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[quote=Anonymous]I’m the OP and spent a lot of time thinking about the situation while on the flight and after reading the comments.

My initial judgment of the situation is the same.

The man had every right to watch whatever Delta offered.  I don’t think he was in the wrong.  I personally avoid watching anything that may be overtly violence or sexual on flights.  But that’s my own personal choice.

I also understand that the mother didn’t want her children to be able to view a violent and sexually explicit TV show.  Personally the gun violence would bother me more as a mother than the breast, but not all feel that way.

That being said, she handled it incredibly poorly and made a huge scene and refused alternatives given to her by Delta staff.  I think she wanted what she wanted and wasn’t going to settle for less.  I’ve known many people like this and they’re just challenging people in general.

What I’m conflicted on is if Delta should have unedited explicit film and tv shows offered in-flight.  On this plane it was very easy to see the screens or many passengers.  I could see the screens of the person next to me and everyone on the aisle for several rows up.  I was surprised that nothing in The Sopranos was edited.  Since flights are a public space, I thought they’d edit it as if it was being aired on network tv.  But I don’t feel strongly either way about it.

I think the issue was above the man watching the show and the flight attendants.  If the Mom had an issue I think she was within her right to talk to Delta about it.

My guess is their endgame is profit and there are more people who want to be able to watch movies/tv unedited on a flight or that don’t really care either way than there are people very much against it.  So they’re going to cater to the largest crowd. [/quote]

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