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sbm12, I'm sorry but I think all the points I've made flew right over your head.
You're right...people have the right not to fly. But that is not realistic. People choose to fly because they can. Flying is safe, fast and affordable. Flying connects people together for business, pleasure and to be with family. When people fly, or in any public place, they have the right to feel safe. Sure, nothing that terrible appears on the t-shirt, but as mentioned before we live in a different world today. It's NOT the Arabic writing. It is the phrase that it translates to.
I'm not "putting legal rights aside"...I said that in order to bring out a very strong point. That point being that what's LEGAL and using good JUDGEMENT are two different things.
Not an apples-apples comparison, but if I wore a NY Yankees shirt to Fenway park at a Red Sox game, is that legal? You sure bet it is. Would it be good judgement? No, not at all. Same CONCEPT here...is wearing the shirt legal? Yes. Good judgement? No. Is the decision of jetBlue and the TSA to make him change the shirt legal? YES! They have the right to do so. If they feel it is grounds to even start a small altercation once airborne, then yes. It's not a "threat"