Are U.S. airlines too prudish or
Mar 27th, 2006, 07:47 AM
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Are U.S. airlines too prudish or
Or European Airlines too liberal.
Recently flew American Airlines and they played the CBS citcom "2 1/2 Men." Every time they said the word SEX they sensored it.
I flew Qantas and British Airways during Dec/Jan. and they played "The Wedding Crashers" and "Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo," which seemed completely unedited. I remember saying to myself, my she has nice breasts.
And those $5 wines and beers on the U.S. airlines and flight attendants that only know three words, "fasten your seatbelt."
Any comments?
Recently flew American Airlines and they played the CBS citcom "2 1/2 Men." Every time they said the word SEX they sensored it.
I flew Qantas and British Airways during Dec/Jan. and they played "The Wedding Crashers" and "Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo," which seemed completely unedited. I remember saying to myself, my she has nice breasts.
And those $5 wines and beers on the U.S. airlines and flight attendants that only know three words, "fasten your seatbelt."
Any comments?
Mar 27th, 2006, 07:56 AM
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I suppose that either way the airlines can't win. Either they get complaints because they do not censor enough or some complain they are too prudish if they censor too much. I don't usually have much good to say about airlines in general, but in this case I sympathize.
Mar 27th, 2006, 08:14 AM
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As the editors of The Economist recently concluded, half the world thinks we're Puritans and the other half thinks we're pornographers. Societies are like people, the normal healthy ones are found in the middle.
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I was flying on BA two years ago and they played a movie about a college pledge. Participants in the movie were expected to tie a rope to their privates and trust that there was enough rope tied to the weight. The weight hit a manhole and kept going. The scene was very funny.
One month later I was flying on Continental airlines and they played the same movie. I said to the lady next to me, this is so funny, watch. The scene was removed.
One month later I was flying on Continental airlines and they played the same movie. I said to the lady next to me, this is so funny, watch. The scene was removed.
