Irish Airline Calls Out 'Lunatic Bloggers'

The only difference between "bloggers" and "writers" is  the "medium" with which to "spread this message" "to the masses." (Or something like that.) Bloggers just happen to be able to spread the message more quickly, which is what Jason Roe did when he found out about a glitch in Irish airline Ryanair's system that allowed him to book free tickets. 

As a result of his blog post, some people got upset and posted comments calling him an "idito and a liar..." These comments were traced back to Ryanair's corporate IP address ... and not only is the airline not denying it, they're backing up their employees and dogging Roe in public.

"Ryanair can confirm that a Ryanair staff member did engage in a blog discussion," said the airline's spokesman Stephen McNamara. "It is Ryanair policy not to waste time and energy in corresponding with idiot bloggers and Ryanair can confirm that it won't be happening again. Lunatic bloggers can have the blog sphere all to themselves as our people are far too busy driving down the cost of air travel."

Now, Ryanair as engaged in some bizarre behavior before (like creating a swimsuit calendar featuring their employees) but this is just insane: "lunatic bloggers" aren't out to destroy the world. Roe just happened to see a screw up on the part of the airline and publicly identify it.

That's not some excuse to launch into a publicly displayed form of stereotyping; if anything, it should be an excuse for Ryanair to stop spending money on swimsuit calendars and use the cash to secure their server.