Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Is this the Adult section or First Class?
I think that American Airlines should be able to have the right to filter their WiFi from pornography. While critics would claim that it is against passengers rights, an airplane is not the place to watch it. What is difference between public indecency and public porn? The difference is that public indecency is against the law and public porn should be classified as the same. Thankfully for airline companies there is a precedent for public porn access. Internet cafe's and public libraries have been targets of people wanting to watch porn for their sexual pleasures. However, they solved this problem by switching to web filters to stop viewable porn. Where was the outcry against these institutions? As a company, American has the right to filter with WiFi and should without fearing any reprimands for their actions. So American when are you going to get this porn off my plane?
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It is not simply a matter of pornography being offered on a plane, it the airline itself claiming it has some right and even an obligation to restrict and censor freedom to surf the internet. Of course people with any sense of common decency shouldn't watch porn in a public area like a plane, but neither should an airline be able to limit freedom. It is a tough decision to make.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your verdict, though for different reasons, porn can easily be brought onto a plane if it's already on the hard drive, which is quite likely if the person watches porn on the go chronically. The airlines should be able to censor porn because it's their airplane, but shouldn't be obligated too. What they should do instead is ask passengers who are watching porn to be considerate of other passengers.
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