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On the other hand
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 Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: Jew kicked off Air Canada flight for praying |
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Just so Gopher can have something to throw back at Canadians who talk about how America is devolving into fascist paranoia...
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Some fellow passengers are questioning why an Orthodox Jewish man was removed from an Air Canada Jazz flight in Montreal last week for praying.
The man was a passenger on a Sept. 1 flight from Montreal to New York City when the incident happened.
The airplane was heading toward the runway at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport when eyewitnesses said the Orthodox man began to pray.
"He was clearly a Hasidic Jew," said Yves Faguy, a passenger seated nearby. "He had some sort of cover over his head. He was reading from a book.
"He wasn't exactly praying out loud but he was lurching back and forth," Faguy added.
The action didn't seem to bother anyone, Faguy said, but a flight attendant approached the man and told him his praying was making other passengers nervous.
"The attendant actually recognized out loud that he wasn't a Muslim and that she was sorry for the situation but they had to ask him to leave," Faguy said.
The man, who spoke neither English nor French, was escorted off the airplane.
Air Canada Jazz termed the situation "delicate," but says it received more than one complaint about the man's behaviour.
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:19 am Post subject: Re: Jew kicked off Air Canada flight for praying |
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Just so Gopher can have something to throw back at Canadians who talk about how America is devolving into fascist paranoia...
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Some fellow passengers are questioning why an Orthodox Jewish man was removed from an Air Canada Jazz flight in Montreal last week for praying.
The man was a passenger on a Sept. 1 flight from Montreal to New York City when the incident happened.
The airplane was heading toward the runway at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport when eyewitnesses said the Orthodox man began to pray.
"He was clearly a Hasidic Jew," said Yves *beep*, a passenger seated nearby. "He had some sort of cover over his head. He was reading from a book.
"He wasn't exactly praying out loud but he was lurching back and forth," *beep* added.
The action didn't seem to bother anyone, *beep* said, but a flight attendant approached the man and told him his praying was making other passengers nervous.
"The attendant actually recognized out loud that he wasn't a Muslim and that she was sorry for the situation but they had to ask him to leave," *beep* said.
The man, who spoke neither English nor French, was escorted off the airplane.
Air Canada Jazz termed the situation "delicate," but says it received more than one complaint about the man's behaviour.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2006/09/05/qc-hasidicprayeronplane.html |
AirCanada sucks. Jazz is even worse. I hope Canada does not turn into what this article is showing. How stupid.
On a lighter note, I don't know what the name of the guy whom they are quoting is, but the article becomes somewhat funny when you subsitute anything in for the *beep*s.
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Mitch Comestein
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:21 am Post subject: |
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The name is even funnier than anything you could think of...
Tell me this guy didn't get made fun of in school!
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Novernae
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:07 am Post subject: |
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| The crew had to act in the interest of the majority of passengers, said Jazz spokeswoman Manon Stewart. |
This is the best part. So if a majority of passengers feel it is in their best interest to redirect a Toronto-Calgary flight to Cuba for a nice vacation they must comply? I like that idea  |
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On the other hand
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:33 am Post subject: |
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On a lighter note, I don't know what the name of the guy whom they are quoting is, but the article becomes somewhat funny when you subsitute anything in for the *beep*s.
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Ha ha! Didn't notice that when I made that post. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Are you surprised this happened on an Air Canada flight?  |
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