240,000 dollars awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by epchick

WOW. First of all, how do you know there are "terrorist cells" within a 10 minute drive? Why do you constitute "terrorist cell" as? Just because they people are Arabs or Muslims? If you come from the "most Arab populated city in the country" shouldn't you be a little more open-minded?

If you are that scared, then really do stay indoors. If 9-11 has made you THAT paranoid, then you should seek some counseling.

Just a little FYI, but Pakistani =/= Arab.


ETA: This reminds me of the story I heard the other day about the Arab family who got kicked off a plane because they were debating what part of the plane was safer to sit in. EVERY time I get on a plane, I always ask what part of the plane is the safest and never have I been kicked off, but because this family was Arab (fyi:they were speaking in English, not Arabic) they took the comments as 'terrorist talk'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Muslim family removed from an airliner Thursday after passengers became concerned about their conversation say AirTran officials refused to rebook them, even after FBI investigators cleared them of wrongdoing.


A Muslim family was removed from an AirTran flight after a conversation about the safest place to sit.

Atif Irfan said federal authorities removed eight members of his extended family and a friend after passengers heard them discussing the safest place to sit and misconstrued the nature of the conversation.

Irfan, a U.S. citizen and tax attorney, said he was "impressed with the professionalism" of the FBI agents who questioned him, but said he felt mistreated when the airline refused to book the family for a later flight.

AirTran Airways late Thursday said they acted properly and that the family was offered full refunds and can fly with AirTran again.

"AirTran Airways complied with all TSA, law enforcement and Homeland Security directives and had no discretion in the matter," the company said in a prepared statement.



http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/01/01...f=mpstoryemail


I got a question....how do u have this convo when once you purchase your tix, you are sitting in that one seat?