JFK Passenger Not Allowed To Fly Wearing T-Shirt with Arabic writing

[im10ashus]

NEW YORK -- An Arab human rights activist says he was prevented from boarding a plane at Kennedy International Airport while wearing a T-shirt that said "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic.

The incident happened Aug. 12 when Raed Jarrar was preparing to board a JetBlue flight from Kennedy to Oakland, Calif.

Four officials from JetBlue or from a government agency stopped him at the gate and told him he couldn't get on the plane wearing his shirt, Jarrar said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

One of the officials told him, "Going to an airport with a T-shirt in Arabic script is like going to a bank and wearing a T-shirt that says 'I'm a robber."' he said.

http://www.wnbc.com/news/9765339/detail.html

[rodeodance]

1. oh my.

[endarkenment]

2. Lawsuit pending.

I like jetblue but that was stupid.

[Sinti]

3. Okay. That's completely ridiculous. Arabic script is banned, how about

Hebrew, Farsi? If I walked into my bank with a t-shirt that said, "I'm a Robber" I'd put my hand to the fire that the teller would smile, inquire about my well being, and make small talk while accepting my deposit.

[tanyev]

4. Percussionists, be careful. You might skeer someone with one of these.

[RonHack]

5. Now that's stupidity.....

...right up there with Bush-Stupidity.

The shirt says "We will not be silent" in two languages. How id that a threat to anyone?

By the way, any REAL bank robber wearing a shirt saying "I'm a robber", is definitely NOT going to be taken seriously. :rofl: Anywhere.