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Are you saying that everytime someone disagrees with a decision made by a business owner they should be able to sue for damages? It apears that you are sayin that so I thought I would ask you in a straight forward manner

Of course not.

However, this guy was detained by police and then refused a seat on a plane.

Here is an example for you:

You are trying to rent a car in a city where you don't live. The rental agency calls the cops and has you pulled out of the car and arrested (after they gave it to you in the first place) because you have red hair. Then refuses to let you have the car back after being cleared by the police even though you paid for the vehicle in advance.

Think that is ok?

I take issue with "because you have red hair". If a red haired man was in the news for stealing rental cars they would be right to take a second look. The red hair is not why they took him out, the fact a red haired man was being sought is.

Trying to make it about only the red hair turns it into a red herring (sorry but the pun fit) or a straw man because there is more to it. If one is not considering all relevant factors, one is not keeping it real. Indeed, one is being fake. It is like saying, a 6 foot tall white man just robbed
a C-store but the cops could not stop and talk to white men in the area that are 6 foot tall. It just dosn/t make sense.

Security, police, whatever you want to call them, have a job to do and the stakes are high, very high in the case of airplanes. ( sorry, the puns are just rolling off my fingers today) Would I be happy that I got a second look and that my schedule was impaired?

No, I wouldn't be happy about it. But I would understand that they are just trying to do their jobs. It is not like they beat the crap out me. It is not even as if they held me for days and weeks or months or years.

When checked in this manner I would seek to help them out with information they request rather than become obtuse about it and cause further needless problems. Helping them with their job will see to it that I am on my way sooner and it will also insure they can get on to their search without undue time spent on me.

I most certainly would not sue over this. Now, if they beat the crap out of me, and I didn't start it, I would agree with your position, I would own them.