Apparently, by definition somewhere.
And freepers agree with that assessment?
Not this one, anyway. "Serious consequences" does not necessarily sound like a physical threat, just a big mouth.
Imo, they should not have offended the other passengers once they found out the other passengers were being offended (which might not take much nowadays).
BTW, are we 'profiling' male muslims 15 to 45 years old yet?
Uh Huh. Thought so.
To me, "serious consequences" was his way of saying "I'll have your punk ass fired"...but there are a lot of people who actually think that even threatening somebody's job/livelyhood is a violation of the Patriot Act. If that were true, Vince McMahon would already be in federal prison for all the wrestlers and announcers he's threatened with dismissal if they didn't give him a BJ.