On Tue September 5 2006 4:42 pm, Anil Kumar wrote: > Third, when the western world is suspicious of Muslims > behaving irresponsibly to choose to deliberately fall into that category is > rank stupidity. But if you insist let it be at your own risk.
hmmmm... But it's karan thapar isn't it? So being a dork comes naturally. I followed this story very closely, and I heard the 12 people's version and the Dutch side. It does appear that for the "crime" these people committed, the action taken did not wholly justify the "Oh so just and righteous" label that was applied in some Indian media to the Dutch - considering that these people were not given access to anyone for more than 12 hours after detention and the Indian consulate was not informed. If the Dutch legal system mandates this sort of treatment - I am willing to accept that I am mistaken in my accusation. Northwest Airlines has said nothing in public about the incident - other than stating what the air marshals thought the passengers were doing. If you Google for passenger misbehavior on aircraft, using cellphones and exchanging seats has never ever resulted in a flight being turned back with a fighter escort and the passengers being led away in handcuffs to solitary confinement in 3x3 cells with no consular access. This type of treatment has not even been meted out to people who have behaved violently on flights. So karan thapar thinks there was no bias does he? shiv
