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FOS, sorry, things are'a changin'!

Why on earth would that scare you? Some people are so ridiculous.

I agree AGFH. Now, if he had some big, big red candles and an alarm clock strapped to his chest....

He did it 5 years after 9-11 and he was NOT a terrorist. Should he be forever banned from wearing that shirt? Sure, it was tacky at best, but he does have the legal right to wear it. It contained no profanity, no nudity, no saying to incite violence. It was simply a statement. What if a Japanese person had worn the same shirt only in Japanese? Should he have been thrown off the plane? Japan DID bomb Pearl Harbor. At some point we have to stop being so touchy about everything.

Here, here Big Gary.

No, you're not an ass, Patty. The guy should have thought about what he was doing when he wore that shirt to the airport. Does he have the right to wear it? Sure. Does he have the right not to be eyed with concern when he wears it? Nope. People feel how they feel.

Personally, I wish the TSA would stop hassling old ladies. My 70 year old mom gets pulled aside for the patdown everytime she flies, while young men who "fit the profile" of terrorists (yes, I know, it's based on stereotypes) walk right on through because the TSA doesn't want to be seen as profiling. While it is very unlikely that any of those young men were terrorists, it is much LESS likely that an old lady is a terrorist. If SOMEONE has to be inconvenienced for the safety of others, shouldn't it be someone who is more likely to be a danger? My ex-boyfriend is from Indonesia, and he actually has former friends who are now members in extremist groups extolling the virtues of jihad. When he gets pulled out of line for an extra search, he is never perturbed, because he doesn't want to be on a plane that blows up either.

I'm sorry feelings were ruffled here, but imo there are good points on both sides. I don't feel that there's any additional safety for airlines and their passengers because, let's face it: How many people do you know who are truly earnest about doing a good job at their work? Add to that the lack of common sense of many, many people, combined with a bit of "I got the power! HAHAHA!" When I've traveled with stopovers, the rules have been always different at each stop. Get to keep the hand lotion here, gotta lose it there. It's just a game, in my opinion, to give the illusion of safety. If someone wants to blow up a plane, confiscating my mouthwash isn't going to stop it. When I was changing planes in Phoenix, an Iranian couple was in front of me. The TSA looked at us in line, said "You didn't see this," and called security. Pfft. I'm not crazy that the guy wore the t-shirt, because I think it WAS a setup for a lawsuit, but ONTH, we gotta cool down on our paranoia. I'd rather be free and insecure, than corralled and "safe." And I HATE that our freedoms are being taken away in the NAME of freedom. That being said, Patty, I hear ya. It's obscene that someone would use such a tragedy for personal gain.

A true terrorist would never advertise the fact on a shirt before he ever got on the plane.

The phrase "We will not be silent" is from the Nazi resistance group called The White Rose. The T-shirts are a statement of one's opposition to fascism and the illegal invasion of Iraq. For more information: http://thecriticalvoice.org/order

And for more information about Nazi opposition group The White Rose, read this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose

The full phrase is, "We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace!" It was written on a flier that eventually led to the capture and execution of the group's members.

Boy, this one really got under people's skin!!!

Derailment in progress.

SpyOne: We won't even get into how many times I have gotten full size scissors on a plane because they were with my needlework and not seen as a threat by the scanners/agents.

"personal defense weapon" - about six inches long, metal, blunt point... Hey, I have something very similar, and it's personal, but I never thought of it as a defense weapon!