Good. I'm tired of people that think they can get away with crap like that. I work at a post office and when you ask if anyone has certain things in their packages and they think it funny to say yes and tell you there just joking after you try to figure what is really in the package. It's not funny at all. He said it so he should get banded. It the same if someone said hijack on a plane. People need to think before they open their mouths.
Looks like another fool who has learned the hard way that words have consequences.
Do you both honestly believe it is appropriate for him to be banned for life for saying something stupid?
Believe me, words should carry weight - but the punishment should also fit the crime.
And no, making a joke about a meth lab is not nearly the same as joking about a bomb or hijacking a plane. Both of those last two are direct threats to large groups of people. Building a meth lab is extremely improbable and utterly ridiculous (come on, what meth cooker in their right mind would pay Disney resort prices to find a place to cook!). Likely the guy had just binged on some Breaking Bad and forgot the rest of the world doesn't use meth labs as a yard stick for time consumption.
Around here, local authorities would take notice of the even more serious joke on the news report. I suspect in this frustrated discussion with cast members there was a lot more that happened we don't know and they do say every joke has a little bit of truth. This is an interesting way to "take responsibilities for his actions". I think there is more to this story since his wife and children aren't also banned.
His wife and child didn't say something stupid. Why would Disney ban them as well? Simply because they are related? Because they were there together? If you happened to be with someone who did something to get themselves banned for life, do you think it would be proper for you to get banned as well?
I also disagree there is truth in every joke and frankly, I've never heard anyone say that before. What he said wasn't even a joke, it was a stupid exaggeration. He said he could build a meth lab in the time it took this CM to assist him. He could have said that he could have cooked an 8 course dinner, assembled a grandfather clock from spare parts, or any other ludicrous activity that would presumably take a long time.
I suspect he was being a dick to the CM, and the DM realized they could nail him to the wall for making this dumb comment. I believe the raid on the room was warranted, if for no other reason to discourage others from making dumb comments about meth labs in the park. And having the rest of their vacation cut short was perfectly valid as well, as he likely needed time to cool his heels away from whatever it was that led him to get so frustrated in the first place.
But a lifetime ban for saying something stupid that did not endanger or threaten anyone else? My own humble opinion is that this was a complete over reaction. And I find it sad that others would suggest it was "good" that this happened to him.