This might be some sort of light discrimination, but it's not a problem. If I had a t-shirt that stated that Saddam was a terrorist and Qanta said I should take it off or cover it to not offend other passengers, I wouldn't have any problem with it at all.
Light discrimination is like a light pregnancy. There is no middle ground, either is discrimination or it is not. If we start accepting light discrimination, where does it stop and who is going to be the judge of what is light or not. The principal should be simple: No person should be discriminated based on race, religion or opinion.
http://www.gop.com/About/AboutRead.aspx?AboutType=3&Section=19 http://www.conservative.org/about/principles.html This is an issue of freedom of speech more prissily freedom of political speech this guy was wearing this for a pure political purpose and that is why I support his right 100% Furthermore these freedoms are god given and businesses are not entitled to them Businesses have no right they operate under regulations governing the country that they operate on and if in this case they have a right to prevent someone from expressing his or her freedom of political speech in a country that considers itself democracy people must try to change them ASAP
Next you will be saying that a store must remove the sign that says "no shirt, no shoes - no service" If you run a business and someone comes in that business with something that can stir up an issue and say the people are in a confined area for a long period of time, then the business has no say to how the atmosphere of there business can be controlled? Get real.
I sure do not want to live in a country that does not protect the speech of its citizens because it gets some corporate or another citizens upset. No dictatorship or communism for me please Free speech is regulated some how but I really do not think this should qualifies for regulating speech in particular political speech. checkout the two links in my previous post please
Well, we have lost lots of speech rights in the USA already and I am not talking about where it could possibly cause a riot like in the scenario we are already discussing. Gworld would probably be happy to know that if a valedictorian wants to do a speach that includes a word like Jesus or God, they are told not to. In fact one girl had the mic turned off because she was saying it anyways. Free Speech??? - not in America. Isn't that what communism is all about?
Exactly, As i said before, Just like a business can not (legally) refuse service to people because of their race, they should not be allowed to refuse service to people because of their opinions. If airlines wanted to not offer service to all people who are against Bush's policy, they would lose almost all of their international business. lol
Are you pretending NOT to understand? The guys shirt was to stir up trouble, that was his desire, his motive, why else would he not take it off for?? If he wore it on the plane it could cause some unnecessary tension on that plane - remember this is the vehicle of choice for terrorists. Tensions are high already for many people, and they can't just get off the plane at any moment - in case you never seen a plane, they fly in the air and you are trapped inside for possibly hours. oh, never mind, no explaining will help you understand....
exactly my point. we must protect freedom of speech as much as possible. especially if we disagree with it. two wrong does not make right and if you think that "bush is terrorist" on a tshirt can create so much tension in his supporters you really don't give them that much credit i think people are much more civilized than that