Be very Offended and Angry

This is the news item I saw today morning which made me feel very sad

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People speaking Arabic stops plane
5:15AM Saturday September 01, 2007
All passengers on an American Airlines flight from San Diego to Chicago were ordered off the plane, after passengers complained of hearing a group of Arabic-speaking Iraqi men.
The Iraqis were questioned by police but released. All of the passengers had to stay overnight.
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Of course, this should make many people feel very very offended, justifiably so and also very angry too. What is happening to the country which has the Statue of Liberty as its primary icon, proclaiming to the world 'send me your poor and unfortunate and they can work towards prosperity in America, bringing glory to themselves and the Nation'

It is very depressing to see that George Bush's America has become such a paranoid place that it has to be afraid of people speaking different tongue. Will this pattern be extended to people speaking other languages too, in course of time, as and when Bush declares other nations as 'Axis of Evil'.

So next to be targeted will be Korean and Persian speakers. And in future it could be Afghans speaking Pushtoo and one day it will come closer to home when Hispanics speaking 'Spanish' may also be feared. But will they make an exemption for them because America was discovered by Amerigo Vespussi and Christopher Columbus.

What if this practise is adopted by other countries which are America's allies like Australia, UK etc. So if you speak your native tongue (which is not English) in any one of these countries you could be arresed or thrown out of restraurants, deplaned etc.

What a great service to the 'Unity of Mankind' by Geroge Bush. Does he still deserve to be the American President ?

And finally does it give a right to the French and Italians and the Arabs to extend similar treatments to people speaking 'English' in their countries?

I think it does.

Be very offended and concerned