Offering the Middle-digit Salute in Response to Brazil

"Casey Wilson" wrote in message


It appears to me the Brazilian authorities were taking purile
punitive retaliation, but it does not excuse "ugly American" actions
such as this.

Maybe, but would American officials put a foreign national on trial for
flipping off the airport camera? I doubt it based on that alone.

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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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You'll note that the story carries the byline: "Larry Rohter NYT"


You'll note the URL does not lead to the New York Times site.

John T wrote:

Maybe, but would American officials put a foreign national on trial for
flipping off the airport camera? I doubt it based on that alone.

Having had unfortunately close encounters with the authorities in Tennessee and
Atlanta in my younger days, I am quite certain that doing so there would result
in some jail time.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

"Martin Hotze" wrote in message


you might want to read this:
http://www.khilafah.com/home/categor...D=9007&TagID=2

They weren't put on trial nor were they fined. Nor, for that matter, did
they give the middle finger salute, so how is this at all relevant to this
thread?

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John T
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Larry

In paper a few years ago a afro-can woman was hauled into court for
giving a Policeman the 'bird'.

Her defense was that this was a normal way of greeting for 'cans' and
the Judge let her off.

Looks like we got a double standard here. If your a 'can' you get off.
If your white, it cost you $12,750 USD (

OR. We've got some stupid Judges here like they have in Brazil.

Big John
Pilot ROCAF

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:54:42 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

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Additionally, the unprofessional conduct of Capt. Dale Robin Hersh
earned him the fine he deserved IMO.

Jue

If you are talking about the rest of the world, it means we give and
they take.

Big John
Pilot ROCAF

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:53:32 GMT, "Jürgen Exner"
wrote:

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You may want to check the definition of "reciprocal".

jue

"Big John" wrote in message
...
| Larry
|
| In paper a few years ago a afro-can woman was hauled into court for
| giving a Policeman the 'bird'.
|
| Her defense was that this was a normal way of greeting for 'cans' and
| the Judge let her off.
|
| Looks like we got a double standard here. If your a 'can' you get off.
| If your white, it cost you $12,750 USD (
|
| OR. We've got some stupid Judges here like they have in Brazil.
|

I would not touch that with a ten foot Pole. Or even a Czech or Rumanian.

Larry Dighera wrote:
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