Originally Posted by
iahphx
What exactly am I IMPOSING upon you -- the inability to watch adult content movies on overhead airplane screens?
Exactly right. You are requiring that I watch whatever you determine is appropriate, regardless of what I might want to watch, or the airline might want to show.
I hate to break this to you, but as a member of society, you sometimes must sacrifice your personal pleasures for the needs/desires of others.
As a member of society, I have no obligation to conform my perfectly legal and, in my opinion, appropriate activities to your personal and particular standard of what is appropriate for your child -- a standard that, clearly, is not shared by all parents. If you think an activity undertaken in society is inappropriate for child, don't bring your child to the activity -- you have no entitlement to demand that society change for your child.
Remember when you used to be able to smoke on airplanes? Well, guess what -- others didn't like that, and now you can't.
Two bad analogies. Both smoking and eating peanuts creates a substantial and undisputed hazard to others. There is no dispute that in-cabin smoking made non-smokers and, particularly, crew, ill. There is no dispute that somewhat with a peanut allergy will go into anaphylactic shock if exposed to peanut dust. Finally, there is no dispute that Congress, under the Constitution, has the power to regulate interstate commerce and pass laws that promote the general welfare. Precluding the showing of a film because its theatrical release was rated PG-13 or R only goes to the aesthetic and moral preferences of a subset of parents -- no one is going to die if a PG-13 film is shown and, more to the point, no one is forcing anyone to watch it.
That's what a civilized society is all about.
What is? Not engaging in activity that is harmful to others? Yes, I agree. Showing a PG-13 or R-rated movie that some people think might be offensive if seen by their children is not engaging in an activity that is harmful to others.
If you're going to tell me it's a good idea for kids to be exposed to R-rated movies on airplanes, well, you're living in a parallel universe.
Nope, I'm not going to tell you that. I'm going to tell you that I have absolutely no interest in what you think is an appropriate film for your kids to be exposed to because, your opinion notwithstanding, there is not the least bit of evidence that children are harmed by the limited amount of exposure they might get to the heavily-edited airline film fare and there are plenty of alternatives available to you even if you insist that you must bring them on the aircraft.
If, like most people, you would agree that maybe such exposure isn't a good idea for the kids, you're just going to have to watch your adult films some other way (like bring a DVD player along with you).
What in the world makes you think most people would agree with this? If anything, I would think you'd realize, just from the responses in this thread, that most people vehemently disagree with this proposed regulation.
We all make sacrifices for the good of the next generation. Why the heck to you think you have to pay school taxes even if you don't have any kids? It's in society's interest to educate kids. It can't always be about yourself.
That's right -- I pay taxes to educate kids because it's a societal good. I don't know a single person who advocate for an ignorant and uneducated citizenry. It is not, however, a societal good to make all of society child-safe and kid-friendly. It is not, however, a societal good to limit what plane passengers can watch because YOU believe that catching a glimpse of a bare breast or the results of violence is poisonous to your child.