[IP] breastfeeding mothers, avoid Continental

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Meng Weng Wong <mengwong@dumbo.pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:50:54 -0400
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: breastfeeding mothers, avoid Continental

http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/story.asp?id=51AA6AB6-034B-4F
E0-911C-04871E6B1EC5

Deborah Wolfe, a Canadian citizen who was just breast-feeding her son
and changing his diaper while en route between Houston and Vancouver,
says her "subversive" actions led to her being threatened with
detainment, RCMP involvement and legal charges for terrorist action
against a U.S. citizen in international airspace while on an American
flight during a time of war.

...

Wolfe says she refused a flight attendant's offer of an airline blanket
to hide herself because it hadn't been sealed and, given the SARS scare,
she'd rather use her own things. Thus, unbeknownst to her, a "Level 1"
crew complaint was filed.

...

She says the flight attendants also began to call her and her travelling
party "foreign nationals in international airspace on an international
flight during a time of war." And she was informed both of the complaint
and that it could be upgraded to a Level 3, which meant possible
mandatory detainment by U.S. authorities for 24 hours, RCMP involvement
and criminal charges for an act of war upon an American.


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