{"id":2205,"date":"2009-01-06T11:10:13","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T16:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2009-01-06T13:27:28","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T18:27:28","slug":"tsa-and-jet-blue-pay-for-stupidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/01\/06\/tsa-and-jet-blue-pay-for-stupidity\/","title":{"rendered":"TSA and Jet Blue Pay for Stupidity"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been a little free with the words “stupid” and “idiocy” here of late, especially in connection with the recent behavior of AirTran<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The discussion that followed in the comments turned to whether or not it was worth it to stand up in the face of stupidity, especially when that stupidity came under the guise of “security.”\u00c2\u00a0 Well, it was worth it for this fellow<\/a>:<\/p>\n

JetBlue and the TSA have settled a lawsuit brought by a man who was refused boarding on an airplane because he was wearing a shirt with Arabic writing on it (the TSA said that this was like “wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, ‘I am a robber.'”). They’ve paid him $240,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Raed Jarrar, the fellow who dared wear a t-shirt JetBlue and TSA didn’t like, writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

All people in this country have the right to be free of discrimination and to express their own opinions[.]\u00c2\u00a0 With this outcome, I am hopeful that TSA and airlines officials will think twice before practicing illegal discrimination and that other travelers will be spared the treatment I endured.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If they can’t understand decency, make them familiar with the costs.<\/p>\n

(I was surprised to find out that this is the same Raed Jarrar that writes RaedInTheMiddle<\/a>, which I came to from the “Where Is Raed?<\/a>” blog by Salam Pax.\u00c2\u00a0 Used to read Jarrar quite a bit in 2004-2005.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been a little free with the words “stupid” and “idiocy” here of late, especially in connection with the recent behavior of AirTran.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The discussion that followed in the comments turned to whether or not it was worth it to stand up in the face of stupidity, especially when that stupidity came under the guise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t