to show off that they can afford to go to Africa and kill something big. It's a complete "look at me!!!!!" thing. It has nothing to do with the sport of it, something I can at least understand when those hunt deer and other things in the states (even though I've never wanted to be a part of it). And this isn't me complaining about the rich, it's me complaining about those seeking attention. And it's really just something I roll my eyes at, not something I get worked up over.
On the flip side, I think what is worse is all the outrage over killing a lion or giraffe or whatever. Get over it, people. There's much bigger issues facing our country/world.
The killing of a critically endangered apex predator has the potential for serious repercussions on the entire ecosystem, more so than the killing of an apex predator in a healthy population, and certainly more than something further down the food chain. Granted, much of the outrage in this case seems to stem from the fact that the lion in question was friendly and had a name, but there is legitimate reason for outrage at the unprincipled destruction of the natural world. It is possible for people to be concerned about, and seek change for, multiple problems at once, and denying that this is a problem is naive.
I'd bet 99+% of the people whining about this have never had the concerns of the people of Zimbabwe even cross their minds. Nor do they think it has an affect on an ecosystem, not that most of those could define that. They simply see a dead lion that was supposedly this beloved animal, as if it was someone's pet. But it will be something else next week. It likely won't be about people, whether they live in Zimbabwe, elsewhere in Africa, in the US, or whether even born yet. Facebook or Twitter (or better yet the media) will tell them what to be outraged about, and the sheep will scream.
I don't care for any hunting that doesn't involve eating what you kill. The guy that shoots a deer or elk and dines for a while on deer meat? Fine. Once when I was in college one of our friends brought us some deer jerky.
The guy who kills an animal just for its head? Screw that guy. And if it's an endangered species, or, I dunno, something pretty awesome like an African lion? Screw him twice. If you have to pay $55,000 to kill an animal then you are probably a douchebag.
Vidor wrote:I don't care for any hunting that doesn't involve eating what you kill. The guy that shoots a deer or elk and dines for a while on deer meat? Fine. Once when I was in college one of our friends brought us some deer jerky.
The guy who kills an animal just for its head? Screw that guy. And if it's an endangered species, or, I dunno, something pretty awesome like an African lion? Screw him twice. If you have to pay $55,000 to kill an animal then you are probably a douchebag.
