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I'm not saying the passengers were right to be scared, but it is an understandable reaction.
If it were white guys that were doing it and they were wearing the same attire as the terroists, would you then say white people who are scared of them are racist?
That's a totally different and understandable situation.
That man wouldn't have just gone through a metal dector to get to the front of the school. And wearing a heavy coat like that would be more suspiscious because it's not as if he's about to board an airconditioned plane or return to cold country like England.
However at the airport the situation is very different, it's a controlled environment and any airport I've been in lately makes everyone remove their coats and put them through an xray machine.
At this moment Iin time I wouldnt get them kciked out but you don't know until you are that situation. Human's number 1 in built priority is to survive and people can do very mad things when they feel scared.
What does a bomber look like? ...
Does this chap look like a bomber?
He's that guy that planted the Oklahoma Bomb killing 168 people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh
What attire do terrorists wear?
Maybe something like this ..
hilarious
It is understandable to be wary of two Arabic men wearing thick padded jackets and fussing around on a plane just a week after a major terrorist plot was supposedly foiled. I don't see why people don't get this.
Hands on heart, how many of you flinched the first time you saw a dark-skinned man on the tube with a rucksack after the bombings?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5276504.stm
Well we are of course talking about security today in 2006 not 2001 (as per the 911 example) - it's precisily cos of what happened in the past people should feel safer as they can see security has been tightened up a lot, espacially with the very recent controls on hand luggage, etc
.. the same way car and plane crashes of the past help to make todays cars and planes safer.. People learn form past failings and make improvements.
Why do padded jackets worry you AFTER you know everyone's been security checked and had to remove their jackets and put them through an xray machine?
The only worry is if there's a failing in the security checks or there is an inside person handing them stuff after they've gone through checks and in that case I'd suspect the trouble making passengers more cos they seem to be the ones causing the perfect distraction...
I'd flinch more if I see someone dressed like Ali G who looks more like they'll carry a switch blade with them, not a rucksack.
That story makes no sense,
first everyone is saying they were too quiet and looking at the floor in the terminal .. then someone else says they're joking and mucking around in Arabic about only have 30 minutes to live?
It's like a game of Chinese Whispers.
I know not so long ago 2 people in 2 weeks escaped out of Crown court in Derby.
I know a guy tht took 2000 pills in a very strict club once.
If there's a will there's a way.
My friend went to Ibiza the saturday after the supposed bombing plans, yes she couldn't take that much in with her but it was no where as strict as she thougt.
I don't think it was right to kick them off but I have some understanding of why it happened, don't you?
And I'm sure you have seen the tv footage of terroists, the sarcasm does not make you look clever. If you want to continue debating & discussing things with me then don't try to be clever. That's if you want decent answers and respect.
Everyone's got different opinions Blasta and you always come across rude, sarcastic and arrogant when someone doesn't share your opinion. I'm open to change my opinion much more if you don't try and back me in a corner, as I won't stand for it. My to my amaze, loads of people on here do.
I'll forget it this once but don't take the piss.
Some of the people here use the word asian, some use arabic, some muslim, some islamic.... and they are all generalizations.
Truth is that we don't know what exactly happened on that plane.
But if they were chucked off because of the way they looked and seemed to behave, than it's wrong, however much understandable by some.
One can argue that most of the terrorists are religious. And if these two men were arabic and islamic, then they would not joke about death like that and say "we'll be dead in 30 minutes".
If there was real reason for suspicion, then fine, taking them off the plane however unwarranted was the right thing to do.
Some people here are implying that it's ok to think that every asian person is a terrorist because all the terrorists shown on TV are looking asian.
May I remind you that a couple of the people arrested for this supposed bomb plan thing in London were white.
I hope the majority of the muslim community has patience and a broader viewpoint and that they can understand why all this is happening.
Sure, you can post a picture of Timothy McVeigh on here as if it's a reason not to profile, but let's face it who is the bigger perceived "risk" at the moment - lone killers, or organised groups of Muslims?
It's been said several times in the past, not every Muslim is a terrorist but the current perception is that every terrorist is Muslim and people will, naturally, be jumpy at the moment. We don't have to like the implied racism in that, but we should understand it.
I get pissed off when I hear people talking this and that about "asian" people.
But hey, it's the world we live in.
Life goes on.
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Are you saying they want to get paid to do it?
paid to do what?
No, I am cynically implying that they were paid off to keep their mouths shut.
So you're scared of all asian men with beards?
WTF?
You come across as a bit thick tbh.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5272812.stm
You son of a bitch, after all you just said on that DLA thread. That high horse doesn't suit you to well.
Maybe you should stop being so closed minded and judgemental and actually read what she's saying, you'd find it easier to understand.
"If it were white guys that were doing it and they were wearing the same attire as the terroists, would you then say white people who are scared of them are racist?"
I then asked what "attire" terrorists wear. VV replied "How I imagine them to look like is how they look on TV. Even if they don't look like them in reality, that's how it's been portayed. If I saw someone that fit the descriptiopn, then that's what I will think." implying that she can't think independently of what she she's on telly.
I then asked "How do they look on TV?"
VV replied "typically asian", "usually have facial hair". "I'd imagine them to have a concealing to on, maybe a bag"
Now - given that she started her posts with something about white people wearing the same attire, the only thing she can actually say about attire is carrying a bag...well the only conclusion I can draw is that she hasn't really thought this through very well. Or am I to conclude that VV is now scared of white men carrying bags? Or all asian men with beards carrying bags?