hamilton Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 From msn.ca:Airline passenger wearing Arabic script on shirt forced to cover it up30/08/2006 9:01:00 PM NEW YORK (AP) - An Arab human rights activist was prevented from boarding a plane at Kennedy Airport while wearing a T-shirt that read "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic. Raed Jarrar was at the gate to board a JetBlue Airways flight to Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 12, when four officials from the airline or a U.S. government agency stopped him and told him he could not board with the shirt on, he said Wednesday. One official told him: "Going to an airport with a T-shirt in Arabic script is like going to a bank and wearing a T-shirt that says: 'I'm a robber,"' he said. Jenny Dervin, a JetBlue spokeswoman, acknowledged the dispute and said the airline was investigating. She noted the incident came two days after British authorities announced they had foiled a plot to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic. Though rules banning liquids and gels in carry-on baggage went into effect at U.S. airports, Dervin said there are no specific rules governing clothing. Jarrar, who directs the Iraq project for Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based human rights organization, said he refused a suggestion from the officials that he turn his shirt inside out. In the end, officials gave Jarrar another shirt to wear over his and he put it on rather than miss his flight. Jarrar said he was forced to give up his seat near the front of the plane and was issued a new boarding pass for a seat in the rear. It was unclear whether it was officials from JetBlue, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration or the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, who told Jarrar to remove his shirt, Dervin said. Officials for the TSA and Port Authority said the agencies were investigating. Jarrar, 28, is half-Iraqi and half-Palestinian and moved to the United States last year from Jordan, where he was studying. The slogan "We will not be silent" has been adopted by opponents of the war in Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 This is great!...I get the same thing all the time from the Unfuck The World t-shirt I wear. I love to wear it the most when I go out with my 2 little girls and Im all wooked out. The response from it is definately mixed.Yesterday for example...I had a $50 offer for the shirt and some old lady who told me I was the most obnoxious thing she has ever seen in her life. All I could do was point to the message on the shirt.I also had the the shirt on the day I got returned to Canada from the US back in July. The Border Gaurd thought my shirt meant something against the US and against his president. He couldnt understand that it simply meant what it said has no further meaning. I mean how can one misinterperate some as simple as unfuck the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Subconscious guilt, maybe? Go figure. Some day a good movie about border guards will be made to open a bit of a window on that whole subculture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 This is great!...I get the same thing all the time from the Unfuck The World t-shirt I wear. I love to wear it the most when I go out with my 2 little girls and Im all wooked out. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggest Fan Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 The only night I spent in jail was when I walked down a street that I KNEW I should'nt but... Did I do anything wrong... NO. Was it my fault that I ended up behind bars... YES.***People on the block did'nt think wan't me there.***I got arrested for being a BIG DUMBASS... It happpens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 I don't get it. How was it your fault, if you were only walking down a street? Were you naked or carrying a sub-machine gun or bag of cocaine or something at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggest Fan Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Lets say there were a few people on the block that felt I did not belong there, which started an old 'hellaballo' -n- I guess the cops thought it would be easier to throw me in jail -v- everybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Ahhh more unrelated ramblings from BF.....niiiiice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggest Fan Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I was'nt trying to hyjack the thread... The point of my ramblings is that I'm not crying for the guy with the T-shirt. Are peolpe narrow-minded, YES. Are you going to make some type of statement on a plane??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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