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godelskitoday at 6:37 AM1 replyview on HN

  > One of them is the right to safe travel.
I'm sorry, but you're acting crazy if you think someone naming their device "free Palestine" is a credible threat. That's absolutely bonkers

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bonessstoday at 7:23 AM

How about taking the full quote, and defining the terms in that full quote? Otherwise you’re just straw-manning based on cherry picking.

Threats in airplanes, post 9/11, land different. “Free D.C., Fuck Americans” says something different to fellow passengers than “Free D.C.”.

Not crazy, not bonkers. Yes, a threat. And in an airline context: they are all treated as credible… that’s why your shoes get checked, and water gets stopped, and babies banana smoothies get confiscated because of potassium content.

Plus, there’s a red line from the PLO and hijackings through 9/11 to the current state of airline security. That’s not neutral, and not incidental, for an airline that knows recent history.