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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:59 PM Mar 2016

FBI: Man arrested after doing yoga, meditating on airplane

Source: Associated Press

FBI: Man arrested after doing yoga, meditating on airplane

Associated Press
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
10 minutes ago

HONOLULU (AP) — A Japan-bound airplane returned to Hawaii because of a violent South Korean passenger who wanted to do yoga instead of sit in his seat, the FBI said.

The pilot of the March 26 United Airlines flight from Honolulu International Airport to Narita International Airport turned the plane around after hearing that Hyongtae Pae was yelling at crew members and shoving his wife, the FBI said in a criminal complaint.

Pae told the FBI he didn't want to sit in his seat during the meal service, so he went to the back of the plane to do yoga and meditate. He became angry when his wife and flight attendants told him to return to his seat. "Pae pushed his wife because she was trying to make him stop," the complaint said. "He felt that she was siding with the flight crew."

He tried to head-butt and bite Marines who were passengers on the flight and tried to force him back to his seat, Assistant U.S. Attorney Darren Ching said at Pae's detention hearing Wednesday.




Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-man-arrested-doing-yoga-meditating-airplane-030741724.html

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FBI: Man arrested after doing yoga, meditating on airplane (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2016 OP
Next, Fox will be discussing the growing threat of Radical Yogaists on airplanes nt. MrScorpio Mar 2016 #1
I'm glad that guy is into yoga and meditation. ZombieHorde Mar 2016 #2
Yup. AllyCat Mar 2016 #8
Shitty headline. Guy arrested for being violent, not for meditating, not for yoga. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #3
It all fits into the narrative that yoga is scary csziggy Mar 2016 #4
Yep, the spin on that one is pretty obvious. Scuba Mar 2016 #9
yoga and being angry PatrynXX Mar 2016 #5
funny story about your dad but wordpix Mar 2016 #13
You'd think meditation would be useful to avoid... Helen Borg Mar 2016 #6
I can hear the Sunday Fundie sermons now sulphurdunn Mar 2016 #7
Sorry Buddie! cynzke Mar 2016 #10
After Reading the Yahoo Story. cynzke Mar 2016 #12
ok michealgordons Mar 2016 #11
I think the guy needs to be medicated not meditated. sorry, couldn't resist. nt Javaman Mar 2016 #14
" Pae told the FBI he hadn't been able to sleep in 11 days" wordpix Mar 2016 #15

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
2. I'm glad that guy is into yoga and meditation.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:07 AM
Mar 2016

Sounds to me like he could use a lot of those activities.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,789 posts)
3. Shitty headline. Guy arrested for being violent, not for meditating, not for yoga.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:09 AM
Mar 2016

News media will get more respect when they return to truer headlines.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
4. It all fits into the narrative that yoga is scary
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:15 AM
Mar 2016

So idiots that freak out that kids are being taught yoga in school can use it as justification.

In their world guns are just fine in every aspect of life but yoga as an activity is evil and terrifying.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
5. yoga and being angry
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:23 AM
Mar 2016

are counter productive anyway, slow news day right.

like meanwhile my dad got so irate the windows were open with it being 55 degrees out (too cold???) he slammed the window down so hard it knocked it right out of it's frame. anyone else got anger management issues??

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
13. funny story about your dad but
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:34 AM
Mar 2016

if you're living with him, a scary guy to be living with. I would get the hell out before he breaks your windows, too.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
7. I can hear the Sunday Fundie sermons now
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 07:43 AM
Mar 2016

on the link between demonic possession, the practice of meditation and other forms of godless Eastern occultism.

cynzke

(1,254 posts)
12. After Reading the Yahoo Story.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:56 AM
Mar 2016

This poor old man needs help. He is suffering from some medical condition that in manifesting in his odd behavior. He needs a thorough medical and mental exam.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
15. " Pae told the FBI he hadn't been able to sleep in 11 days"
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:43 AM
Mar 2016

That'll make you nuts right there. Definitely sounds like he's got some form of dementia. At the very least, the guy has mental problems. No amount of yoga will help someone with a brain injury or changes in the brain from dementia.

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