Tockalosh

You obviously havent ever lived in Blackburn or South Preston

Norm_uk

Luton - not the best example of England's green and pleasant land I admit but there are areas which are not recognisable as England these days...and speaking about it gets you a mouthful about how we have to tolerate other people's customs (which sort of defeats the purpose of immigration and integration...but suits colonisation perfectly well).

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Norm_uk

Has anyone seen this?:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-17181861

We can add Gatwick to the list of places we have to respect foreign customs (which go against common sense security procedures too!) in Britain now.

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Boomhauer

I read that ; makes one's blood boil. The airport officials should be forced to apologize , fired and fined. The gentleman should be awarded damages. When officials behave in such a manner, they aren't just depriving him of his civil liberties but are doing it to all of us.

Norm_uk

It's just silly that someone would get offended for hearing a common sense statement that one shouldn't be allowed to go though airport security without showing the face.

Of course it highlights the extreme sensitivity some people of a particular religion have and also the hypersensitive pander to that of people around them.

I agree he should have an official apology and perhaps be awarded some damages (a duty free voucher even). It's not only a sign of how free speech isn't being protected but of the utter madness in airports where it's not required to remove a face covering when going through security???

Someone once said that the system you cannot criticise is the one that is in charge...makes you think doesn't it?

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Bahtatboy

Yeah. Duty Free voucher--must buy booze + bacon sandwich voucher + 2 book vouchers (one for Farenheit 451, one for something else (nudge nudge )).