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Airline Delays Flight Over Passenger's Suspicious Math Equations (usnews.com)

Earthquake Retrofit shares this article from the Associated Press: "An Ivy League professor said his flight was delayed because a fellow passenger thought the math equations he was writing might be a sign he was a terrorist... He said the woman sitting next to him passed a note to a flight attendant and the plane headed back to the gate. Guido Menzio, who is Italian and has curly, dark hair, said the pilot then asked for a word and he was questioned by an official... "They tell me that the woman was concerned that I was a terrorist because I was writing strange things on a pad of paper..." He was treated respectfully throughout, he added. But, he said, he was concerned about a delay that a brief conversation or an Internet search could have resolved. "Not seeking additional information after reports of 'suspicious activity'... is going to create a lot of problems, especially as xenophobic attitudes may be emerging."

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  1. Re:Culture of stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    And Obama saying he visited 52 states!

    What Trump is saying is the law, the Liberals are the ones who change it to hate.

    "going to build a wall on the border" News flash, that is already a law
    "Asking immigrants their religion" News flash, that is already the law

    All Trump is saying is that he is going to enforce the law, and that is a message people like to hear after 8 years of Obama ignoring the law.

    I say no to hate, that is why I vote against Democrats. Democrats hate Americans more then anyone. But Democrat voters seem fine with being hated.