This is rediculous

[domino43]

I just saw this on MSN and had to share.

Man kicked off flight for anti-Bush T-shirt.

CANBERRA, Australia - An airline passenger barred from a flight for wearing a T-shirt labeling President Bush a terrorist has threatened legal action against Australia’s flag carrier Qantas.

Allen Jasson, 55, an Australian IT expert who lives in Britain, was stopped from boarding a London-bound Qantas flight at Melbourne Airport last Friday for wearing what the airline said was an offensive T-shirt.

Airline staff said the T-shirt of Bush with the tagline “World’s number 1 terrorist” could have upset other passengers and demanded it be changed for another.

But Jasson, who had earlier traveled on a Qantas domestic flight wearing the Bush T-shirt, said his right to freedom of speech had been infringed by Qantas.

 

“I am not prepared to go without the T-shirt. I might forfeit the fare, but I have made up my mind that I would rather stand up for the principle of free speech,” Jasson told Australian media on Monday, adding he would seek legal advice.

Qantas issued a statement saying comments made verbally or on a T-shirt which had the potential to offend other travelers or threaten the security of aircraft “will not be tolerated.”

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Comments

[urgayleswoman.livejournal.com]

What if I am equally offended by a person wearing a Pro-Bush T-shirt? Will they kick them off the plane, too? I've seen people w/ t-shirts w/ sayings I find offensive before but I would never expect them to be kicked off the plane or kicked out of the shopping mall just b/c I happen to find their shirt offensive. Ridiculous b/c you can't draw the line then. You have to kick everyone off who has anything on that is remotely offensive or can be seen as offensive by any given person.

That's really pathetic!

[domino43.livejournal.com]

It is pathetic. And I find it even more amazing that it happened on an Australian flight from Australia to England. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised and almost expect this from an American airline or an America bound flight, but this was plain rediculous.

[urgayleswoman.livejournal.com]

Yeah that is weird.