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It's pretty unfortunate, but penalizing the airlines financially is the only way that they'll stop kowtowing to these sorts of unreasonable requests. Hopefully
by brandur 11y ago
It's pretty unfortunate, but penalizing the airlines financially is the only way that they'll stop kowtowing to these sorts of unreasonable requests. Hopefully if this goes through, similar lawsuits will be brought against non-Israeli airline companies and this type of anti-social behavior will go away worldwide.
The article's key quote:
> Rabinowitz, a Jew who attends synagogue and keeps a kosher home, told the Guardian: “The man had no other reason to complain than my gender – and that’s unlawful discrimination. It’s no different than if a person of another religion had said: ‘I don’t want to sit next to a Jew.’ And I don’t believe El Al would move a person in those circumstance.”
- ScottBurson 11y agoI think this passage is also very interesting (quoting Rabinowitz): > “He started to tell me it was forbidden by the Torah. I interrupted him to say the Torah says nothing about a man sitting next to a woman. He conceded I was right, but said there was a general principle that a person should not put himself in a dangerous situation." So not only is it not explicitly forbidden by the Torah -- this whole thing is somebody's interpretation -- but the general principle being invoked says, don't put yourself in a dangerous situation; it doesn't say that you get to rearrange everyone around you! Either find an acceptable seat yourself, or get off the plane!