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John Gilmore: I was ejected from a plane for wearing "Suspected Terrorist" button.

I'm glad that someone has the moral pigheadedness to stand up for themselves. Because I suspect that I wouldn't.

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From:

andrewducker

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.

From:

allorin.livejournal.com

See my comment, for how the badge could possibly have caused trouble, or have been misconstrued.

As for what he says regarding the people around him, I'm not sure how much I believe of that. His entire piece sounds like he was trying to exact maximum effect out of what would have been a minor affair, had he complied with their wishes.

"It's more the equivalent of wearing a T-shirt that said "Fire"."

Hardly.

From:

andrewducker

I think it's exactly an analog of that.

Your argument about there being a hard-line nutcase on the plane seems odd. If you have nutcases on the plane you have problems anyway. You might as well say that people shouldn't wear Red on planes because some psychopaths are set off by vibrant colours.