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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 5:05 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UALOneKPlus:
This is highly inappropriate. I'm paying for the service of flight, not for ads to be stuffed in my face through out the flight.

If the flight was free, sure, they can put the ads there. But it's on my dollar, so why do I need to be subject to this crap?
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While I generally agree, technically the same scenario can be said for mass transportation such as buses and trains, although those modes of transportation cost passengers thousands of dollars less.

One thing the airlines and mass transportation generally have in common:

Both have been partially subsidized in one way or another by tax dollars...
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