aceman67

Snarfed from http://www.tshirthell.com/traveloffer.htm

I own 2 tshirts from that Fine esablishment (The "Talk Nerdy to Me" and the "Bert and Ernie are not gay, Trust me" shirt, the latter is on its way to me now), and I guess the question is, Should Airlines be ejecting paying passengers from their airlines for wareing t-shirts that they deem offensive, concidering that the owner of the tshirt bought it to exersize their free speech rights.

In my opinion, this infringing on peoples right to free speech and expression, and the way I see it, no laws were broken.

Also, I think that t-shirt hell's offer is really kewl, and if it ever happens to me, I'm taking them up on their offer.

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Dreadhawk

Hell, the airlines have no right to kick someone off a plane for that sh*t, I mean, if they were gonna do it anyway, why the hell wait till they are ON the plane? Very pathetic. Also, whoever made the decision to eject that person, formed their own opinion, I say, if any other passengers complained, then that gives proper reason, but i mean, YOU'RE ON A PLANE, noones gonna be looking at someones bloody shirt the whole flight, so wtf.

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Arrianna

That depends on whether or not airplanes are private property.
If yes, then they have the right to set any dress code they want.
If no, then her rights were infringed.

I believe they are however so, no, no laws were broken, on the part of the airline.

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Blackfire

what exactly did the t-shirt say?... and happened to free speech....? its not that offensive if its on a tishirt.. if you dont like just dont look at it and get over it

aceman67

Some of T-shirt hells shirts are pretty bad, like these ones: "Bring our Soldiers home, our hookers are starving" , "I looted new orleans and all I got was 30 of these lousy tshirts" , "I (image of Plane) NY", and my personal favorite for babies: "They Shake me"

And belive me, there are some REALLY BAD ones on that site. some that even offend me, and I'm not easily offended.

Does that answer your question

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Blackfire

yea.. i've seen them.. and they're not rele the type of thing people should even say in a public place.. but,, if you want to degrade yourself.. and support that.. go ahead,,... airline fashion cops

xiph

Would be nice to know what t-shirt she wore. Some of those t-shirts are kind of racist or just plain discusting, but damn funny.

aceman67

There are some things that people sometimes don't get about Free speech.

I don't know how it is in the states, with the Patriot act and all, But in Canada, every citizen has the right to free speech, to say ANYTHING they want as long as it does not PROMOTE hatred or violence, or commiting a crime.

To use an example: someone could say "In my opinion, Anime Fans are not human, and I hate them"

Remove anime fans with any Race/Creed/Relegion ect, and that would be perfectly legal.

However, it would be illegal to say somthing like: "Anime fans are not human, and you should hate them"

Why is that illegal? First off, you're not stating your personal opinion, which is your right, you are making a generalization, and second, you are promoting hatred.

Thats why you see Nazi themed art or websites out there. They are perfectly lega, as long as they don't promote hate, violence, committing a crime. Although, there are exceptions to the website rule though, and that is websites are bound by the law of the country that the website is hosted in. Thats why there are warez sites that are still running because they are hosted in a country where it is legal to do so.

That might explain why people get uptight when something like this happens.

Become informed, research what your free speech laws are in your country. Know what your rights are.

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Spike'sRose

So... Stupid T-Shirts, huh? That's ridiculous... Well, I wear what I want, when I want. I say what I want, when I want. (In GOOD TASTE, of course.) So there.. Reminds me of an incident in high school:

I was wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the front... On the back it said: This t-shirt is black and white... His message was not.
In my same class, a popular kid was wearing a t-shirt that featured a picture of a cartoon-ish looking guy in a white robe holding a noose... With the "Rebel Flag" on the back... Hmmm...
I got called to the office for my shirt - the principal wanted me to remove it because it was "racially offensive"...
Naturally, My mom and I fought it... AND WON.

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Eriadd

Hehes, T-Shirt Hell is a favorite store of mine. I've got a few of their products, a lot of which aren't appropriate for AO.

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