Comments on: 6 Muslim Imams Removed From Plane

Group Was Saying Evening Prayers Prior To Boarding Plane In Minneapolis

[angryliberal-2009]

LOL, Shouldnt this haedline read "Moronic Muslims cause problems on plane and get booted off"...lol. This headline makes you think that a bunch of innocent reasonable muslims got targeted simply because they were muslim...lol, there is no mention in the headline of the muslims acting like idiots and being suspicious by standing and trying to pray on plane in Arabic...lol, I'd be more than a little suspicious, I would have probably tackled the guy.

[ronniehm]

"the whole issue of what the note says is important. Context counts here."

OK, remember the shoe bomber? Passengers board the flight and one writes a note .. "That guy's muslim and I think I saw something in his shoe."

Ignore ... or act?

[ronniehm]

I understand the basis for what CanaDu is saying -- All things being equal, treat people equally. Well, religious groups don't behave equally. One cannot possibly look at all the muslim countries and say, yeah, they think like us.

[canadu-2009]

We're each a product of our time. That's what we have to struggle to overcome. I think that right now there is just so much fear and anger and frustration that we lash out at these imams because we can't lash out at Osama.

Thanks for the discussion, Laurie :-)

Ronnie, the whole issue of what the note says is important. Context counts here. If the note is a bunch of speculation and innuendo, no, it should not be used as the sole source of information in deciding what to do. How are the passengers cooperating with instructions from the flight attendants? Are they behaving aggressively toward other passengers? We need to consider a wide range of factors, with very little time to decide, so we make snap decisions.

US Airways is human. That doesn't make them right.

Ciao all!

[laurieleemoo]

you people are just too engaging tonight. However, I really must go now.

It was really great talking civilly with you all about this matter.

Good night my friends

[laurieleemoo]

maybe the whole problem here with muslims is that they do in fact still live in the days of 1,000 years ago in every way, in a time where it was highly uncivilized. I sure wish they would get with the times---take off those robes and come into the present.

Where I went to school--they said the clothes you wear helps in molding your attitude. If you wear a dress you are more to act like a lady...The dress--the attitude---all of it--its all related. Maybe if they take off the robes from 1,000 years ago and put on clothes of today---maybe that alone could give them a start into present day----where in fact we are now way more civil. I'm being silly here of course...but do you kind of get what I am trying to say?

[ronniehm]

"This does not mean that Muslims make up 90% of terrorists."

I said 99%, and I was of course speaking of modern times.

[ronniehm]

"In the years before Christ, Romans were slaying Catholics at the Colosseum."

Um, not to get picky here but .... Catholics before Christ?

[laurieleemoo]

okay canadu--one more then I have to go---do you think we should compare people who lived in highly uncivil times to people of today? I'm not sure we can really do that as like you said---that is history. People of today are highly more civilized and THANK YOU GOD for that.
But yes, that *** that happend back then was horrendous--I certainly agree with you there.

[ronniehm]

"Would you leave if you didn't know what you'd done wrong"

Would you let them search your bag if you didn't have anything bad in it? I suggest you say yes. It's the law.

Canadu:
"If a flight attendant is supposed to take a passenger's word for it, what do you do with a passenger who passes you a note saying "This guy is reading an Arab newspaper and talking to his seatmate in Arabic. He must be a terrorist!""

How about a note that says "These guys are all friends and they were saying hateful things about America and they all split up when it was time to board. I think they might be terrorists." OK? For the sake of argument, let's say that's the note. Give it to me. STEP ONE ....

Go.