Raed Jarrar was coming home from Jordan wearing a T-shirt with the phrase "We will not be silent" in Arabic script and English. Other JetBlue passengers who could not read the Arabic were "offended" and
she was apprehended by security and asked to replace it. She also had her seat changed to the back of the plane. Variations on T-shirt airline censorship have
happened before, but, taken to extremes, the fear of foreign language has
spawned some unpleasant nights. Where is the line drawn? And where is the path to multicultural reconciliation?
posted by ed
on Aug 21, 2006 -
70 comments
The FBI has issued the first
demand for library records under the Patriot Act. The library in question is somewhere in Bridgeport, CT. The
ACLU is seeking an emergency court order to lift the FBI gag order, but they've been instructed by the gag to keep the person whose library records being sought (i.e., their client) a secret. What the ACLU has revealed is that the client is a member of the American Library Association (clearly, a front for terrorism). If any MeFites are interested in digging up additional details on this and start making calls,
here's a good place to start. What indeed would the FBI consider so threatening?
posted by ed
on Aug 26, 2005 -
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