Southwest Removes Passenger With Politically Offensive T-Shirt

All Headline News ^ | 10/6/05 | Moore

[Hildy]

So you don't think the owner has the right to do what he wants in his own establishment? You sound like a liberal.

[jaydubya2]

Your reponse was appropriate. Where can I get one of those shirts? ;)

[Redbob]

You have to ask???

YES, the word is offensive.

And oh BTW, it's not "from the movie."
Those weren't pictures of Dustin Hoffman and his female co-star on the 'T'-shirt.

Southwest took this action to prevent someone like myself for example from ripping that 'T'-shirt off the person wearing it and stuffing it in her mouth.

[Finny]

If it were a shirt with Bill and Hillary with similar text, would you be mad she was thrown off?

YES. Anyone who wears in public a t-shirt with the "F" word or other outright profanities has zero class and deserves to be ostracized.

[Redbob]

"Here we are trying to free another country and I have to get off an airplane in midflight over a T-shirt."

Well, if they'd truly made her get off in MID-flight, I'd say she had grounds for a complaint...

LOL!

[Redbob]

"The dress code on planes has been reduced to greyhound status anyway."

And most especially on Southworst, the "Greyhound of the Skies."

[RockinRight]

Its a one of a kind-a friend of mine made it.

[RockinRight]

I still left, he does have the right to do that.

But I still told him what I thought, which is MY right.

[Finny]

Er ... I mean NO I wouldn't be mad if it was a Bill and Hillary shirt with the "F" word that got a person thrown off the flight. *ooops*

[garyhope]

Yes, the word, the shirt and the woman were/are offensive.

Everyone's "rights" (I'm sick of this word and the whole concept that so called individual "rights" are more important than public decorum and the rights of the other people around you) ends where the other person's nose, eyes and ears begin.

What's wrong with mature adults making little sacrifices for the public good of the society around us? We all have to make some compromises with our behavior and actions so that we all benefit. Otherwise we'd have chaos.

You wouldn't have to stop at stop signs or red lights, you could just take things from other people and businesses. You'd have to fight your way everywhere you went for everything. Within reason, a little personal sacrifice benefits us all as individuals.

[jagusafr]

"a three week malt liquor and twinkie binge"

Woooh...now THERE's a mental image I'll be chuckling over for awhile! Thanks!

[jaydubya2]

Id like to get this put on a shirt:

[Young Werther]

If you read the first amendment you will not find a "freedom to incite a riot". The old saw of not being allowed to yell fire in a movie theater is but one analogy.

I saw a T-Shirt at a Friday Night football game here in Texas. It proclaimed, "Communism. A Philosophy not a Curse." I wonder if those skulls in "The Killing Fields" would say Yes if they still had their tongues?

[RedRover]

If the f-word makes you giggle, come to New York City for a laugh-fest. Your funny bone will be tickled all day long.

[monday]

"If it were a shirt with Bill and Hillary with similar text, would you be mad she was thrown off? "

Nope. Southwest owns the planes. They can have rules like those if they want. People who want to wear T-shirts like those should fly Hooters or some other airline that doesn't care about profanity.

[sauropod]

Lorrie Heasley does not appear to be the smartest tool in the shed.

[andy58-in-nh]

The dress code on planes has been reduced to greyhound status anyway

How right you are. Airline travel once was an elegant affair. Men and women dressed for the occasion, flight attendants (stewardesses, back in those days) were not only attractive but helpful, seats were made of cloth and pillows of down, coffee was hot and rather good, the food - well - in Coach, it was never great, but at least you got something other than a greasy pack of stale nuts tossed in your lap at 35,000 feet. Now if you were in 1st Class... plush seats, better food (PanAm's was excellent), free booze and complementary cigarettes. All gone, now.

[monday]

"I have a t-shirt that has a picture of Hillary as Hitler, and the other night I actually was approached by the owner of a diner that asked me to leave because it would "offend" his largely blue-collar Union customers."

As owner of the diner he was perfectly within his right to ask you to leave. If he didn't insist it was probably to avoid a scene, not because he was in the wrong.

[TalonDJ]

"and I have to get off an airplane in midflight"

In MIDFLIGHT???
Sadly no.

[arjay]

I think she should have covered the shirt or been removed regardless. I would feel that way even if Bill & hill were the ones being skewered.

That word is extremely offensive.

I believe the acceptance of such language in our society is disgraceful.