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Can I just take a moment to froth in rage here?

"Why, Batya," you ask, "what has you so enraged?"

This.

I just. HOW IS THIS HAPPENING.

Edited to add: here's Raed Jarrar's own account of what happened. Thanks,

madfilkentist.

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Fear, lack of real public knowledge, and a "leadership" that is power-mad.

Among other things. *sighs*

........

Uh.

Whut.

.....

I have no words.

*just. stares.*

I am scarily reminded of one of Frank Burns' lines from M*A*S*H, the one that went "Unless we all conform, unless we follow our leaders blindly, there is no possible way we can remain free."

Some days I hate the fact that an outside world exists.

*lets the icon say it*

...whut.

I heard that on the news, then saw a link in

debgeisler's LJ this morning.

It's a damned shame I can't get one of those shirts before I fly to London next week. (That and a shame I didn't get one of the Ben Franklin shirts at LACon)

Wow! That's disgusting! And so familiar!

*quietly fumes*

I...I know. I know. Ugh.

Except I can't figure out how to blame this one on the leaders. (Despite the Current Music, which is my personal private anti-Dubya song.)

Me neither. At least none I can use at work.

I'm cursing like a sailor on the inside, though.

People are scared. That's how it's happening. And they're letting it happen.

I'm scared. Because it's happening.

The paranoia is taking over, and just about anything that deviates from the normal is going to be a target. All it really takes is one or two people going to security to express a concern about some aspect of another passenger for that other passenger to be subject to additional scrutiny. It doesn't really matter whether the concern they express is well-founded.

IT'S A RUTTING T-SHIRT.

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY SCARED OF.

Additional scrutiny is one thing. I'm even tempted to say additional scrutiny is perfectly fine, despite the overwhelming unlikelihood of a bomber actually wearing a shirt in Arabic.

But making him change his shirt is not okay.

Is it sad that I want to make one in Elvish just to see who'd get the joke?

I would buy that!

...I feel mildly ill.

I mean, it's not like the 'Mericans in question would know the difference.

This ain't your grampa's you-ess of aye.

I saw that on Salon the other day. Shocking.

I would wear it. On a flight.

(Having worn this (http://www.cafepress.com/politicklers.13281004) on a flight already).

I hope he sues them for ten million dollars and wins.

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