Well, you would think we were talking about snakes by the way people are reacting to the fact that a supposedly unruly 2 year old and his mother were kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight.  Southwest has since apologized, but it hasn’t changed the way people feel about it.

Here are some letter writers on the website Salon, who wrote in reaction to the news:

F*ck Her and F*uck Her Brat
I am goddamn sick and tired of screaming, misbehaving children making my time in public places a misery. Kudos to Southwest for having the intestinal fortitude to do the obvious thing: Boot their asses off the damned plane. If I’d been there, I would have given the flight crew a standing ovation.

The world doesn’t revolve around your spawn
People need to realize that. don’t get me started on people who bring their little beasts into movie theaters.

Keep the Kids Home
I was recently on a NWA flight, in first class, suffering through a kid screaming at the top of its lungs for the last 45 minutes of the flight. We surmised that the kid was sick with an earache and was basically being tortured for the latter part of the flight. The parents should have been charged with child abuse.

I applaud SWA. I wish them and other airlines would apply a very stiff surcharge to anyone under 12, in order to discourage flying with kids.

Throw Them from the Plane (at Altitude)
Sorry, I’m childless which apparently makes me already at risk for being an asshole, but having flown recently in a plane with a six year old kid who apparently was autistic and screamed the whole way? Fuck’em. If they can’t shut up, I don’t want them on the plane. That’s what driving was invented for.

I’ll have to write Southwest an email applauding their efforts.

It’s about time!!!
Finally! Throw mama from the plane and the screaming brat too. It’s about time someone got one of those lousy mother’s attention. Make your kids behave. This should happen more often!

All I can say is wow, there sure are a lot of bitter-ass childless people in this world.

I feel sorry for them.