Pilot's actions raise questions: how far is too far

wfaa.com ^ | 2/9/2004 | Brad Hawkins

[blau993]

I have no interest in suppressing Christianity or any other religion. However, passengers on an airliner are in a state of confinement. To subject them to a discussion of religion or any other topic when they do not have the ability to get up and leave is extremely rude and should not be tolerated. And it would be even more offensive, in my view, to have to listen to a discussion of the subject by someone who didn't think there was anything out of the ordinary in the fact that the discussion was occuring under those circumstances.

[ClintonBeGone]

And it would be even more offensive, in my view, to have to listen to a discussion of the subject by someone who didn't think there was anything out of the ordinary in the fact that the discussion was occuring under those circumstances.

Would you be equally offended if you were in seat B, in the middle, and on sides A and C were two people discussing the bible?

[tcuoohjohn]

He can think about the Lord all he likes. Evangelizing as the Captain of an airliner is another matter.

Can you imagine what was going through the minds of the the passengers? " My God, Myrtle..we're gonna die..Muslims have hijacked the aircraft."

[blau993]

I would be annoyed if I was in the middle seat and the people on either side of me were having a discussion about anything. That is incredibly rude. If this happened, I would offer to change seats with the passenger on the aisle. Assuming he or she agreed, I wouldn't care whether they then chose to discuss bibles or bimbos so long as they did it quietly.

Bottom line -- when others are not free to walk out of earshot, your right to free speech must be exercised within the limits of common sense and ordinary politeness.

[Theo]

"Crazy" was a word the pilot light-heartedly used to describe the *Christians* on board ... not the non-Christians:

"... passengers remember the word 'crazy' having been playfully applied to the Christians on board" (from http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1075414/posts )

Sounds like someone preferred "getting offended" to "getting the humor."