On 9/7/06, Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But that's precisely the point - my problem is that I think the authorities (both the airline staff and Dutch authorities) massively overreacted - basically because these guys had brown skin. If the plane had had 12 English football hooligans doing exactly the same thing, I'm sure they'd be cautioned, but I very much doubt that they would have turned the plane around with a fighter escort.
Everyone is getting worked up on racial profiling and airport security. On a lighter note, this is one man's hilarious attempt to circumvent the airport security. http://www.zug.com/gab/index.cgi?func=view_thread&thread_id=68619 -- Vinayak