<div dir="ltr"><<Also note that the "ethicist" thinks it would be perfectly reasonable<br>
to turn the plane around if someone had a medical emergency. Why is<br>
one person's medical emergency more important than another person's<br>
Shabbos emergency?>><br><br>What Shabbos emergency?They are not doing any melacha. At worse they have<br>to spend the shabbat in the airport. Is this inconvenience worth inconveniencing many other passengers<br>especially a medically sick person.<br>
<br>Besides I have that one can use a taxi driven by a goy (I assume in the US that is most taxis) to get to<br>one's home/hotel and make arrangements for the payment.<br>As to Zev's claim of a kiddush hashem my take is what would we say if the situation was reversed.<br>
If your flight was cancelled because of a religious Muslim,Sikh etc would your gut feeling be that<br>you appreciate that person's convictions<br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eli Turkel<br>
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