EXCEPT not letting them back on the plane when cleared of suspicion. If I speak of things like they did, safety of where to sit and anything else of that nature, I'd expect to be hauled off a plane also. It very clearly is announced in ALL American airports that ANY comments of this nature WILL be taken seriously as a threat. Common sense tells us that we should heed the warning...ALL OF US, not just the Muslims that cover.
Like Alexa, I have been hauled into the offices of security, and had my things gone through JUST because I was asked if I was American and I said yes...and this happened twice on the same flight out of Spain! I didn't take it as prejudiced, even if it WAS directly after 9/11, but I certainly could have if I wanted to get my knickers in knot. It cost me about 45 minutes of my time bu the time my luggage was totally unpacked(by me!), examined, xrayed and re-xrayed, repacked (by me), got my passport back after having to answer endless questions for WHY I was in Spain...then get to the gate only to be asked for my passport again, taken immediately to the side along with my friend who is also American..had to unpack the suitcase AGAIN, get the wand passed over me, shoes inspected for explosive residue, repack the bag...we ended up being the first people to get to leave the gate but the last to board the plane....so don't think its just Muslims or middle easterners who get yanked off airplanes for racial, religious or profiling reasons.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
EXCEPT not letting them back on the plane when cleared of suspicion. If I speak of things like they did, safety of where to sit and anything else of that nature, I'd expect to be hauled off a plane also. It very clearly is announced in ALL American airports that ANY comments of this nature WILL be taken seriously as a threat. Common sense tells us that we should heed the warning...ALL OF US, not just the Muslims that cover.
Like Alexa, I have been hauled into the offices of security, and had my things gone through JUST because I was asked if I was American and I said yes...and this happened twice on the same flight out of Spain! I didn't take it as prejudiced, even if it WAS directly after 9/11, but I certainly could have if I wanted to get my knickers in knot. It cost me about 45 minutes of my time bu the time my luggage was totally unpacked(by me!), examined, xrayed and re-xrayed, repacked (by me), got my passport back after having to answer endless questions for WHY I was in Spain...then get to the gate only to be asked for my passport again, taken immediately to the side along with my friend who is also American..had to unpack the suitcase AGAIN, get the wand passed over me, shoes inspected for explosive residue, repack the bag...we ended up being the first people to get to leave the gate but the last to board the plane....so don't think its just Muslims or middle easterners who get yanked off airplanes for racial, religious or profiling reasons.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.