Today's Chronicle ran a follow-up to the story of the six Muslim scholars who were removed from a US Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix. One of the imams was from Bakersfield; and yesterday, shortly after noon, Associated Press ran a story about his arrival at his final destination. The bottom line was that it took him 27 hours to get there, and one of the reasons was that US Airways refused to let any of the six men board any of its flights. I continue to read this as evidence of the culture of fear we have created. I know from my own experience how fear can breed anger (on both sides of the coin); so I have been particularly depressed by this particular item and the way things have been proceeding.
Monday, June 22, 2009
November 25, 2006: Imams on a Plane
Today's Chronicle ran a follow-up to the story of the six Muslim scholars who were removed from a US Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix. One of the imams was from Bakersfield; and yesterday, shortly after noon, Associated Press ran a story about his arrival at his final destination. The bottom line was that it took him 27 hours to get there, and one of the reasons was that US Airways refused to let any of the six men board any of its flights. I continue to read this as evidence of the culture of fear we have created. I know from my own experience how fear can breed anger (on both sides of the coin); so I have been particularly depressed by this particular item and the way things have been proceeding.
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