Concerned Mom Won't Fly with Arabs (who train Marines)

[Flyer1015]

Ya, right! Just like you right? Get OUT!

That sounds a lot like what the Native Indians told the white man after the white man broke every single treaty, promise, and gave the them poisoned blankets. Maybe YOU should get out!

Like I said, I'm not Arabic. I did move to this country when I was a young child. My father was a doctor who got a visa to work here (LEGALLY).

 

[cruxx@9]

3000 Americans killed in one shot. How many Americans are killed by illegal immigrants in this country? Should I cringe and get off an airplane everytime I hear spanish. Maybe my ATM shouldnt give me the option of choosing English. How about I dont go into a nightclub because there are black people in there. You know majority of people on death row are black.

Or get this. How about as Americans we treat Americans as they should be. These guys were helping our troops to defend against future attacks. They didnt have to do that. They should not have been treated that way. Are we so ignorant to think that if these guys were going to do something they would draw attention to themselves by speaking Arabic? They have the same rights as that redneck bubba that can barely read his own name.

Amen brother!

While I do agree we have to be vigilant, that doesn't mean every "arabic looking man" is up to no good because of his heritage.

Do I pay more attention to an arabic looking man on the airplane...absolutely. Doesn't mean I treat him with disrespect though. Do I feel uncomfortable with a black man standing behind me at the ATM...usually, again just cautious. Doesn't mean I don't treat him without respect though, unless he does something to warrant such. There is a fine line between being cautious and sterotyping....but there is a line. Unfortunately past (personal/national) events have lead us to that point.

At the Speedway at 8-Mile and I-75 am I extremely aware of my surroundings while pumping gas...Hell yes, but I am in a very dangerous place that no white boy should be at night.

Was the Imam (sp?) thing a while back on US Air justified...I believe it was. Those idiots used paronia to have a media circus...or was it? Either way, everything I read on that scenario was that those men were actually being very suspicious and acting in a way that warranted very cautious action. But a few arabic men speaking arabic and otherwise acting professionally is not that scenario what so ever.

I know that my girlfriend speaks her native language often (czech). Even at the airport we make fun of the redneck in the wife-beater and blue jean cutoffs with 5 year old flip flops getting on the plane. Doesn't mean we are having a conspiracy.

 

[Jmoney]

Assume

That sounds a lot like what the Native Indians told the white man after the white man broke every single treaty, promise, and gave the them poisoned blankets. Maybe YOU should get out!

Like I said, I'm not Arabic. I did move to this country when I was a young child. My father was a doctor who got a visa to work here (LEGALLY).

Let's talk about assumptions..... I know there are always exceptions\, etc, etc., but be careful with these people, never assume they think the way we do....

Correct me if I'm wrong, but these days it sure seems to me that while not all Muslims are terrorists, all terrorists sure seem to be Muslim. When all these guys are running around hijacking airliners and they have a history of doing crazy stuff, forgive me for being a little suspicious....

BTW-A very good friend of mine went to a major aviation college and found out that the guy he roomed with for a couple of years was one of the hijackers on 9-11. All the above statements applied to this roomie as well (honest, hard -working, etc. etc) Right until this guy fooled everyone long enough to fly a plane into a building!

Get off your sill highhorse of political correctness. Fact is that while all Muslims might not be terrorists, give me an instance within the last decade or two involoving terrorists who are not Muslim.....

-Bueller, Bueller

 

[Vne]

Okc........

 

[cruxx@9]

Get off your sill highhorse of political correctness. Fact is that while all Muslims might not be terrorists, give me an instance within the last decade or two involoving terrorists who are not Muslim.....


I understand where you are coming from. While I am not inviting everyone together to sing "com-by-ya" sit around the peace table and stick my head in the sand, also every arabic man is not a muslim.

I agree with you that every muslim is not a terrosit, but every terroist that took down an airliner was muslim. And do we have to be alert...HELL YES.
Am I more alert around arabic looking men at the airport...yes. But to not get on a plane and make a scene because there are arabic men on board. Come on.

 

[learflyer]

Hey, Arabs speaking Arabic before they get on an aircraft in the United States, whether they are American citizens or not, is disquieting. So what do you think it would take for you to report "suspicious" activity? When you are in the air and they all pull out 6" composite knives and begin slashing passengers necks?

:uzi:

How quickly we forget Arab males, age 19-36, were the ones who killed almost 3000 Americans.

agreed! are we forgetting what happened on 9/11? I will not stand for political correctness when it comes to towel headed m'fers. What happened on 9/11 gives us every right to profile. Remember when you're in a long security line, and can't carry bottled water on board, next time you feel the need to feel bad for these stink bombs.

 

[learflyer]

3000 Americans killed in one shot. How many Americans are killed by illegal immigrants in this country? Should I cringe and get off an airplane everytime I hear spanish. Maybe my

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Don't worry, were working on them too. I live in a large diverse city. The other day I saw a car parked in a parking lot with "objects in mirror are closer than they appear" WRITTEN IN SPANISH. that's a big nay nay in my book.

 

[brainhurts]

Sounds like the lady was concerned, was not happy with the security measures, and got off the plane. It sounds like her actions did not delay the plane, and it got off the gate late on its own. It sounds like AA is trying to pin this on her. She CAN be frightened of Aribic men if she wants. Its a natural product of Arabic men flying airplanes into buildings. Punch, I am so happy your father could get into this great nation so you can hate it so bad. Enjoy our freedoms that were paid for in blood (by my relatives) and that were passed on to me by the culture that fought for them.
She made a mistake that she had every right to make. I am sorry for the Arabic dudes that were thought to be terrorists, but that is something they have to get past until a miracle happens and people of their faith stop trying to wipe us off the face of the planet because their faith says to do so.

 

[Ex737Driver]

WOW, ya'll just don't get it.

Do you have any idea what kind of BS you are saying here? Do you realize many, many "Arabic men" are here in the USA legally? They and their families are here because of the Saddam regime had murdered and harassed their families and friends for decades. Do you know that just because they are speaking arabic they may be and are probably Christians? Do you realize that many came here because of that very fact? Do you understand that they are fighting right along side of the "standard American soldier" over there? And we need them for translators and culture training to make us better at killing the bad ones?

You need to wake up! They are Americans just like us. As far as speaking arabic in the airport...I hate to say it, but it is a little unnerving, but these guys are American Soldiers or helping them. They are American citizens! They were probably just speaking their native language because they were making fun of the ignorant people at the airport like the woman in question.

As much as I predjudice Arabic men, I have to put myself in check as well...knowing many are good Americans. We are at war here. We cannot alienate the ones that want to help us here.

Wake up

Probably about 3 times as many that are here illegally. The biggest concetration of muslims is in Dearborn, MI. I quite sure you missed this little tidbit as it was not on FOX or and other news channel.

http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2006/07/19/dearborn-fifth-column-update/

And yes, I'm quite sure a lot of them are US citizens and probably quite upstanding. Do they ALL garner a second and third look at the airport.............HELL YES! Does that mean they are guilty. No. If the guy is middle eastern, and looks about 25, he meets two of my three criteria. The third being he's probably a muslim. If he's not, well two outa three. Bad odds to just get all teary-eyed about being suspicious about the guy and worrying about his feelings being hurt because he fits a PROFILE.

This isn't about little Japanese guys with shaved heads running around doing this (and yes I do agree with internment in WWII) or Irish drunks throwing potatoes. It's about middle eastern men, 19-36 year old, that are muslim extremists who want to kill as many Americans as they possibly can.

When the little old lady with blue hair and a walker and her tennis balls on the end of the walker are bombs, I will start suspecting every one of them that fit that profile, including my own grandmother.

Statistically, in many cities, blacks account for the most armed robberies... so I'm assuming that whites should be wary of ANY and EVERY black man, because the blacks "should realize that americans are concerened about their behaviour and should adapt. I understand that's not right, but that's the way it should be?"

I have to raise the BS flag with your philosophy.

Why should a military Arab man, a US citizen, and 100% American, adapt to YOUR paranoia?

If I was that guy, I'd probably tell you to shove it, and quit living a paranoid life where you fear others based simply on skin color and language spoken.

I'm sure you do you liberal POS. Maybe if the screeners and paxs had been a little more paranoid on 9/11, some of this might not have happened. So tell me to shove it. Good for you. Just so you know, you are being watched now...........and a lot of us don't have short-term-merory loss like a lot of hacks on this board.

 

[PCL_128]

Some of you liberal politically-correct types are forgetting something here: she didn't just walk off the plane because they were Arab, she walked off the plane because they were Arab and acting in a suspicious manner. If she had walked on the plane, saw an Arab guy sitting there, and immediately caused a scene and demanded to be let off the plane, then you might have a valid argument. But that's not the case. She waited until she saw suspicious behavior. This is exactly what all of us should be looking for.

About a year ago, when I was still in the left seat at Pinnacle, I had a similar situation. About 5 Arab males in their 20s-30s were acting somewhat suspiciously. The gate agent let me know that she had noticed them behaving strangely during check in and sitting at the gate. I thanked her for the heads up and told her that we'd keep an eye on them. During boarding, the stew noticed that the men were scattered throughout the plane and were all keeping a very close eye on the flight deck door. After the stew told me that, I decided that maybe the gate agent wasn't imagining things and it was time to look into it further. I had the agent check to see where they were going, and it turned out that all of them were Pakistani citizens, but all of them had tickets to different final destinations. It all seemed just a little off to me: a bunch of Pakistani men who were talking in Arabic to each other as if they were good friends during check in, who then act as if they don't know each other and scatter throughout the plane during boarding while watching the flight deck, and all of them are going different places? Nope, too many red flags for me. I called the VP Security and he called up DHS. They pulled the guys off the plane and took them for questioning. I called the VP a week later to see what had come of it, figuring that I had probably just overreacted. This is all that the VP could tell me: "The men are still in custody due to an ongoing investigation. DHS won't say anything further, because they say the case is security-sensitive information." Moral of the story? Don't be afraid to say something if you notice suspicious behavior from Arabic men. It might be nothing, or it might be the next dry-run from a group of would-be hijackers. Keep an eye out.

This woman did nothing wrong, and she doesn't need to apologize. We need more people like her, not less.