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Do you get nervous when you notice people in Muslim garb on your airplane?

Does it make you nervous?

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Prudence demands at least a minimal rise in concern and attention.

As for NPR canning JW - as someone I spoke to said:
Here we have an excellent example of people who refuse to accept the world the way it is and shower anger on anyone who actually does.
 
Goobieman said:
Prudence demands at least a minimal rise in concern and attention.

As for NPR canning JW - as someone I spoke to said:
Here we have an excellent example of people who refuse to accept the world the way it is and shower anger on anyone who actually does.
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he shouldn't have been fired.
 
Of course I do and I fly more than the average person. I have no shame in admitting that it's because I hold mostly unfounded prejudices about Arabs and terrorism. I know them to be unfounded and yet my natural instinct is to be apprehensive because of the vilification of Arabs and Muslims by the so called 'Liberal' media. The difference is that I've realized that I'm far more likely to die from a heart attack than I am to die from a terrorist attack so I don't really get into a fit about a Muslim getting on the same plane as me. I simply hope for the best and then hug my family when I get back home.

I wish more people thought this way instead of feeding into a mostly unfounded belief system.
 
Just a little bit , but I'm a more nervous when I see someone who look like s/he just came from a allnight bar run.
 
liblady said:
he shouldn't have been fired.
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He was supposedly a journalist before getting fired. Now, working for Faux, he doesn't have to worry about having a journalism career.

Regards from Rosie
 
RosieS said:
He was supposedly a journalist before getting fired. Now, working for Faux, he doesn't have to worry about having a journalism career.
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Wow. Talk about ignorance.
JW was not a journalist at NPR and is not a journalist at FNC.
 
Goobieman said:
Wow. Talk about ignorance.
JW was not a journalist at NPR and is not a journalist at FNC.
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What exatcly is a national correspondent?
 
Hatuey said:
So then he was a correspondent but wasn't. What exatcly is a correspondent though? I'm actually in agreement with you. I just seek clarificaton on what his job actually was.
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From what I have heard and read of his NPR work, he was, essentially, a reporter.
 
I typically don't get that nervous. When I board a plane, I prepare to kill everyone equally.
 
digsbe said:
Yes, I do beliee that. As a kid I grew up in the DC area in Maryland. My neighborhood was very diverse, and my babysitter as a kid was an Islamic Iranian woman. she wasn't radical and assimilated well into our society. I go to a Christian university and we have Muslim students here who are against violence and assimilate well (in fact, last semester one of my lab partners was a Muslim girl who wore the headscarf). To be honest, I've personally never met a Muslim who supported terrorism, and all of the Muslims I have met have been good people who spoke out against it.
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Ask If they think someone who insults the "Prophet" or burns a Koran deserves death (??) I've personally done this years ago in the matter of the Salmon Rushdie nonsense. Some very Westernized articulate, educated, modernistic guys said that the Koran needed special status and that those against it or who belittled it deserved attack.
 
MaggieD said:
I voted "a little bit." It would cause me to be more observant of what they were doing. If they don't like it, then they shouldn't dress like Osama BinFreakiin' Laden on an airplane.

A shame he was fired. I wonder, had he said something like, "On a dark street, when two Black guys with gang colors on walk by, I get nervous."



Can't help commentng on your second sentence...."supposedly abused." ?
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So my sister tells me.. The human mind has the wonderful ability to "cover up" pain and agony...thus, I remember little to nothing....and I'll keep it that way.
NPR made a serious mistake, but why????
 
Mellie said:
I have to admit that I would be just a little bit nervous. 9/11 was the first really big tragedy that I remember and it really affected me. I know it's not wise to suspect every single Muslim because there are very good Muslims (some are parents of my students). But if I saw Muslims in full garb on my airplane, I don't think I could help not being just a little bit nervous especially if they were also visibly nervous or chanting something.

I hope I don't get fired for saying that. :2razz:
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I was honest and said I would be nervous but still would get on the plane. However, if they were acting nervous and chanting I would not get on the plane. If I was on the plane already, I'd start yelling "Let me outa here!"
Seriously, I know people will think I'm a bigot, but I know I would be nervous. I'm not around Muslims much, and I've only flown once. So both things would put me on edge because of 9/11.
 
Barbbtx said:
If I was on the plane already, I'd start yelling "Let me outa here!"
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... and then the U.S. Marshals would board the plane and drag your ass off to a Federal penitentiary for a few years.

:roll:
 
I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said I didn't get nervous. Then again the last time I flew on a plane with a Muslim person was when I was in middle school. I was flying by myself and all he had was a duffel bag so I got pretty nervous. This was about 2004, I think the fact that I was so young and that it was just a couple years after 9/11 ought to be a valid excuse for my irrational worries.
 
No.
I’m more likely to be killed in something more common so, why should I worry?
 
Mellie said:
Juan Williams was fired from NPR for saying that he gets nervous.

NPR Fires Juan Williams Over Muslim Comments | The Blaze

When you see (or if you saw) people dressed in Muslim garb getting onto your airplane, is there any moment of uneasyness or nervousness in you?
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I used to get a little nervous, when I lived in Ohio and didn't fly very often. But here in DC, I really stopped noticing because it's so ubiquitous. Otherwise I'd be nervous every time I stepped onto a plane.
 
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spud_meister said:
I don't own an aeroplane, so I don't worry about it.
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Well then, maybe you could get a job with NPR. I hear they will be hiring 100 journolists. I'm sure the first question on the application will be "Do you get nervous on planes with Muslims."
Seriously, if this poll is any indication, I bet there are others at NPR who feel the same as Juan. Oh well, as long as they don't also work for Fox, their jobs are safe.
 
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