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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -34/+391What is truly saddening, that he chose to wear a shirt that had something written on it in Arabic? Or that they made him change it?
I can say now, that seeing his experience, I will make it a point to wear a shirt with Arabic script on it the next time I have to travel somewhere, and unlike this gentleman, I WILL NOT change, wear inside out or cover my shirt just because it might offend someone. If it offends someone, good! It is my right to wear it whether it offends someone or not.
I urge all Americans that value their rights under the Constitution to start wearing shirts with Arabic script on them.
I reccomend the following:
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/Arabic/?click=true&CMP=KNC-G-PP-IN1&ovchn=GGL&ovcpn=Places+-+International+1+Prime&ovcrn=sr2PP4go33582gx7668pi13ai2428+Arabic+t-shirt&ovtac=PPC&SR=sr2PP4go33582gx7668pi13ai2428
http://store.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mivavm?/merchant.mvc+Screen=PROD&Product_Code=103914211&Category_Code=mt
Stand up to those that would oppress your freedoms because someone else doesn't respect your freedom of speech. DO NOT bow down to those that would oppress you!
(Reserving digg up/down on rezzy until i figure out what he was trying to say. exactly) - Rezzy, on 10/12/2007, -31/+304Absolutely disgusting. I am appalled that this could be displayed so blatantly, but, then again, I don't know why - it's not unusual.
Truly saddening. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -11/+257Americans have the right to freedom of speech. Unfortunately many Americans also incorrectly think they have the right not to be offended.
- dustedbunny, on 10/12/2007, -13/+246@raisputin
Maybe we can get that group of 255 people who did a slow motion walk through Home Depot to buy those tshirts and wander through the airport.
I'd pay to see that. Hell, I'd probably even participate. - whiskeymb, on 10/12/2007, -13/+214Welcome to America, land of the free, unless you are from the middle east or anywhere close.
- FatMagic, on 10/12/2007, -11/+194Get this shirt: http://www.cafepress.com/buy/Arabic/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_5503448/opt_/fpt_/c_360/
It says God Bless America in Arabic :)
P.S. - Halleyscomet: good idea! - MikeFromAmerica, on 10/12/2007, -7/+174I disagree. Wearing a T-shirt with Arabic writing is a far cry from a wearing a shirt that says, "I am a bank robber." By that logic, having Japanese kanji tattooed on my arm makes me a ninja!
- didymus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+137Land of the Free?
If this is what it has come to, what are you fighting against the terrorists for anyways? - halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -19/+150@raisputin2
As a Christian, this gives me some interesting options.
To the untrained Western eye Arabic can look an awful lot like Aramaic or Hebrew.
Wouldn't it be fun for a group like Campus Crusade for Christ to go on a trip, all wearing various Jesus centric Bible verses in their shirts in one of these languages?
Anyone know how phrases like "Jesus Lives!" or the full text of John 3:16 would be written in Arabic? - inkyblue2, on 10/12/2007, -5/+129my t-shirt is covered in arabic numerals. run for your lives!
- Mallus, on 10/12/2007, -13/+107Welcome to the New McCarthyism.
- clarkmoody, on 10/12/2007, -7/+92I'm so glad it's not illegal to offend someone, but by the way the news/corporate world/politicians talk and act, you would think it is.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+83Not only are you and people like you naive, but you also choose to ignore the highly publicized speeches and papers written by members of the neo-conservative movement (including Project for the New American Century, the orchestrators of Bush's foreign policy).
They don't want oil. They want American imperialism to assimilate foreign cultures in order to homogenize the world. They think this will lead to more allies if more foreign countries share much of the American culture. This means more business opportunities for Americans, more military alliances, more weight in the United Nations and other international organizations, and more "peace".
Personally, I think they're wrong on all counts, and the task is entirely impossible. However, that IS what they want. - halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -23/+98Oil.
Profits for Military Contractors.
To kill people because they're not as white as the current administration.
To spread fear, uncertainly and doubt, which makes it easier to control the population.
There are a lot of reasons. - heresy_fnord, on 10/12/2007, -33/+94You prejudice *****.
God it's people like you that need to go to just drop dead.
Do they marry cousins where you are from? - Feanor, on 10/12/2007, -15/+76@liquid - "I have no tolerance, like most passengers, for anyone wearing 4th-century-style garments or anyone who prays to Allah..."
You do know that Allah is the Arabic word for God right? Muslims worship the same God as Jews and Christians you know, they all just have different endings. Do you have no tolerance for any person of the Book? You, sir, are a selfish, prejudice person who contributes absolutely nothing to global society. - xtmno3, on 10/12/2007, -8/+68I also highly doubt any bank would question you if you wore a shirt that said "I'm a robber" when you went it. If anything, you would geta couple laughs.
- shami, on 10/12/2007, -10/+67 ماذا لو أرادو منعي من السفر لأنهم سمعوني أنكلم بالعربية؟
- kd1s, on 10/12/2007, -5/+58I know, I was particularly incensed by the comment that Americans don't understand the Constitution. Some of us are well aware of the rights granted us under the constitution, as was the author.
I do hope he follows this up with a civil suit. Someone has to stop the insanity. - Tsujigiri, on 10/12/2007, -9/+62I'm with raisputin2. I'm flying to both LA and NY by the end of the year and I'll be wearing that shirt on both trips.
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -4/+56They're nothing like each other. Having a t-shirt with 'I am a robber' on it is a threat because you're saying you are a danger to that environment - even if you're joking. It could understandably be taken as threatening. Wearing a t-shirt with Arabic on? When has arabic been a danger to an environment?
If his t-shirt said 'I'm an extremist', or 'I'm a suicide bomber', the reaction would have been more understandable. - radu79, on 10/12/2007, -23/+73In Jet Blue's defense, they can legally not let you wear that Tshirt, it's a private flight. I do not agree with it, but it's not illegal to ask people to respect your dressing code.
- bollox, on 10/12/2007, -26/+71They are fighting against "terrorists" for control of oil reserves. It isnt about freedom.
- syberghost, on 10/12/2007, -8/+53Of course, one of the rights cherished in this country is the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason not specifically prohibited by law.
- silenceHR, on 10/12/2007, -6/+50meh... and i thought our nationalistic crap during 1990's was bad... oh boy was i wrong...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+49America, the only place where a website could be debating over a t-shirt while advertisements in the corner try to sell you them.
- Goner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+44I wore my "I steal music on the internet" shirt (jinx.com) to Universal Studios and Disneyland and in neither place was I asked to remove it or accosted in any way. In fact, one Universal Studios security person smiled and said, "Me too!" as I walked by him.
- golhra, on 10/12/2007, -7/+49It's land of the free until you offend someone.
- qbaler, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42It's more like if only white ppl were thought of as robbing banks and you walked in with a shirt that says "I'm white".
- nox327, on 10/12/2007, -9/+49@ raisputin2
That is the first thing I thought when I started reading the article. I so want to buy a shirt in Arabic and wear to see what people really say, but since I am as pale as one can be, I'll probably won't even be noticed. Sad that something like this happens in a country that pride itself on Freedom. Freedom my ass. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+41I would totally wear a shirt that says "I am a robber" to a bank. It's called "Ironic humor."
- falgon, on 10/12/2007, -21/+58I'm petitioning my favorite airline (Jet Blue) to add Christian t-shirts to their list of banned garments. Honestly, they offend me. I mean, whatever happened to separation of church and state? If we're going to get into the business of prohibiting [perceived] religious clothing at airports because they might offend other passengers, we need to prohibit -all- religious clothing. Including the "majority". When I want to be religious I go to church, and I don't want religous propoganda shoved down my throat when I'm just trying to fly home to be with my family for Thanksgiving.
Allow all religious shirts, or allow none. - berock, on 10/12/2007, -6/+40@radu79
I would agree with you if Jet Blue was able to produce documentation that this was against their policy. - FullMetalMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34"It is like wearing a t-shirt that reads "I am a robber" and going to a bank"
Well, I know what i'm doing this afternoon! - Durinthal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34Nope. I might think you're an intolerant ***** because of it, but I wouldn't try to stop you from wearing it.
- themarq, on 10/12/2007, -10/+41I wonder what his shirt said.
Would it be possible to get a T-shirt with the Bill of Rights printed on it translated into Arabic? - Weav, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34America: the land of the free. Thanks for your opinion bUND and try to think for a moment what America stands for and why people came over here in the first place.
- qwickone, on 10/12/2007, -7/+37They should not be allowed on a plane? Tell me those reasons. While I think annyoying/rude to detain and question an Arab for wearing Arabic writing on their clothes, I see the necessity, especially if other custumers were upset. But once they questioned him and felt that he was not a threat (which they did or they wouldnt have let him on the plane at all), I don't think they had any good reason to not let him wear his shirt. Everyone on that flight probably already saw him wearing the shirt, do they think something is less likely to happen if he changes? Most likely no, so what was the point at all?
- geocar, on 10/12/2007, -16/+46@snoble
"Dr. Rice and Alberto Gonzales are white?"
In a word? Yes. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32That would only be true if the t-shirt said "I am a terrorist" in Arabic.
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -10/+39"In Jet Blue's defense, they can legally not let you wear that Tshirt, it's a private flight. I do not agree with it, but it's not illegal to ask people to respect your dressing code."
I could be wrong, but from the article, it seemed like they werent workign for jetblu, they were airport security officers.
Anyway, i need to get me an arabic tshirt. Maybe one that says "***** the TSA". - Feanor, on 10/12/2007, -8/+37The one that says I (heart) New York would be classic as well.
- ccc319, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31You are a fool. A Nazi shirt is a symbol of hate, prejudice, and intolerance. A shirt in Arabic (which they had no idea of the message, despite the English below it) does not represent the same thing. The point is that he was being targeted because of culture, not the message on the shirt.
I think if you were wearing a buddhist swastika (the mirrored Nazi symbol) and people mistook it for Nazism, and asked you to remove it, I would say that they shouldn't be offended because they are ignorant of what the shirt really means. It's the same situation here. - joemommasfat, on 10/12/2007, -9/+37I agree with most of the posts here, but just remember, you are a hypocrite if you would have a problem with someone wearing a swastika on their t-shirt.
Free speech is free speech right? - natterca, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30@musters
What are American clothes? The kind you buy in Walmart that are made in China?
Btw, are all your shirts brown? - emitemirp, on 10/12/2007, -5/+31Gotta love the block feature.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+31Hey, does that mean if I wear a shirt that says "The force is strong with you" I can be a Jedi?
Sounds good to me, now where can I pick up my lightsaber
On a serious note, I have a hoodie that says "I'm part of the problem", does that mean I'm really part of THE problem, or just A problem, or do I just like the hoodie? - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29Just to think, a few years ago people were afraid of being robbed or beaten up by Negros. Now we can unite with our colored brethren in a common fear of light-brown-skinned people.
- mbrutsch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29"Land of the Free"? That is SO "pre 9/11". Remember, Freedom isn't Free.
Wilkommen auf Amerika.
* WAR IS PEACE
* FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
* IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH - marsz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27@DonSchenck
You don't really think that's a good point do you? Arabic is a language not an ideology. -
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