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Airline Bars Man from Flight over Bush T-Shirt

HeadlineJan 23, 2007

An Australian man is threatening to sue the airline company Qantas after he was barred from flying. At the time, Allen Jasson was wearing a T-shirt depicting President Bush that read “World’s number one terrorist.” A spokesperson for the airline said: “Whether made verbally or on a T-shirt, comments with the potential to offend other customers or threaten the security of a Qantas group aircraft will not be tolerated.”

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