JokersWild24 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Muslim group: two imams pulled from plane bound for North Carolina - CNN.com Flight was from Tennessee to North Carolina. Passengers were screened, boarded the plane, got away from the gate, then had the plane come back. "TSA came on and pulled them off and said the pilot was refusing to fly with them because passengers were uncomfortable with them," Hooper said, referring to the Transportation Security Administration." "Hooper said officials re-screened them and found they were no threat. While officials tried to get the men back on the plane, "the pilot absolutely refused and ultimately took off," Hooper said." We sometimes wonder why there is so much hate on each side, then seeing things like this. "Rahman, who is a professor at the University of Memphis, told the affiliate that the incident reminded him of the prejudice Rosa Parks faced during the civil rights movement. "That history I found today in that plane, and it shouldn't happen with any other person," he said." For their part, it appears the airline is already in damage control mode. According to the article: "Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which operated the flight, said the incident is under investigation, and apologized "for any inconvenience that this may have caused."
JokersWild24 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Posted February 21, 2014 Just a tad on the ironic side. Chances they got searched 3 times anyway because prior to the normal one and the one when they got pulled off the plane for they'd been selected for a "random" screening?
MJAlltheWay24 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Do you think there will be any repercussions for the pilot?
SportsGuy41017 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Didn't this happen last year as well? At least one or two people going to this event?
Jumper_Dad Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Didn't this happen last year as well? At least one or two people going to this event? If that's true you got to wonder if this wasn't someway contrived to get more attention for their cause.
Clyde Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 If that's true you got to wonder if this wasn't someway contrived to get more attention for their cause. What a Muslim have to do in order for it to be contrived? Isn't this more of a statement about the pilot?
Jumper_Dad Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 What a Muslim have to do in order for it to be contrived? Isn't this more of a statement about the pilot? Yes it could be. But if this also happened last year I do find it to be a convenient coincidence that two years in a row some that are traveling to Islamaphobia report similar incidents. Sure helps there cause to draw attention to being mistreated.
Wireman Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
UKMustangFan Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Yes it could be. But if this also happened last year I do find it to be a convenient coincidence that two years in a row some that are traveling to Islamaphobia report similar incidents. Sure helps there cause to draw attention to being mistreated. Oh, so these guys and the pilot got together and devised this scheme? Seriously?
Jumper_Dad Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Oh, so these guys and the pilot got together and devised this scheme? Seriously? Didn't say that, I don't know if it was contrived or not...but the fact that it happened two years in a row does help their cause more than it hurts it. Maybe the "Passengers" that were complaining were in on it...I don't know
bballguy Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Let us consider the same scenario in Iran. Well, lets see, two American Passengers suspected of being terrorists are removed from the plane and ..... shot in the head on the spot!
UKMustangFan Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Let us consider the same scenario in Iran. Well, lets see, two American Passengers suspected of being terrorists are removed from the plane and ..... shot in the head on the spot! Right, because we should strive to be so much like Iran...
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