A Georgia woman and her fellow Delta passengers were prevented from singing the National Anthem as crews uploaded the casket of a fallen soldier at Atlanta's airport last weekend. Pamela Dee Gaudry was on a flight towardHatsfield-Jackson International airport when she learned the body of a fallen soldier - 29- year old Army staff Sgt. Dusting Wright- was on her plane. Gaudry, the wife of a deceased army captain, wanted to honor the special forces soldier who was killed, by singing the National Anthem. Some people were enthusiastic about participatinh while others chose not to participate. The chief flight attendant came up to her and said that it was against Deltas policy to sing the National Anthem.
This story is similar to the NFL situation and how people kneeled while the National Anthem was sung. I think that there is nothing wrong with honoring the fallen soldier, the woman had good intentions and didn't mean to offend anyone. It was her right of freedom of speech. Delta Airlines was being unfair and should've just let it slide, and been respectful to the fallen soldier.
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/10/16/delta-airlines-prevented-woman-from-singing-national-anthem-on-flight-with-fallen-soldier.html
This is just another example of the government and corporations infringing upon the basic rights guaranteed in the constitution
ReplyDeleteIt makes me mad that people prohibit people from having pride in their country. What happened to freedom of speech? Why can’t people understand that many people love their country and would like to show pride in it, but sadly they can’t because others think differently. It’s a shame.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, nobody should be restricted for honoring a fallen soldier or restricted to sing the national anthem. Second of all, Delta Airlines has no business depriving their passengers of expressing their opinion- especially about this topic. It's upsetting that freedom of speech- which was our very first priority in creating the amendments- was disregarded in this situation.
ReplyDeleteI agree. The first person who protested the national anthem was not even protesting what the airline was preventing. although she would have been fine not singing, she choose in her own way to honor that soldier and the airline had no right to condemn her.
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