It's official, the terrorists have won
Although it goes against my principles to link to FOX for any reason whatsoever, even they seem to realize just how idiotic and wrong this is:
Australian Kicked Off Flight for Anti-Bush T-Shirt
Monday, January 22, 2007
An airline passenger has threatened legal action against Australia's flagship carrier Qantas for barring him from an international flight because he was wearing a T-shirt depicting US President George W. Bush as a terrorist.
Allen Jasson said today he was defending freedom of speech through his insistence on wearing the T-shirt.
Mr. Jasson, 55, an Australian IT specialist who lives in London, is staying with his daughter in Melbourne after he was refused entry to the flight to London at Melbourne Airport on Friday.
Airline staff argued that the T-shirt, which bears an image of the US president with the slogan 'World's number 1 terrorist', was a security risk or an item likely to upset passengers.
The airline earlier had prevented him from flying to Melbourne for Christmas with relatives on December 2 until he removed the shirt.
Domestic carrier Virgin Blue took the same action when Mr. Jasson tried to catch a connecting flight to Adelaide, but on a return flight to Melbourne with Qantas on Friday, he successfully wore the shirt.
"Where else would you go when you have an ax to grind?"
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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