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(Message started by: BarbaraD on Nov 21^st, 2006, 9:27am)

Title: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by BarbaraD on Nov 21^st, 2006, 9:27am

Some guys on a plane decided to (in mass) stand up and PRAY. some passengers got upset and the airline put the guys off the plane. Now they're in trouble about "discrimination" and "type casting". Give me a break.

I'm still a little afraid of flying (although I've got about a million miles racked up - I still get a little apprehensive on take off) and always say a little prayer before the plane takes off BUT I do it silently and in my seat.

AND while I respect other people's religion -- there are limits! If they feel the need to pray - find some place inconspicious and take it there - like the rest of us!

This PC stuff is really getting out of hand people.

Guess next I'm going to get arrested for calling my kid Boo Boo and my grandkid Pissant!

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by chewy on Nov 21^st, 2006, 9:29am

Muslims ??

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by vietvet2tours on Nov 21^st, 2006, 9:34am

Mormons

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by georgej on Nov 21^st, 2006, 9:43am

on 11/21/06 at 09:27:33, BarbaraD wrote:

Sounds like a deliberate setup job to me. Anybody acting weird on a plane these days is going to be kicked off. Everybody knows this. It's not a surprise.

So the question is, is this just a setup in order to file a lawsuit and get a zillion bucks, or is it some sort of political/religious "protest"?

If it's the latter, then get off the plane, already--you made your point, whatever it is, and the rest of us just want to get from point A to point B and get out of this stinkin' flying tube.

If it's the lawsuit setup thing, then go play in traffic. The "pedestrian hit by a car" scam is well-established, and very lucrative. No need to reinvent the litigation wheel with some new stunt.

Best,

George

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by chewy on Nov 21^st, 2006, 9:48am

Quote:

Mormons

I knew the Osmonds were trouble but nobody would listen

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by nani on Nov 21^st, 2006, 9:52am

Wasn't a set-up. Apparently, they stood for their evening prayers. Passengers were suspicious of them before that.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15824096/

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by chewy on Nov 21^st, 2006, 10:09am

Unless they are brain dead they must have known that 3their actions would instill fear in the passengers.

The National Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council has said they could have prayed before getting on the plane.

Arrest them and charge them.

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by Paul98 on Nov 21^st, 2006, 10:11am

on 11/21/06 at 09:52:28, nani wrote:

Wasn't a set-up. Apparently, they stood for their evening prayers. Passengers were suspicious of them before that.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15824096/

Stood up? I thought they had to kneel facing Mecca for evening (and all other) prayers.

Who woulda thunk...Middle Eastern folks being disruptive on a plane to the point of making other passengers nervous would get them booted off.

-P.

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by nani on Nov 21^st, 2006, 10:19am

Speaking of setups...
you know the rebel/rabblerouser in me wants to start covering my head, and walk around in crowded places facing East and mumbling to myself. If I only had the time...*sigh*

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Nov 21^st, 2006, 10:30am

I hadn't heard this story. Seems odd.
I think next time I fly, I'll light up a smoke, and when the flight attendant asks me to put it out, I'll say no. Then, when i get kicked off the plane, I will sue for discrimination against smokers.

For my trip after that, I think I will listen to some music and pace up and down the aisle. When the flight attendant asks me to sit down, I'll say no. Then, when I get kicked off the plane, I will sue for discrimination against people with fat asses that cant sit in that tiny chair for more than 30 minutes. Also, I think I'll sue for discrimination against people that like to listen to music.

If a flight attendant asks you to do something and you refuse, isn't that a federal crime? Why are these people not in jail?

:-/

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by nani on Nov 21^st, 2006, 10:35am

It's not a unique situation:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2006/09/05/qc-hasidicprayeronplane.html

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by chewy on Nov 21^st, 2006, 10:39am

Ckecking my history now.

Nope.

No documentation of any Orthodox Jews flying planes into buildings.

Beware the Osmonds!

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by LeLimey on Nov 21^st, 2006, 11:10am

on 11/21/06 at 10:11:26, Paul98 wrote:

Sick minds. You're right they do kneel and they all have prayer mats and how many times have you ever seen anyone kneeling on a flight to pray, or stand or anything else in the past?

Political correctness my arse. Its high time some bloody sense kicked in. I have so had enough of these sort of stories.

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by Charlie on Nov 21^st, 2006, 11:17am

It wouldn't surprise me if it was setup. If not, it's still nuts. As far as I'm concerned, pray away but don't get in my way. People didn't make this kind of spectacle of themselves in the past, no need to be idiots now.

It's not PC in this case, it's common sense today. Stupid shouldn't be rewarded. If there is a lawsuit, I can see a counter-suit for scaring the crap out of people. It could have resulted in physical violence as well. It's a scary time to be in a cabin.

Charlie

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by Kevin_M on Nov 21^st, 2006, 11:19am

I don't know but it could be an attempt at a Rosa Parks-like act for rights. But it seems simply very insensitive to the other passengers on the flight.

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by vietvet2tours on Nov 21^st, 2006, 11:23am

Jehovas?

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by seasonalboomer on Nov 21^st, 2006, 11:26am

“They took us off the plane, humiliated us in a very disrespectful way,” said Omar Shahin, of Phoenix. “I never felt bad in my life like that,” he said. “I never. Six imams. Six leaders in this country. Six scholars in handcuffs. It’s terrible.”
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Sounds as though Omar has lived a rather sheltered life if he never felt "bad in my life like that". I'm an innocent looking little white guy and I think I've had experiences where I've felt worse than what these guys experienced.

Sounds like he needs his perspective "adjusted".

scott

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by chewy on Nov 21^st, 2006, 11:36am

Quote:

“I never felt bad in my life like that,”

Really? What did he feel on 9/11 ?

Inconvenianced?

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by BarbaraD on Nov 21^st, 2006, 1:12pm

Maybe we should ALL (those of us "normal people) should file a class action suit against someone for "infringing on OUR rights" (to smoke on planes - to put our kids in car seats or not - to allow our kids to sue us, or have CPS called on us if we "correct" our children with the business end of a flyswatter - and about a thousand other "infringments").

I'm just fed up with everyone trying to tell me what to do -- I AM capable of THINKING for myself thank you very much!

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by Mattrf on Nov 21^st, 2006, 1:43pm

Call me a chicken but if I saw a bunch of Muslims praying before getting on my flight I would probably take a later flight since that is what the suicide bombers do before the kill themselves. I do think they should be able to pray but given the times I would think they would do it before getting to the airport even if it was not the right time of day.
They had to know what would happen and did it anyway so they deserve what they got.
I don’t think the feelings of five people should be set ahead of a plane full of people that probably felt very uneasy after seeing these guys praying before boarding there flight.

Matt
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Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by JeffB on Nov 22^nd, 2006, 12:51pm

Some had one way tickets and no checked bags.....

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by seasonalboomer on Nov 22^nd, 2006, 1:03pm

now they're calling for boycott of the airline...... could be the best thing for all involved....... :-X

scott

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by chewy on Nov 22^nd, 2006, 1:22pm

Quote:

Some had one way tickets

Give them back some one way tickets.

To the Middle East. See ya!

My next trip is being booked on US Airways.

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by tanner on Nov 22^nd, 2006, 2:32pm

on 11/21/06 at 11:26:01, seasonalboomer wrote:

You mean all I have to do is send $25.00 to some internet site, get a certificate saying I am now an ordained imam, buy a couple tablecloths from Dollar General and I can be a "Scholar" a "Leader in this country"......Cool

I think Potter has a nice picture of a Hereford Bull that these guys could use but he is too much of a gentleman to post it here ;;D.....Tim

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by chewy on Nov 22^nd, 2006, 2:41pm

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bgull2/terroristatairport.jpg?t=1164224452

Title: Re: Airline in trouble - AGAIN!
Post by Charlie on Nov 22^nd, 2006, 4:20pm

You know; you're supposed to use your head. I'm sure that I would point out a bunch people praying before my flight. It's self preservation. I don't like it much but it's the way things are going to be. Sure it's discrimination but thanks to 9/11, it will be there forever.

It ain't the sixties with all kinds of ethereal types handing out tracts on the concourse....shades of Robert Stack.

Charlie