Originally Posted by
rjw242
You did say it "raises concern." Concern about what, exactly?
Terrorism.
Originally Posted by
IceTrojan
So if I'm curt to you when you try to start a conversation and I make it clear that I don't want to talk to you, that makes me a terrorist?
No, but it does increase the probability that you are a terrorist.
Originally Posted by
tanja
So what did you say then? I am a very private person. I just dont talk to just anybody.I have no reason to do that.
The curt behavior as described in the news article is indicative of terrorism in the same way that sadness is indicative of depression. No clinician would diagnose on that measure alone but it is a valid measure to be considered in conjunction with other imperfect indicators.
On this AA flight, we don't know what the other indicators were, yet here we are shaming somebody for speaking out when she was concerned about our collective security.