Comments on: Cat Stevens denied US entry

By: elusiveoutlaw

elusiveoutlaw — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:23:01 +0000

n the 1st place all bush supporters r brainwashed and lack guts and integrity but none of that will matter by the time he gets out of office u and i will have no rights so then it will b time 4 me to come see u n a personal way

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:23:36 +0000

He could be another Jim Jones

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 01:20:35 +0000

I think most people seem to have missed the point.
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) was probably initally stopped for three simple reasons:
1, he’s male and his name sounds like that of an arab (they probably didn’t realise it was Cat Stevens).
2, where he was going. Washington
3, the fact that he had a private plane.

When they deverted him, and realised who it was, they had to justify it.
Thanks to his past links to hamas etc. this is easy for them.

This scenario seems more likely than he was on any terrorist watch list
since he wasn’t stopped a couple months earlier when he came to the US.
What changed in over that period of time?
Nothing.

As a male non-US citizen I am stopped everytime I pass through a US airport
on international flight. I don’t look like an arab and I’m not on any watch list,
so this story is no surprise to me.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:26:33 +0000

Islam doesn’t own a patent on killing, you dork.

There are f@cked up killers and perverts from every walk of life.

Anyone who lets religion rule their mind and gives up the basic human GIFT of thinking for one’s self is either a killer or a victim or a fool.

Go educate yourself, and start using your brain to invent your OWN thoughts instead of subscribing to other people’s… for a change.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:19:19 +0000

I traveled to Arizona from San Francisco a few months ago to do some camping in the GC. I was careful to carryon only items which would not get confiscated by the fascists.

When I got to GC, I was searching through my pack for some film in one of the pockets of my pack. IN there I found my huge camp knife which I thought I had lost many months ago. I use it to cook and chop meat with when I’m cooking. It has a huge 6″ blade. The handle is made of titanium and it has a double lock hinge.

I walked right through security with thing.

The same folks who took my mom’s knitting scissors away from her (yes the one her mother gave her before she died) let me walk on a plane with a knife so big, I can easily slice bread with it.

This site is about CIVIL LIBERTY. Our civil liberties. Bush and his cronies don’t give two sh1ts about our REAL safety. Their army’s are not successful. Their airport security is not successful… ALL they want to do is TRAIN YOU to gradually accept the violation of your civil liberties.

Welcome to Bush country, COMRADE!

Oh, by the way, remind me to start my own oil company and invade an bass-ackwards oil-rich country! A fella could get rich that way!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:11:11 +0000

In fact, he does practically live here. He is in exile from his home country Tibet due to Communist Chinese rule (think “Patriot Act” Times 1000).

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:06:25 +0000

All Islams claim peace, but we all know it is not a peaceful religion, not unless you are one -o-them. Thye have their reasons for being on the list.
Can you say “better safe than sorry”
Who knows how wierd he’s gotten in the past years.
Who cares where he was born.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:15:14 +0000

“he that can give up a little liberty in return for a little saftey deserves neither liberty nor safety.”

Spoken by one of our founding fathers: Benjamin Franklin.

BRING OUR DEMOCRACY BACK; BRING OUR FREEDOM BACK. VOTE!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:23:59 +0000

morning has broken ……….

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:36:01 +0000

Um… I’d say something but for a strong p2p activist like myself, they prolly wouldn’t let me in the country either – being they classify us in the same boat as terrorists, lol.

It’s a shame though that this guy – someone who proclaims peace when so many are proclaiming war – has problems like this for the world to examine – a fine example of our current system ‘not’ working.

_-Jile-_

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:34:00 +0000

rhetoric

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:00:56 +0000

Cat Stevens once had a song inferring the birth of Jesus. It was called “The Boy With the Moon an Star on His Head. Then he did an album called “Buddah and the Chocolate Box. I was a big fan of his in the 70’s. Why so much flip flopping with the ideas of religion?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:29:00 +0000

To start we all don’t live in the USA so stop assuming everyone else does. “Freedom of Speech” is a american legal concept. I’m not american.

But to delve into this legal term. You have to right to express yourself so long as that expression does not cause another harm. A classic example is a a protest at the local city hall. The speaker stands up and says, “go rob a bank because they are stealing from us and time to take back what is ours”. He has a right to say that but as soon as anyone acts on that statement it becomes a crime and is no longer a case of “free speech”.

If you look at the Ayatollah Khomeini the year before the Satanic Verses were published he had made a religious decree that those in prison would be asked where their loyalties lie, those who gave the wrong answer were strung up and hung, around 30,000 people were hanged! So did the Ayatollah have the right of “freedom of speech”? A year later the decree surrounding Rushdie was made. That decree ruined his life. It forced him into hiding with body guards in fear for his life.

It’s quite obvious you’ve missed the point. Things you say and do can come back to haunt you. What Cat Stevens did by talking to Reuters was a really bad decision, for CAT STEVENS. I know people who still hate him to this day over saying what he said back in 1989, I know others who threw out his records. It upset a lot of people.

BTW this isn’t a case of “I didn’t like what you said so, STFU” this is a case of “oh shyte, that is the dumbest decision he’s made, he should have kept it to himself” it really hurt his career, it hurt his reputation. That was the point of “Just goes to show sometimes you should zip your lip” because if it can come back and bite you in the ass, it will.

ps: what I really hate is people who come along, think they know everything there is to know about me from one post and they get it all wrong

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:20:35 +0000

“Site visitors and fans alike will no doubt have heard about today’s news that Yusuf Islam has been refused entry into the US. As yet we have no specific information from the US immigration authorities as to why he was not allowed to enter the country. What we can say, however, is that he will be shocked and angered at being associated with anyone who commits acts of violence. He has vehemently and consistently criticized terrorist acts and has always advocated peace through his songs and his extensive humanitarian relief work. He has travelled many times to the US, most recently two months ago on a visit with his record company. Any suggestion therefore that he poses a security risk due to alleged connections with terrorist activities is totally denied as it is simply wrong. We are seeking further details so that we can challenge the decision to refuse him entry. When we have more information we will be able to comment further. We feel certain that this matter will be resolved soon.”

http://www.yusufislam.org.uk/

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:02:15 +0000

^ is a racist asshole.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:51:20 +0000

thank you for backing up some of my claims

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:04:00 +0000

I’ve a better idea than blocking people entering the US, why doesn’t the rest of the world build a wall around the US and not let them out! The war mongering, gun touting yanks would probably be extinct after say 10 years, as their so paranoid they would end up self annihilating.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:50:37 +0000

Do we think that a person who once sang a nice song, could never do anything bad? Or, that a man wearing a funny hat and a beard will always do bad things? My question is …who desides?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:26:29 +0000

It’s about time somebody showed some nads and kept this filth out of the country. If they had done this before there would be fewer successful act of terrorism. You liberals need to wake up. You whine and complain or protest thinking you’re doing some good. As x military I’ll tell you, you’re doing more harm to our troops safety by your actions. If you are actually American, and you support rights for people like this, remember that it’s that brotherly peace-nik attitude that bred complacency about the threat muslims really are and allowed 9/11 to happen. You’re never satisfied, doesn’t matter who is presidaent in your eyes. You’re either ignorant or a coward with nothing better to do than be malcontents. I hope you or someone you love aren’t the one’s sitting down to a peaceful lunch or taking a flight to see grandma or standing at a bus stop when the next act of terrorism perpetrated by the followers of “Mohamed” takes place.

Ken Factor
Phoenix, AZ

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:25:12 +0000

It’s about time somebody showed some nads and kept this filth out of the country. If they had done this before there would be fewer successful act of terrorism. You liberals need to wake up. You whine and complain or protest thinking you’re doing some good. As x military I’ll tell you, you’re doing more harm to our troops safety by your actions. If you are actually American, and you support rights for people like this, remember that it’s that brotherly peace-nik attitude that bred complacency about the threat muslims really are and allowed 9/11 to happen. You’re never satisfied, doesn’t matter who is presidaent in your eyes. You’re either ignorant or a coward with nothing better to do than be malcontents. I hope you aren’t the one’s sitting down to a peaceful lunch or taking a flight to see grandma or standing at a bus stop when the next act of terrorism perpetrated by the followers of “Mohamed” takes place.

Ken Factor
Phoenix, AZ