tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979923.post1210888710043078008..comments2024-03-28T04:39:53.720-07:00Comments on Tech Matters: Using tech for positive social change: Dragonair Hauls Rami off the PlaneJim Fruchtermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08214396954972460844noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979923.post-66110388866703441952008-11-24T01:33:00.000-08:002008-11-24T01:33:00.000-08:00A very relevant aspect appears to be that the flig...A very relevant aspect appears to be that the flight afterward was almost surely not one bit safer, nor was it more on time. <BR/><BR/>In other words, Dragonair willfully and against rational argument wastes the resources of their stakeholders which includes their passengers. i would like to emphasize 'waste' (not 'risk'). <BR/><BR/>Such practices do not belong to a modern world at all. They are based on discrimination, stupidity and fear. If that is the public image Dragon air must perpetuate in public we should see to it that as many people as possible know about it and can make an informed decision whether at all to travel with that airline.swisswuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023590456017052580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979923.post-34873991984991708992008-10-25T06:35:00.000-07:002008-10-25T06:35:00.000-07:00I am the daughter of Gwen Williams who has much fo...I am the daughter of Gwen Williams who has much fondness for Rami. She told me of his plight in China and consequently I have read your photo journal of the events that took place. I have never met Rami but I am overwhelmed at his strength and persistance with Dragonair over this highly discriminatory and demeaning matter with the seats. I am amazed that people can treat others with this level of ignorance. I am disgusted at their treatment of him on the plane. I admire him so much for sticking up for himself but nobody should have to be in that position in the first place. Who are they to say who is more deserving of rescue in an emergency situation? <BR/><BR/>We should all be entitled to the seat we want in life. Or at the very least have a reasonable justification when we can't. This behaviour was inexcusable. when will people learn?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Alys BunceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440643808641939390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979923.post-19723323059112416172008-10-21T07:20:00.000-07:002008-10-21T07:20:00.000-07:00Hi, I am Sebastian, a friend of Rami; we had met i...Hi, I am Sebastian, a friend of Rami; we had met in New delhi when he was posted there and i was studying. As the first blind employee of the African Development Bank in Tunis, I had travelled the world quite a bit, e.g. my seeing eye dog has visited by now 43 countries. However, you cannot imagine how much hardship, discussions, fights and even arrest travelling with a seing eye dog can get you! My reccomendation for anti discriminatory fights like this is: get them thinking by squeezing their brains ... on which they place their behinds ... in clear: make any company accountable by financial compansation claimes & you will have their brains in your hand! I am very interested to hear any follow up on this one. Bravo Rami!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15326186427260364417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979923.post-66846624330650487452008-10-13T11:51:00.000-07:002008-10-13T11:51:00.000-07:00Ridiculous technicality gone too far. It happens a...Ridiculous technicality gone too far. It happens all the time, unfortunately.Blake Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09077551452162910983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979923.post-21901501401095436732008-09-28T14:16:00.000-07:002008-09-28T14:16:00.000-07:00Hi Jim,Feel free to not publish this but I seem to...Hi Jim,<BR/><BR/>Feel free to not publish this but I seem to have misplaced your card and email.<BR/><BR/>I posted as small thank you today for standing in solidarity with Rami. It was C.T. Vivian, one of Dr King's organizers, who pointed out to a group of us university leaders once that what the unexpected supporter does for the marginalized from within their context of privilege that takes a special kind of courage - and yields a special sort of result.<BR/><BR/>Thanks. Here's the link:<BR/><BR/>http://www.rollingrains.com/archives/002508.html <BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/4pj8gyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035089687905137788noreply@blogger.com