Maine National Guard bars Green Party leader from flying

[Reese]

At 01:58 AM 11/4/01 -0800, Raymond D. Mereniuk wrote:
>On 3 Nov 2001, at 23:12, Reese wrote:
>
>> Oh boo hoo hoo.  I shed crocodile tears.  Truly.  
>> 
>> People flagged by the ticket agent, people who purchase tickets online.
>> That's what got her flagged.  Dig deeper, you are missing it.
>
>> Obviously.  Carry on, you don't need me for this.
>
>What am I missing here?  

Your earlier text, which give context to my responses.

>Was the prospective passenger carrying 
>weapons or anything which could be judged as a weapon.?  Was 
>the prospective passenger deemed a threat to any of the other 
>passengers or the completion of the flight to its destination?  If the 
>answers to any of the above questions were yes then the person 
>should have been arrested, charged and dealt with in a court of law.

</simplistic manichaean view>

>Otherwise the passenger should have been allowed on the flight 
>regardless of political belief or profile of ticket purchase.  

You still do not allow for attitude.  "We reserve the right to refuse
service to anyone."

>The ticket purchaser has suffered discrimation 

Self-inflicted and self-aggravated.

>If you start to agree to this type of decision you are no different than 
>the Muslims who claim all non-believers to be an enemy.  

"Us v Them" straw man.

>Think about it!

Smell what you shovel.

Reese