2minikdz's Blog

I don't know what being Christian has to do with anything, except prejudice. Stupidity is nondenominational.

The families of Atif Irfan, a tax attorney, and his brother Kashif Irfan, an anesthesiologist, were removed from a flight before takeoff Thursday after a passenger reported hearing Atif Irfan's wife say something the passenger thought was suspicious.

The airline declined to say what comment was overheard. But Atif Irfan say the couple was discussing the safest place to sit on a plane and speculates that someone misconstrued their intent.

Family members Friday said they are particularly concerned about AirTran's actions after they were removed from the flight. AirTran refused to rebook the family on a subsequent flight, even after FBI agents cleared them of wrongdoing and intervened on their behalf, the Irfans said.

"The FBI agents actually cleared our names," said Inayet Sahin, Kashif Irfan's wife. "And they went on our behalf and spoke to the airlines and said, 'There is no suspicious activity here. They are clear. Please let them get on a flight so they can go on their vacation,' and they still refused." Video



"The conversation, as we were walking through the plane trying to find our seats, was just about where the safest place in an airplane is," Sahin said. "We were [discussing whether it was safest to sit near] the wing, or the engine or the back or the front. But that's it. We didn't say anything else that would raise any suspicion."

You have to admit that the women dressed in "Muslim Garb" is like waving a red flag. If they don't want to be looked at as Muslim terrorists (BTW the ones responsible for 9-11), The World Trade Center, Bombing of a Marine barracks, etc. etc. maybe they should dress as American Citizens when they go out in public or be prepared to face the consequences.

So much for our freedom of speech. I guess this means I can't go around wearing an "Attitude served here" shirt all the time, and I guess it means I can't go around just being myself (a no-nonsense person who isn't afraid to tell someone off if I feel they deserve it).

There are signs all over. They say all comments will be taken seriously.

I would encourage you to tell someone off if they deserve it mnaines. Hopefully it will be before you move to Japan. Very few guns over there. Perhaps we'll read about it in the paper the next day.

Stupidity clearly has no limits.







Genius does.

Well Mnaines, as long as you don't go running around with a hat on that says "Intel inside" you'll be alright. It would be false advertising if you did. LOL

This whole situation was dumb. As far as I know they never used the word "bomb"...that is just a rumor. I have heard that over the wing is the safest place..and have discussed as well where to sit when getting on a plane.
And someone said she needs to dress like an american? ::Sigh:: This is 2009 people!

Maybe being an attorney he set this up on purpose. They talked about it purposely, hoping to get kicked off the plane or in some way have their "rights" violated so they could sue the airline for about a million per person in their family that was "embarassed and humiliated" and some idiot jury would award it to them. Voila! Now they are really rich!

I have and always will argue that if you are in this country, and you are a legal citizen, you should speak the English language, and now, it looks like with all that's happened in the past 7 years, dress your dress in the privacy of your own home if you don't want to be harrassed. Although, the way it's going, English won't be the primary language, which is disturbing to me. It will be a cold day in hell when I am forced to learn another language just so I can communicate with others who fled their country for what America has to offer that theirs does not. My theory is simple...if you don't like it....leave. Sounds harsh I know, but fairly simple. I've said it over and again, if Americans went to another country to live, you can bet your sweet bippy we'd be expected to adjust to the ways of that country. We'd suffer just as they are.

exactly, redhotz.