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	<title>Comments on: Open Letter to Stewardess on Delta</title>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://www.commonsensedemocracy.com/index.php/2005/05/03/free-speech/an-open-letter-to-the-ignorant-wench-that-was-my-stewardess-on-the-delta-shuttle/comment-page-1/#comment-6</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 19:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Juan,

Thanks for the comment. I completely understand your frustration and anger and I would be right there with you in wanting to bring that flight attendant down. When I originally read your post I was astounded that something like that could happen. I then read through the comments and I began to see many different perspectives so I am torn about what is allowed and isn&#039;t allowed in a free society. I do agree, without a doubt that she handled the situation incorrectly and religion and Christianity has NOTHING to do with why the t-shirt may or may not have been offensive. I tend to error on the side of free speech and so I believe that a few people getting pissed is still an accepting side effect to having free speech without censorship in our society at large. I am also gay and so I have fought for years myself on where my faith fits into my beliefs. 

Please keep us posted on any new developments if you decide to pursue the matter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Juan,</p>
<p>Thanks for the comment. I completely understand your frustration and anger and I would be right there with you in wanting to bring that flight attendant down. When I originally read your post I was astounded that something like that could happen. I then read through the comments and I began to see many different perspectives so I am torn about what is allowed and isn&#8217;t allowed in a free society. I do agree, without a doubt that she handled the situation incorrectly and religion and Christianity has NOTHING to do with why the t-shirt may or may not have been offensive. I tend to error on the side of free speech and so I believe that a few people getting pissed is still an accepting side effect to having free speech without censorship in our society at large. I am also gay and so I have fought for years myself on where my faith fits into my beliefs. </p>
<p>Please keep us posted on any new developments if you decide to pursue the matter.</p>
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		<title>By: Juan</title>
		<link>http://www.commonsensedemocracy.com/index.php/2005/05/03/free-speech/an-open-letter-to-the-ignorant-wench-that-was-my-stewardess-on-the-delta-shuttle/comment-page-1/#comment-5</link>
		<dc:creator>Juan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 19:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey, i&#039;m the guy that was forced to remove my shirt on the Delta flight...  i understand that my shirt could be deemed offensive, when i told my mother what had happened, she was appalled, both at the stewardesses behavior AND (and to be perfectly honest probably more so) by what my t-shirt said.  fact of the matter is, i just didn&#039;t think about it.  i was hung over and had just returned from the gym and after showering had realized i was late so i grabbed the top tshirt and didn&#039;t really pay mind to what it said...  i didn&#039;t MEAN to be offensive i just wasn&#039;t thinking.  

that said, the behavior of the stewardess was enfuriating for many reasons, primarily because, AS a christian i have felt ostracized and persecuted by other so-called christians and my church for different political beliefs and sexual orientation.  my faith is important to me and the stewardess&#039; false use of Christianity as a reason to censor was the straw that broke the camel&#039;s back...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey, i&#8217;m the guy that was forced to remove my shirt on the Delta flight&#8230;  i understand that my shirt could be deemed offensive, when i told my mother what had happened, she was appalled, both at the stewardesses behavior AND (and to be perfectly honest probably more so) by what my t-shirt said.  fact of the matter is, i just didn&#8217;t think about it.  i was hung over and had just returned from the gym and after showering had realized i was late so i grabbed the top tshirt and didn&#8217;t really pay mind to what it said&#8230;  i didn&#8217;t MEAN to be offensive i just wasn&#8217;t thinking.  </p>
<p>that said, the behavior of the stewardess was enfuriating for many reasons, primarily because, AS a christian i have felt ostracized and persecuted by other so-called christians and my church for different political beliefs and sexual orientation.  my faith is important to me and the stewardess&#8217; false use of Christianity as a reason to censor was the straw that broke the camel&#8217;s back&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Travel Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.commonsensedemocracy.com/index.php/2005/05/03/free-speech/an-open-letter-to-the-ignorant-wench-that-was-my-stewardess-on-the-delta-shuttle/comment-page-1/#comment-4</link>
		<dc:creator>Travel Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 15:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Open Letter to Stewardess on Delta&lt;/strong&gt;

I&#039;m conflicted on this post. Free speech is vital to a democracy, but common courtesy is vital to civilization....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Open Letter to Stewardess on Delta</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m conflicted on this post. Free speech is vital to a democracy, but common courtesy is vital to civilization&#8230;.</p>
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