[Mr Ramsbotham]

Arabs should be forced to fly in bomb-proof compartments. In the company of pigs.

[radar101]

It is called "Voting with your feet".

My admiration goes to the common lot of passengers on this flight.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

"Our daughter noticed a couple of guys that were perhaps acting a bit strange. They went to the front of the queue, went to the back of the queue, and then they went and sat down by themselves."

Just doin' what us Americans won't do, and tryin' to figure out who to overpower then hijack the plane...

[Bigg Red]

Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood said it was disgraceful the pair seemed to have been judged on their skin colour.

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No, Mahmood, they were apparently behaving suspiciously. Better safe than sorry. If they were so innocent, why was the plane searched after their passports had been examined?

[Vince Ferrer]

Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood said it was disgraceful the pair seemed to have been judged on their skin colour.

They weren't being judged by the color of their skin, they were being judged by the percieved content of their character.

[ChessExpert]

Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood said it was disgraceful the pair seemed to have been judged on their skin colour.

According to this article and others, it is apparent that the two were judged by their behavior. It is disgraceful that a Member of Parliament seems to have judged passengers based upon the color of their skin. MP Khalid Mahmood should apologize for his blatantly anti-white racist remark.

[VOA]

I can't help wondering if those two fellows weren't traveling to
Manchester for a particular reason.

Which can be found in the last sentence of the linked article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686661/posts

[cobaltblu]

If I see some men of any race, wearing heavy coats in August, acting weird and constantly looking at their watches, I might pull my family off a plane. You add to the fact that they seemingly are of Middle Eastern descent, speaking what seems to be arabic...WAY too many red flags. I'm outta there.

Call me Kooky

[sportutegrl]

Do Heath and Jo Schoefield look just like Peg and Al Bundy to anyone else?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Within a generation it will be open season on Muslims. They will consider today's treatment as quite fair by comparison.

[El Cid]

How about a new plane boarding requirement:

Every passenger is required to step on a copy of the koran (preferably with some manure on their shoes) before boarding.

[daybreakcoming]

I understand. Last night we decided not to board an elevator with a group of young arab muslim men who were doing nothing more than whispering among themselves. It was not fear of them but a spontaneous movement on our part...more of an aversion than anything else. Pre 9/11 and all the events since, we would have thought nothing of it and perhaps if the American muslim street would denounce the terrorists among them, it would be make a difference. Instead we get CAIR calling pressers to complain about every imagined little nuance and demanding apologies.