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Don_Ese125:
I'm sooo not male! If i was a guy,i certainly wouldnt be gay. Homosexuality is sooo sick and wrong.

So now that you are a girl, are you a lesbian? If yes, you are still homosexual.

Everyone has their view on this issue. I personally think that the family did not display good sense in talking about such a sensitive issue ESPECIALLY as they are Arabs and visibly muslims. The airline was right to eject them from that very flight even though they were cleared as had they been let back on there might have been some hysteria among other passengers. However, they should have put them on the next available flight. There was no excuse for not doing so.

Security issues are taken seriously nowadays. . . terrorist activities have ruined it for all of us. A British girl was arrested because while she was being "harrassed" she said something like "what? Do you think I have a bomb in my bag?" nobody jokes with these things. I know the family did not mention bomb or explosives but, these things happen. The same way Nigerians are viewed with suspicion as fraudsters is the same way people view Arabs as potential terrorists. I personally will take my chances in London with a white fidgety man carrying a big bag on the tube than with an Arab doing same (probably unfounded bias I know, but hey, we all make judgments based on some reason or the other, no matter how illogical that reason may be).

A few years ago (and this is the truth), I was almost not allowed on a Continental Airline flight from London Gatwick to New York, just because I had insisted (rather forcefully) that I had to have seats by the exit (those seats have more leg room). They booked my flight and gave me the seats, but on the day, you need to see the way I was treated. I was searched thoroughly (they stopped short of stripping me o). Then when they finally checked me in, I was told that i was not being given the exit seat. When I asked what seat I was allocated, I was told a seat would be allocated to me at the gate (in all my years of travelling, this was a new one). At the gate, they refused to give me a seat until the last passengers had gotten on the plane, then they gave me a seat as far from the exit as possible, in the bleeping middle row (I guess they wanted to make sure that if I had anything or plan or accomplice, it would be hard to carry out the plans). To add insult upon injury, when I was returning, I was pulled aside again when I showed my passport and ticket and searched again (told to sit down, lift up my legs etc). . . I was mortified. Again, my exit seat was taken off me and I was allocated some other obscure seat. Needless to say that that was the first and last time I ever flew with Continental Airlines.

To cut a long story short, these things do happen. And anyone can be a victim. The airlines were within their rights to take them off the flight but they had no right not to let them on another flight. So I do think they should take legal action. They will probably succeed (that is of course if what has been portrayed is a true account of what happened).

@ Earthpikin,

This questionnaire is way to long. Just reading it was tiring. It will take forever to answer them. By the way, how come you haven't answered the questions yourself.

I agree with the Original Poster Up To a Certain Extent. The thing is if all the women in Naija were not to take nonsense from their husbands, the men would certainly change. I mean, why on earth will a man be willing to help and do some housework/cooking/looking after the kids when they are abroad, but turn to some male chauvinist pig once they thread on their home soil? It's about time that there was a paradigm shift in the attitudes of our people. . . both male and female.