Comments on: The $240,000 traveling shirt http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/01/08/the-240000-traveling-shirt/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:54 -0700 hourly 1 By: Tracker http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/01/08/the-240000-traveling-shirt/#comment-26529 Tracker Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:49:34 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=1921#comment-26529 I remember this. Glad to see they had to pay for their ignorance. There's a lot of very dangerous scapegoating going around as of late. Just a couple weeks ago nine Muslims, three of them children between the ages of 2 and 7 were thrown off an AirTran plane because two of the adults had been having a conversation about where was the safest place to sit on the plane, in case of an accident, away from the engine or by the wing? It's an inane conversation, and if anyone else had had the very same conversation, like myself because I'm a white girl from the south, no one would have batted an eye, but because of their ethnicity people around them automatically assumed they were terrorists. The FBI even cleared them with the airline, saying that they had no records and were law abiding citizens. The airline still refused to put them on another flight, until there was public outrage over it. By that time they had re-booked with another airline. Some might want to look back at history and see what can happen when scapegoating entire populations of people becomes fashionable. One might ask the Jews of Germany in the 1930s and 40s how *that* turned out. I remember this. Glad to see they had to pay for their ignorance. There’s a lot of very dangerous scapegoating going around as of late. Just a couple weeks ago nine Muslims, three of them children between the ages of 2 and 7 were thrown off an AirTran plane because two of the adults had been having a conversation about where was the safest place to sit on the plane, in case of an accident, away from the engine or by the wing? It’s an inane conversation, and if anyone else had had the very same conversation, like myself because I’m a white girl from the south, no one would have batted an eye, but because of their ethnicity people around them automatically assumed they were terrorists.

The FBI even cleared them with the airline, saying that they had no records and were law abiding citizens. The airline still refused to put them on another flight, until there was public outrage over it. By that time they had re-booked with another airline.

Some might want to look back at history and see what can happen when scapegoating entire populations of people becomes fashionable. One might ask the Jews of Germany in the 1930s and 40s how *that* turned out.

]]> By: laradunston http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/01/08/the-240000-traveling-shirt/#comment-26519 laradunston Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:59:25 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=1921#comment-26519 Oh, I hadn't heard about this - unbelievable! What astonishingly ignorant people. Arabic calligraphy has become such a key part of contemporary design, appearing all over the place in so many different forms, I'm astounded this was a first for them, but I'm so pleased it's the last time they'll get to exhibit their profound racism. Oh, I hadn’t heard about this – unbelievable! What astonishingly ignorant people. Arabic calligraphy has become such a key part of contemporary design, appearing all over the place in so many different forms, I’m astounded this was a first for them, but I’m so pleased it’s the last time they’ll get to exhibit their profound racism.

]]> By: Tino http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/01/08/the-240000-traveling-shirt/#comment-26502 Tino Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:10:30 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=1921#comment-26502 ...or critical thinking skills? …or critical thinking skills?

]]> By: Rooi_Skoene http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/01/08/the-240000-traveling-shirt/#comment-26492 Rooi_Skoene Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:23:29 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=1921#comment-26492 Do these people not receive sensitivity training? Or customer service training, at the very least? Do these people not receive sensitivity training? Or customer service training, at the very least?

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