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domino43 ([personal profile] domino43) wrote2007-01-22 02:52 pm

This is rediculous

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.”

[edited to add article for when/if it gets removed]

[identity profile] domino43.livejournal.com 2007-01-23 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] urgayleswoman.livejournal.com 2007-01-23 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah that is weird.