Passenger Ejected From Flight Over Notebook Doodles
 

Over the weekend, a Tiger Airways passenger, Oliver Buckworth, was removed from a flight after another passenger noticed that he was doodling and writing in a notebook satirizing the current threat of terrorism and altered a crew member.

In his notebook can be seen written... "In a land of melting ice-creams, sandy feet and fluffy bears, how could anyone be fearful of terrorism", "Terrorismadeup", and "Tyrannosaurus Rex. Terodactyl. Tarantula. Terrorist."

After being interviewed and undergoing a background check, Mr. Buckworth was released.

He has been blacklisted by Tiger Air though. An airline representative said that "Tigerair has a zero-tolerance policy towards inappropriate and antisocial behaviour."

http://www.smh.com.au/national/passe...20-10jrhs.html

I am so tired of this nonsense.

I had always thought the average Aussie was calmer and more level-headed than us paranoid scaredy-pants Yanks, but apparently... I was wrong.

After the Aussie man took his young boys to an IS(IS/IL) traiing camp and posted pictures of his 8 yo holding a decapitated human head, Australians are probably a bit sensitive to this sort of thing.

That said, the outcome is ridiculous. ISIS t-shirts! Satirical drawings! Political cartoonists beware!

The thought police will be coming soon. :rolleyes:

I thought they were here already masquerading as BDO's. :p

Please... BDOs can't even detect any thoughts in their OWN heads, much less anyone else's.

Yes, because writing words on a piece of paper is the same as decapitating humans with your 8-year-old.

I had no plans to fly Tiger and now I never will. :td:

It sounds as if Oliver Buckworth got the attention he was craving.

Really? I scoured the linked article for any indication that he was desiring attention and came up with nothing. Can you disseminate the part of the article which indicates otherwise? Or maybe you have a link to a different article that you can post here.

I wouldn't be too impressed if a fellow passenger began writing stupid things about terrorism next to me. He thought he was really clever with his "terrorismadeup" "doodle". Sounds like a clown to me. I'd have thrown him off too.

Scour the article all you like, but there's no smoke without fire.

It was stupid and insensitive to write things like this in full view of other passengers.:td:

"An airplane is a great place to rant at people, they have to listen because they have no place they can go".

Now, who do you suppose said this? Surprise, surprise, he's obnoxious and is revelling in his new-found "fame". :e thinks he's some kind of hero.

I have an idea: Stop watching what people are doing on their laptops and notebooks and mind your own darn business.

He showed it to his fellow passenger to wind them up. So, maybe get your facts straight. He thinks he's some kind of funny guy.:td:

That's craving attention, I'm afraid.

Here's from the article:

(emphasis mine)