Marriott hotels to drop pornographic videos [Romney connection]

Mormon Times ^ | 01 February 2011 | Elia Gourgouris

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P.S. - I look forward to your thoughts

Somehow, I doubt it.

[frogjerk]

The Marriott hotel chain, one of the nation's largest players in the hospitality business, has made the decision to eliminate offering adult movies in their rooms

Good

[utherdoul]

Why would I be paying for overpriced hotel pron anyway? If I needed porn that bad I have a laptop with a hard drive, or a wifi connection.

[FrankR]

Romney connection? LDS Owned?

Well, it's Motel 6 for me from now on.

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It seems Romney never objected to the in-room porn service the entire time he was serving on the board.

Marriott board helps fellow Mormon Romney -- gives up porn

[Melas]

I could shorten this story substantially for you. The internet has taken over the porn distribution industry, so we’re not making any money on porn anymore. Watch it on your laptop like everyone else.

[pepsi_junkie]

The removing of the in-room pay-per-view pornography will take place over the next five years.

Five years? Geez, that seems like a long time. I mean, Obama is lighting the world on fire in just over two.

[a fool in paradise]

Hillary sat on the Walmart board of directors. We are supposed to believe her rants against Walmart and Chinese crap products.

They all do it.

And I don’t want to see Romney run again.

[Koracan]

So what are all these lonely Business Men going to do in their empty rooms?

[Melas]

It’s hard to take you seriously when you suggest that you’re staying at the Motel 6 because you’re boycotting the Marriott. No one goes from the Marriott to Motel 6.

The customer base for each are light years apart. At the Mariotte, you have luxury, restaurants, in-room massages, 4 star room service and a concierge at your bidding. At Motel 6, you get a dingy box to sleep in for $39.99. If you were truly boycotting the Marriott, you’d stay at the Four Seasons or the Hilton.

[Fido969]

I have worked with people with addictions, and a porn addiction can be a rough thing to deal with. Some guys put a monitoring program on their computer to keep them off porn sites, but it’s a problem when they are on the road.

[zerosix]

"The hotel chain says the decision is strictly based on economics: In-room porn profits have steadily declined because the porn industry has moved online...."

Too bad, with their LDS connections, one wonders, truly wonders, why they've only now decided to eliminate porno movies - because...............of economics?

Is there something wrong with this message, a clearly identifiable connection to the LDS church, wa strongly moral, strong "family values," business with no motive whatsoever to remove (or one might even say begin) a porno connection to the chain?

For that very reason, I never stay at a Marriott hotel. When I have options, why would I, should I give my money to a business that promotes porno to the general public?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"Somehow, I doubt it."

Hilarious and spot on.

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The internet has taken over the porn distribution industry, so we’re not making any money on porn anymore

Yup, that's the gist of the article. It's all about money.

What do you mean, "we"....

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Watch it on your laptop like everyone else

I'm a woman. My porn comes wrapped in foil with the words "85% cacao" printed on the label.

[Melas]

Ooooh, I might be a man, but that’s the good stuff.

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LOL!

[svcw]

Porn sponsored by lds at their hotels, so that's where the tithes show up. They dropped the porn because they were not making money on it any longer, for no other reason.

[svcw]

I have stayed at Marroitts before and never had a restaurant or in room massage. Where are those? I mean they are nice but any nicer than Comfort Inn. Are these special hotels? Ok, they could have different levels of hotels I guess.