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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:46 AM Original message |
Concerned passenger on delayed flight contradicts airline's account |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. If all the security procedures added since 911 have any effect |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Read the article. She's a BushBot. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Report it accurately. She was talking with one of the Arabic men |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Well, we differ then. I would tell them that I supported the troops |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. My point was that many people would NOT tell a soldier they opposed the war |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. I don't believe a word of her story, either. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Simple. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. How easy is it to do that if you've got an economy ticket? |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It can be pretty darned expensive |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. It's expensive. But if someone's that racist & paranoid... |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. What was the "scary" behavior? |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. RTFA/ nt |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I don't believe her story, as related in the article. I think she's making stuff up. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. None of us were there so we can't fairly judge |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I am making an educated guess. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Based on what education? nt |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:52 AM Original message |
I wonder what her FreeRepublic name is? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. JeebusHatesA-rabbs |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. de-plane_de-plane n/t |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. What if they had been African American and she refused to fly with them because they were black? |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I didn't say it is right I said she did everything right |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Well, I guess I can buy that. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I don't agree that she did anything right. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. Arabs don't wear turbans.... Sikhs do |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You can stow the snark. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. .... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Ignorance is behind much of the bigotry in this country |
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Tanuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Amen, and you were right to point out the bit about turbans. n/t |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I think what MindPilot is saying is that most Americans |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Thank you. n/t |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. No disagrement on that... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. I don't think that the poster was being snarky. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Thank you. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. 'Turban' covers a variety of head coverings, including some Arab ones |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Rare exceptions exist. Keffiyeh or Ghutra is head dress of Arabs |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. But it's clear that various turbans are worn in the Middle East |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Calling out all who wear "turbans" |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I didn't call out anyone. I asked a question from a perspective other than my own. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Unnecessary defensiveness.... |
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Tanuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. I hope the airline sues this b*tch for the financial losses caused by her bigotry |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. Holy crapoli! Flipping out because "The dark men scared me" is doing the right thing? |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Please read post nine. n/t |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
22. i better call my sister and tell her the next time she and her Iranian husband |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm really sick of DUers not reading articles BEFORE commenting |
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Orangeone (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Not speaking Arabic |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Did you miss the part when the guy said her son was a spoiled American boy? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. are you serious? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. So Arabs can't sit next to their Arab friends on airplanes? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't see evidence at all to indicate what she did was right at all. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. I wonder how many people would feel as this woman did |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. I do not believe this woman.... |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. Gee, I wonder how she will feel about all the Mexican truckers? |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
52. "She had never before flown with her sons without her husband" |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yeah, she should have stuck with being supervised when out and about. nt |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
55. Leigh Robbins....Eunice Stone.... Separated at Birth? |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
56. It sounds like a difficult situation |
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