"Gotto be the shoes..."

Some news articles for the new year...

Muslim family thrown off US jet because of 'remarks':
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/03/airtran-flight-muslim-passengers
I guess we should be glad the plane wasn't airborne while this occurred... I can just hear the cabin crew telling the boy as she straps a parachute on him, "Just pull this cord after 15 seconds, it's just like a detonator..."

though the Washington Post does this story far more justice
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010201695.html
in this article, the Airline had already apologized on the 2nd Jan and offered to pay for the return flights... Shame on you The Guardian. Is this lazy reporting or simply withholding key information in order to weigh the story with bias?

Good to see all the protest around the world re Israeli's bombing of Gaza:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/03/gaza-israel-protest-shoes-london

Perhaps though, that all peoples protesting would be launching more than their shoes if they had access to military projectiles... I by no means advocating military projectiles at anyone or Israel. Far from it. I also don't believe what in Hebrew is,
עין תחת עיןIn : , ayin tahat ayin;
and in Arabic:
العين بالعين‎, al'ain bil'ain
So I agree with Mahatma Gandhi that
"An eye for an eye makes the world go blind.."

But of course, it's hard to do when you're people are being consistently suppressed and murdered by an occupying force that has strong support of the US.

- J

* "Gotto be the shoes" is taken from Spike Lee's 1989 commercial for Air Jordon/Nike Inc