Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Porn

It is hard to make a comment on if porn should be allowed or not allowed on airplanes, because to me it is more than that one topic. By making something a small narrow topic to say yes or no to is misguided. That is how liberties and freedoms are taken away by saying you are not allowed to bring porn on a plane you are saying you do not have to right to carry or own the items of your choice. They would have to check bags and purses because you don’t have a magic porn detector like they have for other hazardous items you might bring on a plane. I do think they should have the right to censor the internet they offer while on planes or the movies and music they have available, just as they have the right to chose the food that is served. But to say you cannot bring it on the plane is taking our rights and liberties from us. Now that being said if the person in question is advertising his porn or showing it around or if he did anything that would be considered not allowed in public, that he should be reprimanded for disturbing the flight or breaking some laws if he or she exposes themselves. If any facility that offers services such as internet or magazines they should have the right to censor the service they offer but that does not mean they can place restrictions on what an adult can bring or have on themselves, provided they are not breaking laws while doing it.

1 comment:

  1. I think that is a well reasoned idea. Censorship is a hard topic. If they can censor porn in planes, could they censor it elsewhere, such as in Starbucks or any other place with open Wifi?

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