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Woman accused of terrorism for breastfeeding
Posted: 2003-04-27 06:23pm
by Shinova
Vypr wrote:
Wolfe says she refused a flight attendant's offer of an airline blanket to hide herself because it hadn't been sealed and, given the SARS scare, she'd rather use her own things. Thus, unbeknownst to her, a "Level 1" crew complaint was filed.
When an announcement then came over the public address system stating that all mothers should change diapers in the plane's bathrooms, she decided to ignore it because she found the change table too high, right above the toilet and with nary a restraint to stop an infant from falling.
She says she explained all this to the flight attendant who came over for a second time, but the complaint, of which she was still unaware, was upgraded to Level 2.
Wolfe began to nurse the baby again, using her own bib and blanket. She says the man got out of his seat, walked over to hers and stood staring at her. She says she approached him afterward and twice asked if he had a problem with her feeding her son.
"He marched past me and to the very back of the cabin to talk to the flight attendant," she wrote. "He told her, 'This woman just assaulted me.' ... He then explained that the asking of two questions by a 'foreign national' in international airspace made him feel the victim of terror and as such he wanted to file an assault charge."
She says the flight attendants also began to call her and her travelling party "foreign nationals in international airspace on an international flight during a time of war." And she was informed both of the complaint and that it could be upgraded to a Level 3, which meant possible mandatory detainment by U.S. authorities for 24 hours, RCMP involvement and criminal charges for an act of war upon an American.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/16 ... omment.php
Posted: 2003-04-27 06:26pm
by Dalton
Ask me if I am surprised.
Posted: 2003-04-27 06:29pm
by Joe
This sounds a little too ridiculous to be true. I wouldn't really trust it without verification from another source.
Posted: 2003-04-27 06:37pm
by Howedar
That was my reaction.
Posted: 2003-04-27 06:41pm
by Montcalm
If its true that guy is a fucking moron.
[Sarcastic]Another American victim of Canadian persecution[Sarcastic]
Posted: 2003-04-27 06:46pm
by Nathan F
Evil Canadians!!! Even MORE reason for us to liberate Canada from the ruthless grip of the Frenchies in Quebec!!!
Posted: 2003-04-27 06:48pm
by Keevan_Colton
This was on the TV here a couple of days ago.
Posted: 2003-04-27 07:05pm
by Stampede
Posted: 2003-04-27 07:08pm
by weemadando
All hail the great American fearful populace!
Eeek! An iraqi-french-al-qaeda suicide squirrel! We must use our god-given firearms to purge the non-southern-baptist unbeliever who doesn't like fearless leader Bush!
Posted: 2003-04-27 07:22pm
by pellaeons_scion
This is my Knee
This is my Knee-jerking...
Sheesh...talk about overreaction.
Posted: 2003-04-27 07:29pm
by Raptor 597
I can say bull fucking shit. Can you? Besides, there is no state of war. There is a state of conflict. Political correctness can kiss my ass.
Posted: 2003-04-27 07:49pm
by Nathan F
weemadando wrote:All hail the great American fearful populace!
Eeek! An iraqi-french-al-qaeda suicide squirrel! We must use our god-given firearms to purge the non-southern-baptist unbeliever who doesn't like fearless leader Bush!
Err... what?
Posted: 2003-04-27 07:53pm
by Gandalf
Nathan F wrote:weemadando wrote:All hail the great American fearful populace!
Eeek! An iraqi-french-al-qaeda suicide squirrel! We must use our god-given firearms to purge the non-southern-baptist unbeliever who doesn't like fearless leader Bush!
Err... what?
Uber paranoia parody methinks.
Posted: 2003-04-27 07:55pm
by Stampede
either way..the story is still fucked up.
Posted: 2003-04-27 07:56pm
by pellaeons_scion
and then some
Just occasionally, I quite like the fact that this corner of the world, IE australia, is so apathetic to just about everything. Is paranoia even in our dictionary? *looks* oh yes, just under Over-reacting Idiot
Posted: 2003-04-27 08:12pm
by neoolong
Jeez. That's just pathetic.
Posted: 2003-04-27 08:18pm
by Kamakazie Sith
Almost sounds like a scene from "Anger Management"
Posted: 2003-04-27 08:19pm
by Gandalf
Why is this so unbelievable after that woman had to drink breast milk a while ago?
Just a thought.
Posted: 2003-04-27 08:51pm
by Darth Wong
Durran Korr wrote:This sounds a little too ridiculous to be true. I wouldn't really trust it without verification from another source.
Why not? Are you seriously saying that you find this unbelievable? Let us review:
Fact: airline regulations DO make any refusal to obey the demands of the flight crew into a quasi-terrorist act, regardless of the nature of the demand.
Fact: fundies are notorious for becoming extremely angry when people offend their prudish sensibilities. Any woman who's breast-fed in public can relate to this woman's experience, and idiots like the one who ranted to the flight crew are not at all uncommon.
So what part of this story makes it "too ridiculous to be true?"
Posted: 2003-04-27 09:05pm
by aphexmonster
Dalton wrote:Ask me if I am surprised.
Are you suprised ?
Posted: 2003-04-27 09:10pm
by Joe
I would say the terrorism charge makes it sound a little ridiculous to be true. In any case, Keevan verified it, so I withdraw my objection.
Ever since the entirely fabricated Green Party member fiasco, I've regarded most of these airline security related stories with skepticism.
Posted: 2003-04-27 10:00pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
That story was messed up. The way the report was written didn't help much. I mean, I didn't get a word I read there.
Posted: 2003-04-27 10:02pm
by Joe
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:That story was messed up. The way the report was written didn't help much. I mean, I didn't get a word I read there.
Me too. Where else is there on a plane to change a baby's diaper?
Posted: 2003-04-28 12:03am
by Stampede
crazy shit, man. crazy shit.
Posted: 2003-04-28 12:39am
by Vertigo1
*shakes head in disgust*
This world is just getting more fucked up ever year....