Well I can’t even get on it. It keeps telling me that an error has occurred. 😡

I agree LBA. They really have come out well. The fantastic (if a little cold) weather thursday helped alot.

I think Ren was right about the meeting of 2 rain gods causing the sun to shine 😎

An absolutely great day out today, thanks to all concerned. How the hell did I manage to get sunburnt at MAN ? :confused: My face looks like a well slapped beetroot.

Report(s) and photos to follow… 😉 Now back to work. 🙁

Agreed Ren. It was a great day out. Thanks to all concerned from me as well. Hope we can organise a repeat soon. By the way, everyone has been asking me where I’ve been today as I look so tanned 😀

Then we should discuss the matter of which one of the following is the most likely to blew up a plane:
a) An arab praises Allah and acts nervously.
b) A white person praises God and acts nervously.

Well, let’s look at history then.
1. The christian suicidal mission pretty much ended with the crusades at about 1400 A.D, whereas the muslim holy war (Jihad) is a fact in modern time.
2. UK has been involved in the war against Iraq and Al-Quaida – which has drawn a lot of interest from certain muslim terror groups. UK and UK interest are quite clearly a target for these groups.
3. The latest three suicidal hijackings have been conducted by muslim terror groups (9/11).

So, just because the pilot or security crew considers an arab as more interesting than a white guy it mustn’t necessarily need to be out of racist reasons.

I agree with you but I think we should be careful that we do not always assume that arab = terrorist.

ETA are not religious fanatics, they are claiming independence for Basque.

I know that. I was simply making the point that just because the person was getting distressed in Arabic does not mean he is going to blow the aircraft up.

So if a white person sits there going “Oh my God, oh my God” and rocking back and forth, would you say that was sufficient reason to kick them off too? Because I sat next to a nervous traveller who did just that.

Who is to say this chap wasn’t doing exactly the same?

Good point. What if they were saying the same in Spanish or Basque, would they be thrown off for being ETA terrorists?