How is this meaningfully different from yelling "Fire!"
It's more the equivalent of wearing a T-shirt that said "Fire".
i.e. not at all likely to actually cause a problem with anyone whatsoever.
He says he never considered that it would cause a problem with the people on the plane, and that aftr the problem was raised he checked with the people around him and they all said that there wasn't a problem.
If he'd stood up halfway through the flight and said "I have a bomb in my shoes!" or attempted to carry on something which resembled a bomb, I'd understand it. But I really can't understand how a badge with the words "suspected terrorist" on it could be in any way directly linked to actual terrorism or cause anyone to think that the person was a terrorist.
Re: on the other hand ...
It's more the equivalent of wearing a T-shirt that said "Fire".
i.e. not at all likely to actually cause a problem with anyone whatsoever.
He says he never considered that it would cause a problem with the people on the plane, and that aftr the problem was raised he checked with the people around him and they all said that there wasn't a problem.
If he'd stood up halfway through the flight and said "I have a bomb in my shoes!" or attempted to carry on something which resembled a bomb, I'd understand it. But I really can't understand how a badge with the words "suspected terrorist" on it could be in any way directly linked to actual terrorism or cause anyone to think that the person was a terrorist.