DL passenger denied boarding due to t-shirt design
Aug 21, 2012, 7:16 pm
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Same reason they will pull you off the plane if you make a joke about a bomb on board.
Seriously, when I look at the shirt straight on, the only words I can make out without twisting my head around are "bomb", "terrorists (misspelled ) ", "gonna kill US...something or other".
I'd pull the guy off too. Stupid TSA rules aside, the guy is a jerk and got the 15 minutes he was looking for. Plus who knows how many miles for his inconvenience.
Seriously, when I look at the shirt straight on, the only words I can make out without twisting my head around are "bomb", "terrorists (misspelled ) ", "gonna kill US...something or other".
I'd pull the guy off too. Stupid TSA rules aside, the guy is a jerk and got the 15 minutes he was looking for. Plus who knows how many miles for his inconvenience.
Aug 21, 2012, 7:17 pm
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Aug 21, 2012, 7:18 pm
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whatever that means...
and like it has anything to do with bombs or terrorism...
I'm amazed at those comparing this to being more tame than what is portrayed in movies and other shirts you see. You know what??? They don't mention the "trigger" words that this shirt did.
and like it has anything to do with bombs or terrorism...
I'm amazed at those comparing this to being more tame than what is portrayed in movies and other shirts you see. You know what??? They don't mention the "trigger" words that this shirt did.
Aug 21, 2012, 7:20 pm
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whatever that means...
and like it has anything to do with bombs or terrorism...
I'm amazed at those comparing this to being more tame than what is portrayed in movies and other shirts you see. You know what??? They don't mention the "trigger" words that this shirt did.
and like it has anything to do with bombs or terrorism...
I'm amazed at those comparing this to being more tame than what is portrayed in movies and other shirts you see. You know what??? They don't mention the "trigger" words that this shirt did.
You are wrong about "trigger" words. I routinely call the UA website "dot-bomb", to personnel at the airport. Should I be prevented from flying?
Are we merely a nation of "Sheeple" now?
Aug 21, 2012, 7:21 pm
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Aug 21, 2012, 7:24 pm
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Again, please point to either statute or court decision that addresses a "right" to fly. Wanting something to be a right doesn't make it so and doesn't provide any legal obligation on DL's part to provide transport to someone intentionally seeking to make a scene.
Aug 21, 2012, 7:24 pm
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Unfortunately, he was denied boarding. He will not able fly for those days. I don't like it for his behavior. He have obey the rules.
Aug 21, 2012, 7:25 pm
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He didn't even communicate using any angry vulgarities/expletives. Should the above post keep a person off a DL plane operated by the same pilot?
Aug 21, 2012, 7:25 pm
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Paranoid, "gutless little twerps" trigger themselves over anything, everything or nothing at all -- they should take control of their own emotions before worrying about others and trying to micromanage others' legitimate expression of grievance with paranoid nitwits and control freaks.
1. He was looking for attention, and got it.
2. He doesn't have the mental capacity to realize it might be an issue.
He's either loving the attention or too stupid to figure out the problem.
Aug 21, 2012, 7:27 pm
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"I was stunned. “You’re f------ kidding me,” I said in response."
He cussed at the Delta manager. You lose.
Aug 21, 2012, 7:28 pm
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A slippery slope in what way? Is there some grave risk in DL seeking to ensure the comfort of the majority of their passengers as opposed to the exceedingly limited minority out to make a nuisance of themselves? I've seen folks kicked out of bars for making an ... out of themselves and annoying those around them. They weren't a danger to anyone, just obnoxious. I suppose that is a slippery slope, too?
Aug 21, 2012, 7:29 pm
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Same reason they will pull you off the plane if you make a joke about a bomb on board.
Seriously, when I look at the shirt straight on, the only words I can make out without twisting my head around are "bomb", "terrorists (misspelled ) ", "gonna kill US...something or other".
I'd pull the guy off too. Stupid TSA rules aside, the guy is a jerk and got the 15 minutes he was looking for. Plus who knows how many miles for his inconvenience.
Seriously, when I look at the shirt straight on, the only words I can make out without twisting my head around are "bomb", "terrorists (misspelled ) ", "gonna kill US...something or other".
I'd pull the guy off too. Stupid TSA rules aside, the guy is a jerk and got the 15 minutes he was looking for. Plus who knows how many miles for his inconvenience.
Aug 21, 2012, 7:31 pm
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My first thought was Cohen vs California, of course has nothing to do with the right to fly...this case dealt more with offensive wording on a t-shirt.
Aug 21, 2012, 7:32 pm
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Aug 21, 2012, 7:38 pm
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Completely missed my point. Note that I put "right" in quotations to mock a poster from your side of the argument.