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身穿反布什T恤的澳洲人被拒绝登机
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来源：英语考试网 2007-4-13 13:11:00 |
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身穿反布什T恤的澳洲人被拒绝登机 Dumped airline passenger fights for right to call Bush a terrorist
An Australian man barred from an international flight for wearing a T-shirt depicting US President George W. Bush as a terrorist has said he would fight the airline's ruling.
Allen Jasson, a 55-year-old IT specialist, was turned away from a Qantas flight from Melbourne to London after refusing to remove the shirt, which carries an image of Bush and the words "World's Number One Terrorist".
Jasson said the airline had denied him freedom of speech and he was taking legal advice on challenging its policy and recovering costs involved in missing his flight.
"To be fair to Qantas, they have said I can take another flight if I don't wear the t-shirt but I am not prepared to go without the t-shirt," he said.
"I might forfeit the fare (about 2,000 US dollars) but I have made up my mind that I would rather stand up for the principle of free speech."
A Qantas spokesman 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".
一架国际航班禁止一位澳大利亚人登机，因为他穿了一件将美国总统布什描绘成恐怖分子的T恤。该澳大利亚人表示他会与航空公司的决定斗争到底。
55岁的艾伦·杰森是一位IT专家。昆塔航空公司从墨尔本到伦敦的航班禁止其登机，因为他拒绝脱掉印有布什照片和“世界头号恐怖分子”字样的T恤。
杰森说，航空公司侵犯了他言论自由的权利。他会听从律师的建议，迫使航空公司改变决定并补偿他因错过航班所受的损失。
他说：“不过，昆塔航空公司表示，假如我承诺脱掉该T恤的话，就可以乘坐另一趟航班。但是，我并不能这样做。”
“也许我会损失大约2000美元，即使这样，我也已经下决心要为言论自由的原则而战。”
一位昆塔发言人说：“无论是口头表示还是印在T恤上，一切有可能伤害其他乘客或威胁昆塔公司的航班安全的言论都是不允许的。” |
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