Recently Southwest Airlines has been the target of unhappy customers. Recently “L Word” star Leisha Hailey was booted off the plane for what the airline deemed as excessive kissing between her and her girlfriend and Green Day Green rocker Billie Joe Armstrong was asked to exit the plan because his baggy pants were too low. I must say that it pleases me to see that saggy pants on white people is seen just as offensive when they appear on African Americans because often we are the target of such complaints. You may recall that back in June football standout Deshon Marman was asked to leave a US Airways flight and then arrested for resisting arrest when he refused to pull his pants up after he had been asked to do so by flight officials.
I am against discrimination but when does a person’s behavior tip over the line of self-expression and freedom of rights into offensive to others. I recognize that I wasn’t there but let’s say for the sake of argument that those two women did what SWA said they did. I don’t want to see a heterosexual couple slobbing each other down in public let alone a lesbian couple. I don’t want to have to look at anyone drawers, either—male or female. It’s called underwear for a reason. It goes under your clothes away from plain view. I’m sure SWA has a dress code and if people are in violation of it they should have to adhere to the rules like everyone else.
Should the public have to be subjected to what could be deemed offensive behavior simply because certain people feel that their individual rights are being violated? I know this one is a case by case basis but we have to ask ourselves if in our quest to be individuals and enjoy the freedom to live our lives as we see fit are we being offensive to the general public? If the answer is yes and we are asked to temporarily alter our behaviors to appease the masses, should we?
Would it have killed Ms. Hailey to halt kissing her girlfriend until they were out of the airport? SWA made the point that their request was due to the fact that they are a family airline. So, I assume little ones were on the plane. I don’t know any GOOD parents who allow excessive displays of affection in front of their children no matter what the sexual orientation of the couples are. Children are asked to leave the room and improper films, television shows, etc., are turned off.
Would it have killed those young men to pull up their pants? Walk around at home with plumbers butt if you want to but in public it’s just good etiquette to pull your damn pants up.
As I stated, I wasn’t there for any of these instances so if discrimination is found to be the case then the airlines should apologize and be dealt with. However, if this is not the case none of those people would have died on the spot if they had honored the request made of them and they would have gotten to their destination a lot sooner as well. So I ask you are airlines being insensitive and discriminatory or were these patrons being stupid?
Besides, it’s been proven time and time again that arguing with an airline official almost never immediately works in the passenger’s favor. Make your complaints after you land.
Find more blogs by Jae Henderson at My Side of the Single Life. http://imagoodwoman2.blogspot.com/. You can also purchase my book, Someday here, http://www.amazon.com/shops/jaehenderson.
I am against discrimination but when does a person’s behavior tip over the line of self-expression and freedom of rights into offensive to others. I recognize that I wasn’t there but let’s say for the sake of argument that those two women did what SWA said they did. I don’t want to see a heterosexual couple slobbing each other down in public let alone a lesbian couple. I don’t want to have to look at anyone drawers, either—male or female. It’s called underwear for a reason. It goes under your clothes away from plain view. I’m sure SWA has a dress code and if people are in violation of it they should have to adhere to the rules like everyone else.
Should the public have to be subjected to what could be deemed offensive behavior simply because certain people feel that their individual rights are being violated? I know this one is a case by case basis but we have to ask ourselves if in our quest to be individuals and enjoy the freedom to live our lives as we see fit are we being offensive to the general public? If the answer is yes and we are asked to temporarily alter our behaviors to appease the masses, should we?
Would it have killed Ms. Hailey to halt kissing her girlfriend until they were out of the airport? SWA made the point that their request was due to the fact that they are a family airline. So, I assume little ones were on the plane. I don’t know any GOOD parents who allow excessive displays of affection in front of their children no matter what the sexual orientation of the couples are. Children are asked to leave the room and improper films, television shows, etc., are turned off.
Would it have killed those young men to pull up their pants? Walk around at home with plumbers butt if you want to but in public it’s just good etiquette to pull your damn pants up.
As I stated, I wasn’t there for any of these instances so if discrimination is found to be the case then the airlines should apologize and be dealt with. However, if this is not the case none of those people would have died on the spot if they had honored the request made of them and they would have gotten to their destination a lot sooner as well. So I ask you are airlines being insensitive and discriminatory or were these patrons being stupid?
Besides, it’s been proven time and time again that arguing with an airline official almost never immediately works in the passenger’s favor. Make your complaints after you land.
Find more blogs by Jae Henderson at My Side of the Single Life. http://imagoodwoman2.blogspot.com/. You can also purchase my book, Someday here, http://www.amazon.com/shops/jaehenderson.
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