I would trade an incident with this sort of minor irritation for these guys. If they are so upset, they should shave and their women need to don some clothes that dont hide their faces. I am sick of this BS..

Comment 98!!!

thanks. i try to be of help. i dedicate this honor to the hypocrites and reality deniers to whom i’ve offered a reality check.

Kumar and his type – I hope when you fly next time some gora decides that he/she does not like your skin color and decide that you pose a safety risk. That the airline decides that there’s no legal risk in booting you off the flight, and despite the FBI, CIA, heck obama himself coming and pleading that you guys are too timid to be of any danger, they refuse to let you fly. That you guys have to buy a late airticket from another airline at several times the original price (ofr, in the end, it is not pride, it is not shame, but losing some money alone that will make a desi sad).

then we will see if you will sit there and say, ‘oh well, my bad, they did the right thing by mistaking my comments about potluck and hindi movies as something of concern to NSA..’

drumroll

Comment 98!!!

Well, at least the family gets to sue and live as millionaires happily ever after. Which, ironically, could only happen in the evil infidel Christian West. Who would even thinking of suing in Saudi Arabia or, god forbid, Pakistan – rape requires 4 witnesses… god forbid the number required for “airport discrimination”!

Yes Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is the standard we should all measure ourselves by, I mean we should be just grateful we are allowed to fly at all.

I suppose after this family gets their six-figure paycheck, they’ll be flying quite a bit more (most likely on their own jet, as opposed to an evil infidel second-rate Western airlines). Someone really needs to add suing to the immigrant experience. Whether the issue be a turban, airline hassle, or just plain body odor…

Can we be honest?

sure. it’s well known that a family that sponsors vandals and butchers together… ??? i thought holidays were supposed to bring out the charitable spirit in us. surely another hindu organization exists that could do some good with your money. many neighborhood mandirs in desh have dispensaries and clinics that provide highly subsidized care, usually for the elderly. perhaps you’re enjoying just getting a rise out of some on sepia — but it only makes you look very-very naive. your degree of denial is up there with “nobody is gay in iran.” meanwhile, your extra-patriotic friends, MNS and Shiv Sena (whose brand of politics is actually affirmed when organizations like the VHP are encouraged; one can imagine who a VHP member is likely to vote for) are threatening bookstores to throw out pakistani books. the US constitution is probably sacred to you (originalist? i wouldn’t be surprised). meanwhile, you’re quite happy to pay for ring-side seats as india’s constitution being shredded by goons you’re cheering for. with PIOs like these, who needs enemies? you and the splendid academies at muridke have divided the labor for eviscerating akhand bharat quite efficiently.

On the other hand, if the statement made by the airlines authority turns out right, I guess they only acted based on other passengers’ safety concerns and their own rules. As a service provider you walk on the thin line between client satisfaction and security issues. You can’t really blame them.

Yeah they’re pretty blameless unless you actually bother to read the articles, see that the FBI(!) cleared these people before the arlines did, see that the airline itself offered an apology belatedly, etc. Other than that, you can’t really blame them.