CWA Says Marriott Should Stop Blowing Smoke About Porn

Concerned Woman For America ^ | July 20, 2006 | Stacey Holliday

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This group is nothing more than a moderate NOW.

[Bogey]

I think they missed the point...

No, we didn't.

[SZonian]

The Marriott may be mormon owned and may be subject to influence by its owners, but I can't ever recall them using their religion as a basis from which to advertise their business.

Business is business and if the owners see that their revenue stream goes up by XXX% then that's their business. How the church deals with them is none of my concern.

That's what I meant about trying to hijack the thread, it was about porn and smoking, not religion.

Besides, I called it an "attempt" to hijack the thread, I didn't say you actually succeeded.;-)

SZ

[Lesforlife]

And all I said is peddling porn violates their squeaky clean
image, which it does.

[Gone GF]

"What with all the hate thrown at smokers today, would YOU smoke in public if YOU were First Lady? I think not."

I used to smoke in public all the time. I didn't care what anybody else thought about it.

[Gone GF]

"If you could afford to upgrade, your right hand would get a rest."

Sorry, I'm left-handed.

[PistolPaknMama]

But still, when this hotel chain disses 25-30% of their customer base just because they smoke, they will notice a difference in their revenue.

From the Marriott article: "Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) announced today that all of the Company’s lodging brands in the United States and Canada will become 100 percent smoke-free, beginning in September. "

I had to make a reservation last week for a 4-day business trip and call Fairfield Inns and requested a smoking room. The guy told me that none of their facilities allowed smoking (in JULY) and I said "no, I'm not interested then" and hung up.

[PistolPaknMama]

I have not checked into a hotel room in the last ten years that did not have porn titles. ...and that's a lot of hotels, I can assure you.

I've stayed in lots of hotel rooms in the last ten years and never knew I could get porn. Never knew I could block it either. Unless HBO is considered porn, and it certainly should be.

[gondramB]

>>In-room pay-per-view porn represents a public nuisance, just like a pool without a fence around it.<<

I suspect there are locks on the doors and codes required to order the porn.

[gondramB]

>>In-room pay-per-view porn represents a public nuisance, just like a pool without a fence around it.<<

I suspect there are locks on the doors and codes required to order the porn.