I want to further point out that this issue is not as simple as it may appear.
I agree, what the guy did was disguisting, had a lack of class and is irrehensible..

But I want to also point out that every airport I have ever been to, sells dirty magazines.. I always assumed that the people that bought them had enough common sense to wait to "use" them until they got to their hotel, etc.

But lets just say, the airline did enforce some sort of decency law. Or this became some sort of "sexual harassment issue".. - Which, to this extreme, it probably is.. But lets just say we were to explore the issue further. The airline or FAA instituits/enforces some sort of decency law. Where does it end?

Does a guy "reading" the articles in a Playboy magazine fall under that criteria?
Well, lets just say yes, he does.. Ok,...
But what about a guy reading a Maxim magazine?
Remember, what is offensive to one person is not always offensive to another and vice versa.
And what about someone who watches an episode of "South Park" sitting next to a very conservitive, religious person?

I am not suggesting that I have the answer to these questions. I'm only suggesting that the guy did something in bad taste.. But his bad taste has also been the basis for many long, expensive, public trials about the 1st amendment which have ultimately ruled in favor of "Free Speech"..

Now many states and counties have enacted their own laws, but the federal gov't has protected people like this before.

Again, I don't think it's right that this guy acted in this way. And maybe had the passenger next to him asked him to turn it off, maybe he would have.

But I sure don't want some conservative group telling me what is and is not acceptable to them..
I just wish people would use better judgement.

B

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