Passenger anger over 'porno plane'

[ItalianFashion]

Originally Posted by caxe

All attention isn't always good, and just because people are paying attention to the airline doesn't mean that people are going to want to fly with them. Someone like me would NOT buy a ticket from them for this very reason. And since others are protesting, I'm sure they feel the same way. So while they're getting their attention, they'd best realize it won't all be for the better!

Agreed I for one will not buy a ticket with them for this reason.

[dusty paws]

i'm surprised the anti-disney ppl haven't complained over the alaska/southwest disney planes.

as long as i land in one piece - kinda don't care what it looks like.

[surferchick2]

Or even shamu! How dare Alaska Airlines exploit fish! I still fly them though. The employees are nice and I won't pay an extra 500.00 to make three stopovers when they go nonstop.

[bagnshoofetish]

Originally Posted by Jahpson

i dont care what is on the airplane. It could be Michael Jackson in a speedo. just get me to my destination safely with all my body parts intact.

here, here!

[bagnshoofetish]

the thing with Southwest has always been that humor rules the day which of course, I love. everything they do is tongue and cheek and the flight attendants are encouraged to keep things light and funny. it eases the stress level of passengers. even at their conventions, employees have a talent contest and creativity is highly encouraged. at least it used to be.
I love that airline. The humor of having a swimsuit model on the plane like Shamu is not lost on me...

[LV-PRADAfanatic]

ther much worse

[Roo]

Originally Posted by Liberté

I'm sure these are the same people that wouldn't take their kids to the louvre because there are naked people with penises there. Or if they do and don't realise their hypocracy, maybe it's even worse.

Ohhh how right on this is! They are the same people Liberté, who cry out in shock when their children see a French billboard or commercial for body products that show a bare breast and yet will let their children play violent games on the GameBoy What they also don't realize is that their kids have likely seen that breast and worse while they were surfing unsupervised on the 'net.

[caxe]

Originally Posted by Liberté

I'm sure these are the same people that wouldn't take their kids to the louvre because there are naked people with penises there. Or if they do and don't realise their hypocracy, maybe it's even worse. Caxe; ALtrnativley, hy don't put a person known for their wits half naked on the plane? ^_^

Kids have nothing to do with this, especially in my case. I don't have any, but I still reserve the right to take offense at a tacky, sexist advertisment.

I can't manage to dope out your last sentence, the one I bolded. Please don't be offended, but I have no clue what you're trying to say.

[bagaholic85]

Originally Posted by caxe

All attention isn't always good, and just because people are paying attention to the airline doesn't mean that people are going to want to fly with them. Someone like me would NOT buy a ticket from them for this very reason. And since others are protesting, I'm sure they feel the same way. So while they're getting their attention, they'd best realize it won't all be for the better!

i guess i just dont see where the big deal is its just a girl in a bathing suit...

besides the fact that it isnt even a campaign for them, its just selling ad space...would you boycott a ride on a public bus that had that plastered on the side?

[caxe]

Originally Posted by bagaholic85

i guess i just dont see where the big deal is its just a girl in a bathing suit... besides the fact that it isnt even a campaign for them, its just selling ad space...would you boycott a ride on a public bus that had that plastered on the side?

I can say that I'd boycott the plane, because I fly occasionally. LOL. I can't say I'd boycott the bus, because I never ride on the bus anyway.

[chloehandbags]

That's soft porn?

In what century? The 19th?

I hope if they ever, accidentally, get sent a VS catalogue through the mail, they have their smelling salts close at hand.

I appreciate that the magazine it's selling is a little more risqué, but still.

[chloehandbags]

Originally Posted by Junkenpo

I almost expected to see a pic of her up on the that last fin thing, straddling the stupid plane. A model in a bikini is not porn.

[surferchick2]

Originally Posted by caxe

I can't manage to dope out your last sentence, the one I bolded. Please don't be offended, but I have no clue what you're trying to say.

I really couldn't either, but I hope its not what it looks like. LOL

[Liberté]

Originally Posted by caxe

Kids have nothing to do with this, especially in my case. I don't have any, but I still reserve the right to take offense at a tacky, sexist advertisment. I can't manage to dope out your last sentence, the one I bolded. Please don't be offended, but I have no clue what you're trying to say.

Sorry, my W and E Keys are sometimes a bit off depending on the surface the keyboard is on, sorry about that. =/ It should be why don't they put a person known for their wits half naked on the plane.

And while I'm all for people being able to choose freely how you want to spend your money, I wouldn't see this as sexist from my location in the world. However I'm not directly parttaking in your society so it would be hard for me to know how it comes off over there. Here I see as many "Uncovered" bodies in ads of the male and female kind for the exact same purposes. Also it depends on the context the body is presented as a part of the advertizing.

My country of origin has strict rules on how naked bodies and especially female can be presented in ads. It's covered by laws for preserving and promoting equality of genders and to counter streotypes in all areas of advertizing, not just to censure nudity. However, experience shows that these laws do not work because they mostly rely upon what people report, which results in censorship that is mostly directd towards naked bodies no matter if they are presentd as art or are dirctly related to the product, and not ads that are renforcing and exploiting old sexists stereotypes like "mother is in the kitchen filing her nails waiting for the electrician (who's always a guy)" or "It's hopeless to go shopping with my husband for a new table because all he can think of is how it supports beer cans and table tennis". IMO These are images that limits people's choices, whether subconsciously or not more than the casual boob or buttock here and there because it's somthing we see and respond to every day. To hide women does not encourage equality, equality in this case is something that enables and gives the freedom of choice no matter what gender a person has.

Where I live now I see much more nudity in ads than I did before, but I see much less sexist messages in adevertizing in general. This is the perspective from which I post my point of view in this case.

[surferchick2]

Thanks for clearing that up, liberte. I'm glad you really did mean to type "wits."