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Sunlei

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72. why?

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #62)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:06 PM

Dec 2014

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Delta flight from JFK Airport delayed after Jewish passengers refuse to sit next to women [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 OP

If they want control over the seat next to them, they can buy another ticket jberryhill Dec 2014 #1

sounds like a great idea. riversedge Dec 2014 #51

Dumbasses. Good for the women. nt roody Dec 2014 #2

Just what I thought. Good for those women. Let the mysoginists work it out for themselves. OregonBlue Dec 2014 #82

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #107

Hey man, religious freedom and all that jazz 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #3

Refuse to sell these (bad word) tickets, elleng Dec 2014 #4

Quite true. Seems like we hear of this type of nonsense on a regular basis. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #9

Yes, more and more lately. elleng Dec 2014 #19

"Eewww, they got cooties." lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #5

Really..One can only imagine how they feel about their wives and daughters. whathehell Dec 2014 #11

Perhaps 2naSalit Dec 2014 #16

One can only hope, whathehell Dec 2014 #24

Actually their birthrate in Israel is going through the roof... brooklynite Dec 2014 #46

Sadly true 2naSalit Dec 2014 #53

Well... 2naSalit Dec 2014 #47

They don't use any birth control LiberalElite Dec 2014 #70

Their women may not have much of a choice.. annabanana Dec 2014 #92

Hasn't happened, elleng Dec 2014 #29

Wow. So romantic I got a lump in my throat. lob1 Dec 2014 #81

Exactly opposite. The black hats have as many children as they can. HERVEPA Dec 2014 #56

Ugh! 2naSalit Dec 2014 #58

Naa, they're like the Jewish Duggars, this group NickB79 Dec 2014 #69

Believe it ir not, Brigid Dec 2014 #18

Oh, I believe it, whathehell Dec 2014 #22

I have seen this 2naSalit Dec 2014 #50

In eastern states? whathehell Dec 2014 #79

In the northeastern 2naSalit Dec 2014 #84

I understand you now.. whathehell Dec 2014 #94

Actually 2naSalit Dec 2014 #95

Lakewood not Lakehurst tabbycat31 Dec 2014 #98

You're correct 2naSalit Dec 2014 #114

I live about 1/2 hour from there tabbycat31 Dec 2014 #115

Yikes! 2naSalit Dec 2014 #116

I don't remember anything in 1984 tabbycat31 Dec 2014 #117

yeah... 2naSalit Dec 2014 #119

Very true... virgdem Dec 2014 #87

It's the difference between religious fanatics and religious people Nevernose Dec 2014 #6

They should have been escorted off the plane notadmblnd Dec 2014 #7

Yes. n/t JimDandy Dec 2014 #63

When your civil rights violate others' civil rights, AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #8

I wouldn't have moved either. Brigid Dec 2014 #10

What will happen if a woman touches them? A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #12

Maybe they're instantly vaporized? Brigid Dec 2014 #17

Can we test that theory? Daemonaquila Dec 2014 #37

You're "unclean" if a menstruating woman touches you. lapislzi Dec 2014 #26

They let menstruating women on airplanes?!?! A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #31

Horrifying, isn't it? lapislzi Dec 2014 #35

They should have to wear a big red "M" A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #40

Oh, but we lie. How we lie! lapislzi Dec 2014 #49

Menstro-Scanner 2000! A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #55

Job... 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #73

All kinds of silver linings in this cloud. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #93

Then religions need to come up with internal solutions JimDandy Dec 2014 #65

Do they also still offer sacrifices at the end of each cycle? FiveGoodMen Dec 2014 #78

Prominent Washington, D.C. rabbi secretly filmed women bathing: police GreatCaesarsGhost Dec 2014 #113

How do they handle female TSA? cwydro Dec 2014 #39

If you hold your breath it closes your skin cells A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #42

Bwa! cwydro Dec 2014 #88

Yep, I've heard that in the ultra fundamentalists synagogues, women are not allowed to be next to dissentient Dec 2014 #13

Read Deborah Feldman's "Unorthodox". Brigid Dec 2014 #15

Yep, my attitude is people can believe whatever they want, as long as it doesn't dissentient Dec 2014 #21

Not universally. Daemonaquila Dec 2014 #36

The Wailing Wall bikebloke Dec 2014 #64

In the synagogue ultra-orthodox women are either LiberalElite Dec 2014 #66

I've been in one. sakabatou Dec 2014 #91

Fuck religulous fundamentalists of all stripes. hifiguy Dec 2014 #14

Works for Me!...... nt Ernesto Dec 2014 #28

I'll second that! FiveGoodMen Dec 2014 #80

Goddamn ultra-orthodox... sakabatou Dec 2014 #20

did it not occur to these people that there may be women on the plane??? Takket Dec 2014 #23

As a female, SamKnause Dec 2014 #25

what if the airline offered you a huge voucher just to change seats like they will? Sunlei Dec 2014 #61

No. SamKnause Dec 2014 #62

why? Sunlei Dec 2014 #72

I've never had an airline offer me a voucher just to change seats. Gormy Cuss Dec 2014 #71

Years ago a flight attendant moved me and my wife to business class, Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #101

Were the idiots dressed like this? arcane1 Dec 2014 #27

???? hifiguy Dec 2014 #32

They were flying over a cemetary at the time, and didn't want dead-person cooties. arcane1 Dec 2014 #38

I have to ask. hifiguy Dec 2014 #41

I wonder if the rule extends into orbit. What if they were on the Space Station? arcane1 Dec 2014 #43

Hmm...I wonder why a plastic bag offers more protection Ms. Toad Dec 2014 #99

Congratulations! You just put more thought into it than they did! arcane1 Dec 2014 #105

Ridiculous that they delayed the flight. Daemonaquila Dec 2014 #30

The Haredin do have strict rules segregating men and women... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #33

Is compromise impossible ?? SamKnause Dec 2014 #54

For them I'd say LiberalElite Dec 2014 #67

"its own domain" FiveGoodMen Dec 2014 #83

It should be relatively simple. Ms. Toad Dec 2014 #102

This problem occurs every day. And it's not just fundamentalist Jewish men. mn9driver Dec 2014 #34

Bad idea nt Boreal Dec 2014 #57

Then they should have to declare this at the time of ticket purchase JimDandy Dec 2014 #68

Makes sense to me! nt DawgHouse Dec 2014 #75

If it arises will fund. Muslim and Jewish men sit together? I hope so. appalachiablue Dec 2014 #104

better safe than sorry zappaman Dec 2014 #44

Good for the women! wheniwasincongress Dec 2014 #45

If my flight was delayed, or a connection missed due to LeftinOH Dec 2014 #48

I would move my seat HockeyMom Dec 2014 #52

usually the airline pre-accommodates for a groups seating and food needs Sunlei Dec 2014 #59

Now compare the kid-glove treatment they got with this nichomachus Dec 2014 #60

Sounds like they thought she was going to open the emergency exit Takket Dec 2014 #74

god damn phucking RELIGION again..............shit randys1 Dec 2014 #76

Why was there any delay? They should have been thrown off of the plane immediately. Chakab Dec 2014 #77

By female security agents, rather than their wacko religious beliefs... SMC22307 Dec 2014 #86

Let them fly chartered planes if they think they're going to get cooties from women Warpy Dec 2014 #85

I think it's fine if the cabin crew tries to accommodate these passengers (and any other petronius Dec 2014 #89

They should have been kicked off the aircraft malaise Dec 2014 #90

Religious fundamentalism is a pox on humanity. marmar Dec 2014 #96

again? this happened a few months ago Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #97

"The airport police are now boarding this aircraft. Anyone who doesn't sit down will be arrested" Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #100

Exactly. Sit down and shut up or get off the ****ing plane! Chemisse Dec 2014 #103

Time to dial 1-800-Oops Jew Blue Owl Dec 2014 #106

This same thing happened earlier this year, too! nt tblue37 Dec 2014 #108

Imagine the reaction had they been Muslims! 1step Dec 2014 #109

What assholes. Quantess Dec 2014 #110

Downladable cootie catcher! eridani Dec 2014 #111

toss them off the plane and arrest their fucking bigotted asses. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #112

In New York edhopper Dec 2014 #118

opposite sex and opposite race....nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #120

Well there is that edhopper Dec 2014 #121

so this was about religion but what happened at the Kosher Grocers had nothing to do with religion JI7 Jan 2015 #122