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Causing disturbance on an airplane

mardi 8 février 2022 à 13:20

Proposing that for people convicted of causing a disturbance on an airplane should not be allowed to fly as passengers on commercial flights. I am in favor of this: the punishment fits the crime and should help to deter it.

The current US "no-fly" list is unjust because it is a secret punishment imposed without trial. This proposed punishment would be part of a sentence for a criminal conviction — thus, not sharing that particular injustice at all.

Rather than lumping this sentence together with the unjust arbitrary punishment that has existed for 20 years, we should contrast them as much as possible.