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RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
15. scared + stupid = lethal combination
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 05:15 PM
Apr 2013

And, sadly, an all too common one in the land of the proudly ignorant.

In the past, frightened, vengeful yahoos have also targeted Sikhs because -- well, you know -- they all look alike.

Plane brought back to gate at Logan Airport [View all] Seedersandleechers Apr 2013 OP
"...(T)wo men on that plane - not sitting next to each other - and speaking Arabic"? rocktivity Apr 2013 #1
As I understood it, they were talking to each other. They were not sitting next to each other. StrayKat Apr 2013 #2
So they talked across the aisle? Across some seats? Over some rows? rocktivity Apr 2013 #7
8 hrs after the incident, and it still doesn't say, so we're left to speculate. StrayKat Apr 2013 #10
There isn't even any indication whether the plane took off afterwards rocktivity Apr 2013 #17
I agree. n/t StrayKat Apr 2013 #26
And if someone was lingusitically advanced enough to be sure it was Arabic DFW Apr 2013 #6
Well, clearly they were speaking Terrist. Posteritatis Apr 2013 #16
Was that fluent Terrist or Pig-Terrist? tblue Apr 2013 #23
The word has a triple "r" DFW Apr 2013 #30
I don't know a word of either language (well, except for "pishi" in Farsi meaning "cat"), kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #18
Yeah, but that's cheating! DFW Apr 2013 #29
This is our ugliness at worse and I in general blame our reality tv/15 sec sound bite diabeticman Apr 2013 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #19
If my flight leaves tomorrow, remind me not to speak Catalan or Russian DFW Apr 2013 #4
Just keep posting in English at DU. Wait, they might not like that... freshwest Apr 2013 #31
Com pot ser això? DFW Apr 2013 #32
A similar thing happened at the Dallas airport Raven Apr 2013 #5
Which NOBODY managed to figure out BEFORE they were allowed to board... rocktivity Apr 2013 #8
Yeah, I know, and they actually had these Raven Apr 2013 #27
I hope there's more to it than that. tblue Apr 2013 #9
Those particular marathoners should have also been taken off the plane. leveymg Apr 2013 #11
The investigation may not yield results quickly bucolic_frolic Apr 2013 #12
What.the.hell. angrychair Apr 2013 #13
they cleared that poor guy in the hospital finally.. progressivebydesign Apr 2013 #21
Goes to show we don't trust TSA or screeners..... JustFiveMoreMinutes Apr 2013 #14
scared + stupid = lethal combination RufusTFirefly Apr 2013 #15
Ugh. here we go again. Shades of post 9/11 hysteria. progressivebydesign Apr 2013 #20
Exactly! SoapBox Apr 2013 #25
The entire American fleet was grounded for 4 hrs today frazzled Apr 2013 #22
Well it was a fox outlet WCGreen Apr 2013 #28
Ditto to "not this shit again" SoapBox Apr 2013 #24
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