Is CNN trying to get people mad?

[MrDingleDangle]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/10/06/potter.gay.reut/index.html

and

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/06/news/fo...e500/southwest_shirt/index.htm?cnn=yes

first one, they title says "Author says Harry Potter is gay"...but its not the author of the book its an author of other books

and the 2nd one, the title misleads to think its because the shirt is political and not because it says F*CKERS on it and refused to turn the shirt inside out

 

[HardcoreRobot]

they should employ stormrider as a headline writer

 

[sixone]

If you think this is a recent phenomenon, you are sadly uninformed.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: sixone
If you think this is a recent phenomenon, you are sadly uninformed.

well its just the first time i have gone to 2 links in a row expecting one thing and finding something that is totally different

 

[broon]

I thought the shirt said Fockers...like the movie title but just had pics of Bush and friends.

 

[Mill]

Southwest Airlines (up $0.20 to $15.21, Research) spokeswoman Marilee McInnis told the Gazette-Journal that the airline's contract with the Federal Aviation Administration contains rules that say the airline will deny boarding to any customer whose conduct is offensive, abusive, disorderly or violent or for clothing that is "lewd, obscene, or patently offensive."

FAA spokesman Donn Walker told the newspaper that no federal rules exist on the subject.

"It's up to the airlines who they want to take and by what rules," he was quoted as saying. "The government just doesn't get into the business of what people wear on an aircraft."



The title should have been that Southwest are lying ASSHOLES. They love to deny boarding, have you ever watched airline? One glass of wine and your ass is banned from flying and then escorted from the terminal if you complain.

 

[MajorMullet]

Originally posted by: broon
I thought the shirt said Fockers...like the movie title but just had pics of Bush and friends.

"and a phrase similar to the popular film title 'Meet the Fockers'."

From this I thought it actually said "Fvckers"

 

[broon]

She's an idiot anyway. Just turn the shirt inside out. If it did have the "u" instead of the "o" Southwest had every right to do that.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: broon
She's an idiot anyway. Just turn the shirt inside out. If it did have the "u" instead of the "o" Southwest had every right to do that.

Yes they had the right, but like douches they LIED and claimed the FAA made them do it. Second, how does replacing the u with an o make it less offensive? A word is a word.

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: broon
She's an idiot anyway. Just turn the shirt inside out. If it did have the "u" instead of the "o" Southwest had every right to do that.

Yes they had the right, but like douches they LIED and claimed the FAA made them do it. Second, how does replacing the u with an o make it less offensive? A word is a word.

While I agree that a word is a word, the same argument can be made that a boob is a boob. Society has decided that with the "u" it is offensive. You can get fined $200k for saying the word on the radio or TV.

They should have told the truth and still not allowed her to board.

 

[mugs]

Oh that's great, she pulled the "I have relatives fighting in Iraq" card.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: broon
She's an idiot anyway. Just turn the shirt inside out. If it did have the "u" instead of the "o" Southwest had every right to do that.

Yes they had the right, but like douches they LIED and claimed the FAA made them do it. Second, how does replacing the u with an o make it less offensive? A word is a word.

yeah do u think they would have been able to advertise like they did if the name of the movie was Meet The F*ckers?

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: broon

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: broon
She's an idiot anyway. Just turn the shirt inside out. If it did have the "u" instead of the "o" Southwest had every right to do that.

Yes they had the right, but like douches they LIED and claimed the FAA made them do it. Second, how does replacing the u with an o make it less offensive? A word is a word.

While I agree that a word is a word, the same argument can be made that a boob is a boob. Society has decided that with the "u" it is offensive. You can get fined $200k for saying the word on the radio or TV.

They should have told the truth and still not allowed her to board.

That's not true that society decided that. The FCC in conjunction with a vocal minority of US Citizens decided for the bulk of us that certain words were too offensive for the airways. Because of this, people have made that applicable to other things as well.

Southwest has the right to do whatever they want -- they're a private company, but pawning if off on the FAA is absolutely asinine.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: broon
She's an idiot anyway. Just turn the shirt inside out. If it did have the "u" instead of the "o" Southwest had every right to do that.

Yes they had the right, but like douches they LIED and claimed the FAA made them do it. Second, how does replacing the u with an o make it less offensive? A word is a word.

yeah do u think they would have been able to advertise like they did if the name of the movie was Meet The F*ckers?

No, they couldn't have, and that's my point. To advertise inevitably requires using a medium than the FCC regulates. The FCC has decided that it must protect the public from naughty things, so it does. It doesn't matter than a vocal minority of religious nutjobs pushed them into that corner now does it?

 

It's called sensationalizing.

 

[SparkyJJO]

eh what else do you expect from cnn