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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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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?

I thought his comment was amusing coming from a black guy.
If someone said that ABOUT a black guy people would be :shock:

:shrug:

But, no, I don't look at how people are dressed and get worried (ok - 'cause I wear some pretty strange outfits)
I look at how people ACT and get worried if they're acting suspicious or peculiar.
 
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I thought his comment was amusing coming from a black guy.
If someone said that ABOUT a black guy people would be :shock:

:shrug:

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I was about to say that about a black guy. I lived in a black neighborhood had been mugged and beaten up in a race riot. So I was a little paranoid to say the least. Till one day there was this black guy walking down the street and I had crossed the road in order to avoid anything. It turned out to be a friend I knew. And well I really felt like ****.
 
Considering How This Story has made the rounds Big Time in the last 24 Hours - Well, How about asking the Same Question to a lot of Politicians including those up for contests 11 days from now.
 
No. I'm much more worried about drunks and children than I am about Muslims. And I am automatically nervous any time I am either unarmed or in a crowded place. Thus, I much prefer driving anywhere I need to go.

:kitty:

BTW - Why does anyone like in these United States need to go about in Muslim garb (??)

For the same reason I wear a suit and tie as often as expediency allows. Clothing tells society who you are and how to treat you. I want to be treated like a powerful man; they want to be treated like holy men.
 
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?

I feel more comfortable around those in Muslim garb.

The terrorists are the ones who don't look like that because a successful mission requires not drawing attention to one self
 
I don't get nervous about their type of dress - no. I DO get nervous if you add in that they are nervous, or overly sweaty, or acting erratically but then again, that makes me nervous no matter who it is or how they're dressed.
Then you'd HATE flying with me. I'm terrible in large moving machinery and even less so with flying.

I try to stay the **** away from planes, but when I HAVE to fly, no people in traditional dress dont make me nervous. I'm a lot more nervous about being in a glorified toaster hurtling through the air at 30,000 feet
 
The acts of terrorism recently committed by Muslims where committed while dressed in a more western style. Someone planning to commit a terrorist act in a western European or American country is not likely to be dressed in traditional Muslim garb so fearing them would be a bit illogical.
 
Then you'd HATE flying with me. I'm terrible in large moving machinery and even less so with flying.

I try to stay the **** away from planes, but when I HAVE to fly, no people in traditional dress dont make me nervous. I'm a lot more nervous about being in a glorified toaster hurtling through the air at 30,000 feet

You're right, you'd probably not be on my "favorite to fly with" list.
 
Sounds like you have been reading too much libral spin. Meaning ? Yes, I see the "very conservative". I am still an independent with socialist leanings..
Only following the news and some of the political ads(limited, they are hard to stomach).
Do we ever need reform here !
 
Wow. Talk about ignorance.
JW was not a journalist at NPR and is not a journalist at FNC.


Oh, so now it is "ignorant" to call a spade a spade ?
Anyone with an ability to reason can easily see that Fox is faux, that it is a tool of the right-wingers.
Much as MSNBC is a tool for the Democrats.
Why do people deny the obvious?
NPR was wrong and they seem to have acknowledged this...amazing....
 
The acts of terrorism recently committed by Muslims where committed while dressed in a more western style. Someone planning to commit a terrorist act in a western European or American country is not likely to be dressed in traditional Muslim garb so fearing them would be a bit illogical.

Juan wasn't defending his nervousness by saying it was logical. He was just honestly stating it. It doesn't stop him from flying with Muslims in garb.
 
i would say it makes me more aware of my surroundings; although i recognize that tactically it doesn't make sense; i typically look to see if they are traveling with family.
 
Anyone with an ability to reason can easily see that Fox is faux, that it is a tool of the right-wingers.
Much as MSNBC is a tool for the Democrats.
Why do people deny the obvious?
NPR was wrong and they seem to have acknowledged this...amazing....

Fox has regular liberal contributers like Juan Williams. (now with a 2 million dollar contract.) How many conservatives does NPR, Bend Over MSNBC have?
 
Heh, I saw that broadcast where he said that. Funny how he is proving ...what was it, O' Reilly's point (?) even further.

As to whether or not I feel nervous around Muslims, I can't say I have. There are a small, but sizable population of Muslims on the campus, some live in the same building as myself.

But yes, I think it was a valid point by some to point out that images stick out in people's imaginations, perhaps as a useful defense mechanism against dangerous situations.

I don't feel nervous around them on the street or while shopping. Like Juan, it would be the association with flying with them that would make past events come to mind.
 
I fly a lot, and when I see someone who is muslim seated in front of me in the plane, i get nervous. I suck it up and fly anyway, but I don't see any point in lying. There will probably never be a point in my life where seeing someone of middle eastern descent on a plane doesn't make me nervous, just like my grandma never really forgave the Japanese for Pearl Harbor. I don't treat them differently, I wouldn't discriminate, and I have friends who are muslims. Still, I acknowledge that I get nervous when flying when middle easterners are on my plane. It is what it is. I understand it isn't logical, and the overwhelming majority of muslims aren't violent.

I flew with a muslim man on my plane to DC on October of 2001, the day we started bombing in Afghanistan. I doubt he had a very comfortable day since it seemed that every single person on the plane was watching him for the entire trip.
 
I don't feel nervous around them on the street or while shopping. Like Juan, it would be the association with flying with them that would make past events come to mind.

I rarely fly, myself.
 
I think it is only human nature to have some thought cross one's mind in this scenario. It seems, at least in my experience, that only fundamentalist Muslims practice the wearing of the garbs and the such. That being said, fundamentalists in general, whether they be Muslim or Christian make me nervous.
 
:lamo

Clearly that is way too scary an outfit in which to go around trick-or-treating.

I just had an image of some guy dressed up as a terrorist, plastic AK-47, fake C4 strapped to them with a Saddam mask, screaming allah-akbar! when people open their doors. Then the guy getting shot or arrested... so probably not a good idea.
 
So who is going as a Muslim this Halloween?



It Might be a Good outfit for an undisclosed Liberal Homosexual with definite decadent views on this society as it disintegrates further. For about a few hours some might think he at least stands for something.

More to the point - Muslims by and large in the USA are not favorably inclined towards this Nation and this includes those at CAIR.
 
It Might be a Good outfit for an undisclosed Liberal Homosexual with definite decadent views on this society as it disintegrates further. For about a few hours some might think he at least stands for something.

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It Might be a Good outfit for an undisclosed Liberal Homosexual with definite decadent views on this society as it disintegrates further. For about a few hours some might think he at least stands for something.

More to the point - Muslims by and large in the USA are not favorably inclined towards this Nation and this includes those at CAIR.


*ding dong*

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Trick or treat smell my feet give me something good to eat:mrgreen:
 
I'll Stand by may assesment AND be Proven Right over the long haul.
I'm going to keep a tally of how many liberal homosexual children come trick-or-treating to my door dressed as Muslims and report back.
 
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