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SirLance · 10-12-2005, 02:09 PM

This isn't a free speech issue, you have the right to express your opinion in a public place. An airliner isn't a public place. No business or individual is required to provide a forum for you to express your ideas.

According to the second article, there were complaints from other passengers, and the complaint was about the obscene language, not about the political opnion expressed. If I had my kids on that flight, I would have complained, too.

The article says she's a lumber salesperson. Would she have worn that shirt on a sales call?

This is a 32 year old adult, who should know better than to use such language publicly.

I also have no sympathy for the airline. They should have denied her boarding in the first place, but they didn't because apparently no one had complained. Ordering her to turn her shirt inside out is ridiculous. How about asking her to get her carryon and change shirts, or letting her run to the gift shop to buy a shirt if she had checked her bag?

10-12-2005, 02:09 PM	#22 (permalink)
SirLance Junkie Location: In the middle of the desert.	This isn't a free speech issue, you have the right to express your opinion in a public place. An airliner isn't a public place. No business or individual is required to provide a forum for you to express your ideas. According to the second article, there were complaints from other passengers, and the complaint was about the obscene language, not about the political opnion expressed. If I had my kids on that flight, I would have complained, too. The article says she's a lumber salesperson. Would she have worn that shirt on a sales call? This is a 32 year old adult, who should know better than to use such language publicly. I also have no sympathy for the airline. They should have denied her boarding in the first place, but they didn't because apparently no one had complained. Ordering her to turn her shirt inside out is ridiculous. How about asking her to get her carryon and change shirts, or letting her run to the gift shop to buy a shirt if she had checked her bag? __________________ DEMOCRACY is where your vote counts, FEUDALISM is where your count votes.