I hope she loses a ton of money in lawyer's fees. Matthew Small
-----Original Message----- From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:48 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Woman bounced from Southwest flight for T-shirt Last time I checked, airlines were private industry. How can they violate your "civil" rights? Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Woman bounced from Southwest flight for T-shirt > > > RENO - A Washington state woman intends to press a civil-rights > case against Southwest Airlines for booting her off a flight in > Reno after fellow passengers complained about a message on her T-shirt. > > Lorrie Heasley, of Woodland, Wash., was halfway home on a flight > Tuesday that began in Los Angeles, wearing a T-shirt with the > pictures of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and > Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a phrase similar to the > popular film, Meet the Fockers. > > Heasley said she wore the T-shirt as a gag. She wanted her > parents, who are Democrats, to see it when they picked her up at > the airport in Portland, Ore. > > "I just thought it was hilarious," said Heasley, 32, a lumber saleswoman. > > And she felt she had the right to wear it. > > "I have cousins in Iraq and other relatives going to war," she > said. "Here we are trying to free another country and I have to > get off an airplane in midflight over a T-shirt. That's not freedom." > > http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-10-06-swa-tshirt_x.htm?csp=34 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176182 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
