IP: Stop that Osama

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:03:42 +0100
> From: Robin Eggar <race () manbitesdog co uk>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Stop that Osama
>
> As a UK resident I've been following the IP discussions of the last two 
> weeks with  interest.  I was particularly horrified to learn of the 
> attitude of American airline passengers to  fellow travellers of a Middle 
> Eastern  appearance - that is the path that leads to fascism.
>
> Sometimes however humour is needed to alleviate the gloom and to highlight 
> the ridiculous.  I read this in the Guardian on Monday and it made me laugh.
>
> Another caller complained of discrimination after passengers on a flight 
> to Scotland requested that he be removed from the plane. The other 
> passengers seemed to be disturbed not by his Taliban attire, but by his 
> naughty eight year old. They couldn't take any more of his mother 
> shouting: 'Stop that Osama'."
>
> The rest of the article is well worth reading  for other reasons 
> at 
> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4262929,00.html>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4262929,00.html 
>
>
>
> Robin Eggar



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