Now my favorite: US Airways

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Timothy McVeigh acted out of his disapproval for the US Government's handling of the Waco situation.....not as if it were some mission from God. I think that is a poor analogy. Last time I checked....I haven't heard much about white male Christians from the US driving airplanes into sky scrapers and blowing things up in the name of God.

Nah... instead you have a white male christian who blows up countries, all while claiming 'God' talks to him...

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Timothy McVeigh acted out of his disapproval for the US Government's handling of the Waco situation.....not as if it were some mission from God. I think that is a poor analogy. Last time I checked....I haven't heard much about white male Christians from the US driving airplanes into sky scrapers and blowing things up in the name of God.

I don't necessarily agree with the point, I was just restating it, but the motivation didn't matter, simply the act. There's no rational reason for us to fear flying, but many people do. Driving a car is still less safe, but more people feel safe doing it. We're not always rational so demanding rationality 100% of the time will never work.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Timothy McVeigh acted out of his disapproval for the US Government's handling of the Waco situation.....not as if it were some mission from God. I think that is a poor analogy.

Considering the background of the Waco incident as well as McVeigh's survivalist roots, I think you may have the right conclusion via some ironic evidence.

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by ann.coulter2

Six imams removed from a US Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix are calling on Muslims to boycott the airline. If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether.

Yeah... and get those upity Blacks to stop dating White women; or burn out those damned traitorous Papists; or stop those Jews from controlling the media and banks...

Gee isn't interesting that Ann has moved from nutjob political sreaming, over to bigotry - 'cause her statements and the bigotted ones above are pretty much the same stupid thinking aren't they?

Witnesses said the imams stood to do their evening prayers in the terminal before boarding, chanting "Allah, Allah, Allah" — coincidentally, the last words heard by hundreds of airline passengers on 9/11 before they died.

Geee... Muslim Imams doing evening prayers before boarding how insidous and suspicious a) they are Imams so why is it a shock that they'd pray? b) the prayers would involve a prayer mat, which I don't really see them being able to do in-flight; c) but yes you are probably right that a lot of 9/11 passengers heard prayers to Allah before they died - alot of the passengers were praying no doubt.

Witnesses also said that the imams were talking about Saddam Hussein, and denouncing America and the war in Iraq. About the only scary preflight ritual the imams didn't perform was the signing of last wills and testaments.

Shocking; people talking about Saddam Hussein, the war in Iraq, and denouncing America - can't they hold nice Republican approved conversations? Looks like you'll have to remove a hell of a lot of people from flights if this is the benchmark huh? I guess I wasn't aware that free speach had been revoked for the non-Christians...

After boarding, the imams did not sit together and some asked for seat belt extensions, although none were morbidly obese. Three of the men had one-way tickets and no checked baggage.

Hahahahaha... sorry but the obove statement sounds like many of my brothers Vegas trips - spread out seating because hey thats whats available; some who aren't big fans of the tight seatbelts (and may be a little heavy); and shockingly some, like Richie, get one-way tickets and bring no baggage (he'll come back "whenever" and buy what he needs there).

Also they were Muslims.

I think you've hammer that point home a number of times... oh wait I think thats really your only point isn't it?

The idea that a Muslim boycott against US Airways would hurt the airline proves that Arabs are utterly tone-deaf. This is roughly the equivalent of Cindy Sheehan taking a vow of silence. How can we hope to deal with people with no sense of irony? The next thing you know, New York City cab drivers will be threatening to bathe.

Interesting, the first mention of ethnicity in your entire speel... first it was pretty much "bad Muslims" and now all Arabs too?

Come to think of it, the whole affair may have been a madcap advertising scheme cooked up by US Airways.

Something's got divert attention from the crappy service, and worse food...

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by ann.coulter2

If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether.

If only we could get creepy guys who write hazing porn to stop posting stupid shit on GC, we could dispense with moderators altogether.

[DeltAlum]

This woman (the real one) will say just about anything for attention it seems.

If everyone ignored her, she would probably go away.

That might be true of this poster as well.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by ann.coulter2

Six imams removed from a US Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix are calling on Muslims to boycott the airline. If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether.

Witnesses said the imams stood to do their evening prayers in the terminal before boarding, chanting "Allah, Allah, Allah" — coincidentally, the last words heard by hundreds of airline passengers on 9/11 before they died.

Witnesses also said that the imams were talking about Saddam Hussein, and denouncing America and the war in Iraq. About the only scary preflight ritual the imams didn't perform was the signing of last wills and testaments.

After boarding, the imams did not sit together and some asked for seat belt extensions, although none were morbidly obese. Three of the men had one-way tickets and no checked baggage.

Also they were Muslims.

The idea that a Muslim boycott against US Airways would hurt the airline proves that Arabs are utterly tone-deaf. This is roughly the equivalent of Cindy Sheehan taking a vow of silence. How can we hope to deal with people with no sense of irony? The next thing you know, New York City cab drivers will be threatening to bathe.

Come to think of it, the whole affair may have been a madcap advertising scheme cooked up by US Airways.

Cont. @

http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi

If they're doing all that, I wouldn't let them on board either. That's nuts. If I ever get on a plane and I see that mess, I'm not getting on if they let them on the plane. Let em' go ahead and boycot, I still wouldn't let em' on.

[jubilance1922]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

If they're doing all that, I wouldn't let them on board either. That's nuts. If I ever get on a plane and I see that mess, I'm not getting on if they let them on the plane. Let em' go ahead and boycot, I still wouldn't let em' on.

Perhaps you should read the rest of the thread and get the whole story before you simply pass judgement on people.

[macallan25]

Yes, because God forbid we hurt someone's feelings in the name of safety.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Yes, because God forbid we hurt someone's feelings in the name of safety.

Brother I agree. Have you seen or heard the Civi Liberties groups complaining about the new "back-scatter" (sp?) X-Ray machines?
They work work very well, even great, to the point of seeing everything that a person has on them.
The "problem"? They act like X-Ray eyes. The viewer can see certain parts of a persons body. The viewer is in a remote location, not near the person.
http://www.rapiscansystems.com/sec1000.html

http://www.tsa.gov/research/privacy/backscatter.shtm

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/12/2/12848/7029

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by jubilance1922

Perhaps you should read the rest of the thread and get the whole story before you simply pass judgement on people.

I don't pass judgement on people, but I'm not getting on a plane with the same people that support Saddam, and hate my country. You can, but I'm not.

[jubilance1922]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I don't pass judgement on people, but I'm not getting on a plane with the same people that support Saddam, and hate my country. You can, but I'm not.

That's great, but the thing is, you could get on the plane with people who think that all the time and you would never know.

Someone's religion is not an indication of how they feel about Saddam or this country.

Or are you in favor of profiling? When you're pulled over by the police do you say "Officer, its perfectly fine for you to pull me over without probable cause just because I'm Black and other Black people commit crimes."

[DeltAlum]

Profiling happens and has happened for years -- and not all ethnic based.

I have a friend who has long blonde hair and drives a Mercedes. He is constantly being stopped and searched for drugs because that combination is allegedly a profile for drug dealers.

Or ask a some teenagers who don't dress "normally" whether the cops profile them.

Since I wasn't there, I don't know exactly what happened, but if what has been posted above about these mens behavior beyond the prayers is true, I might have felt pretty uncomfortable about it myself.

I think there is a difference between profiling because of ethnic or religious background and behavior beyond that background.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by jubilance1922

That's great, but the thing is, you could get on the plane with people who think that all the time and you would never know.

Someone's religion is not an indication of how they feel about Saddam or this country.

Or are you in favor of profiling? When you're pulled over by the police do you say "Officer, its perfectly fine for you to pull me over without probable cause just because I'm Black and other Black people commit crimes."

If I saw a group of people praying to Allah and then supporting Saddam "Insane" then I wouldn't need to profile, it's a given that they hate this country, and everything about it. That means they hate me too.

As far as getting pulled over by the cops, I never do, so I wouldn't know what that's like.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I don't pass judgment on people, but I'm not getting on a plane with the same people that support Saddam, and hate my country. You can, but I'm not.

Do you have any problem with our own home grown "trouble-makers" whom could have some connection with others?

Think of all the WASP's, CAP's, et el that we have already here that can and do cause problems.

As well as our share of idiots: And AA plane was diverted over the weekend because passengers smelt burning matches. A long story short; a woman was lighting up safety matches in order to cover up her B.O.

And just how many people have we heard about NOT taking their medicines while on a plane?

And profiling is rather old: I was pulled over for a drug search in Up-State New York years ago. Why? I was driving a Merkur XR4-TI which was a rare sight up there and the Trooper though he should check me out. I had no problem with it-laughed about it then and now.