Thursday, November 23, 2006

Captive Audience

This week, a flight attendant on a Delta flight told a woman that she was offended by her breastfeeding. When the woman refused to cover up, she was asked to leave the airplane. I checked the Delta listings to find out what movies they are playing this month, and the PG-13 rated fare includes My Super Ex Girlfriend and Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest.

So engaging in an arguably constitutionally protected activity (breastfeeding) was deemed offensive, but Pirates of the Carribean, which was rated PG-13 for "intense sequences of adventure violence, including frightening images." is okay to show on screens that children can view.

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