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Last updated on August 5th, 2017 at 04:05 pm
Virgin Atlantic comes to its senses:
We will not be showing Loose Change 2 on our aircraft. We don’t show movies or documentaries that cause mass offence and there is a danger with this movie that viewers, although they have the choice over what to watch and when on our flights, may be offended.
Just to make sure, let’s check Virgin’s onboard entertainment guide; all truther nonsense has been removed. Good.
Wot- no Plaqn 9 From Outer Space, Robot Monster, Terror of Tiny Town or Glen or Glenda? Whoever’s doing their programming wouldn’t know quality cinema if you shoved it up their bottom.
Habib – but they do show Top Gear, which regularly has a car beating a jet plane for travel across Europe.
heehee
#1 – I saw that documentary on SBS – it was more about asking the homophobe to respect gay people, and quite well done. It took a father of a lesbian to tell him, what would you do if your son or daughter was gay? Gay bashing simply because of their choice is wrong, and homophobia is wrong too.
I received an email back from Virgin thanking me for the complaint and they will follow it up soon. I replied don’t bother, the problem has been taken care of, but did ask what thought process selected a film showing 4 planes crashing.
also interesting in qld, Virgin Blue, their aus offshoot, was found guilty of anti-discrimination in refusing to employ ex qantas “older” staff – if is no coincidence all their customer focused employees were < 30. Not any more!
In keeping with his beliefs, why doesn’t Branson offer live entertainment on flights, and how about some snappy new uniforms for VA cabin crew?
He could corner the market for this valuable demographic (but the no smoking rules could present a problem).
OT: news.com.au running a survey on attitudes to Climate Change (and nuclear).
This is your chance as a NEWS.com.au reader to voice your opinion about climate change. How do you feel about it? How important is it that we do something about it? What steps are you taking?
The results of the survey will be collated over the next few days so look out for the story on the web site.
http://www.coredata.news.com.au/phpsurveyor/index.php?sid=195&newtest=Y&cid=1
May the majority be heard.
Speaking of “inappropriate” films on planes, I watched the hilarious and cruddy Snakes on a Plane on a Qantas flight recently.
Someone at Qantas inflight entertainment has a black sense of humour…
…but I can’t imagine how Virgin thought that 9/11 material would be just dandy.
Posted by closeapproximation on 2007 05 03 at 11:01 PM • permalink
5. Whoever’s doing their programming wouldn’t know quality cinema if you shoved it up their bottom.
Please, don’t give them any ideas. Next thing you know, they’ll be rolling the tape of Katie Couric’s colonoscopy.
I still don’t understand how Streetwalker Airline managed to come up with such a dumb idea in the first place.
#8 – I know where she’s bedding down, but she won’t be getting a wink of sleep.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 05 03 at 11:14 PM • permalink
All movies on international flights should be viewed with the vision impaired by imbibing gargantuan quantities of the cheap red wine supplied by airlines.
Has the added advantage of travellers being able to breathe noxious plonk fumes at surly customs officials in foreign countries.
Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2007 05 03 at 11:19 PM • permalink
10 In re: the “valuable demographic” photo; isn’t that a still from Attack of the Septic Tank Zombies? Or is it from an old Wild Kingdomepisode (Marvin Perkins and assistants in “Elephant Laxatives: Do’s and Don’t’s”).
My dear 1.618, how are you? How are the “Paco is Back” t-shirt sales coming along? Let’s not forget those royalties, now!
I can’t wait until Branson’s ethanol powered Boeings are driving up the cost of tortillas and bourbon to new and ridiculous heights so he can feel better about himself. Nothing like fucking the truly poor whilst joining the mile high club to make a guy feel special.
Of course, since ethanol contains substantially less energy by volume than AVGAS, it’ll take a 777 to fly Kennedy to Heathrow, but at least he won’t be wasting money on indulgences.
But they’re still going to show The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, aren’t they? (Along with a cartoon short, of course.)
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 05 03 at 11:37 PM • permalink
- There are “Paco is back” t-shirts? Where can I get one?
Tim, I think you need to go into merchandising.Posted by daddy dave on 2007 05 03 at 11:38 PM • permalink
Richard Branson’s answer to “Operation Clark County” comes crashing to Earth – has a certain ring to it…
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2007 05 03 at 11:39 PM • permalink
- That’s Marlin Perkins,
silly manDetective Paco. His assistant was the frequent and often unintentionally hilarious Tonight Show guest, Jim Fowler.
. .
Actually, the critters Fowler brought with him were the “comedians”.p.s.,I take it PACO Industries has only licensed the production of the “Paco is Back!” apparel?
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 05 03 at 11:41 PM • permalink
#30 – Another reason I hate red tape. Couldn’t we just coat them in a flame retardant?
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 05 04 at 12:09 AM • permalink
The Government of Ontario (a provincial backwater in Canada) recently put $500k into a website called :www.flickoff.org, with backing from Virgin Atlantic; a stupid Canadian clothing company called “Roots” (don’t laugh Tim); and other idiots, like MTV. On the website, intended to appeal to yount-teens, the logo looks life “f*ck off”. My nom-de-guerre on the site is “s*ck me off”. I post here occasionally as “Son of a Pig and a Monkey”. I know that Tim’s posters will be able, and will enjoy, giving this website the attention it deserves. Thanks
Posted by Son of a Pig and a Monkey on 2007 05 04 at 12:13 AM • permalink
#21- It was a photo captioned “Dirty Hippies”. Seemed appropriate.
It’s a pity that Virgin is no longer showing documentaries- I’ve just come across one which reveals that Bryan Law was NOT delusionalabout Pine Gap being an alien driving range, and it even shows how he managed to win them over with his Ghandian humanity, saving us all.
I trust this will be admitted as evidence in his upcoming trial.
Bryan should be lauded rather than ridiculed, incercerated and trespassed within.
- Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 05 04 at 12:28 AM • permalink
Is it off now?
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 05 04 at 12:29 AM • permalink
- Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 05 04 at 12:30 AM • permalink
- Son of Pig and Monkey, I didn’t quite know what you were talking about, but I visited that site. You should have explained that it is government-sponsored global warming propoaganda.
Yes, it deserves to be mocked.
Unfortunately, it is not very mockable.
It’s just evil.
It’s got that ultra-cynical nihilistic attitude that’s so in vogue right now in teen culture (check out any myspace profile to see what I mean), yet it somehow manages to push an idealistic, socialist religion at the same time. Quite impressive.
Aside from the fact that it’s totally dumbed-down government propaganda, the most mockable thing is the countdown clock, but that doesn’t run out for 10 years. Perhaps Tim, the master of mock, can do better.Posted by daddy dave on 2007 05 04 at 12:35 AM • permalink
This is a travesty for freedom, people! Suppression of free speech! What’s next, are they going to take away the inflight book ‘Mein Kampf’ which allows us to ‘make our own decisions’ about exactly how evil the jooos are?
And then it will be “no more literature on how great life was in Stalin’s Soviet Union, because it’s propaganda” or something. It’s the thin end of the wedge I tell you!
First they came for the crazy 9/11 truthers, but I didn’t care because I was not a crazy 9/11 truther…
Who’s paco? paco, my dear sir, is one of the original robber barons, along with John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Jay Gould, all members of the VRWC and front men for the illustrious organization descended from the guardians of the Temple of Solomon and the Knights Templar. He’s extremely wealthy due to the efforts of brain-washed lemming like salesmen who think nothing of assembling sales kiosks in a cemetary hawking memorial flowers.
He’s also extremely powerful and is possibly one of a cabal (pause for effect) of trouble makers who is preventing my ascent to full membership in the VRWC and eventual leadership over our group, once Karl is, er, retired. He is also a subject of constant irritation resulting from my wife continuously comparing me and my wealth (looks around simply furnished hovel) with his.
Posted by wronwright on 2007 05 04 at 06:55 AM • permalink
#8 – Hey! I thought I had the Scarlett Johannssen Obsession Monopoly on this blog!
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 05 04 at 08:04 AM • permalink
#15 Another VRWC crushing of dissent carried out successfully. Lord Rove will be pleased. Why, I bet there won’t even be any beatings tonight.
Erm, RebeccaH, when the Dark Lord is pleased, there are MORE beatings. Hey, it’s just one of the perks of BEING a minion. How else do we keep the moonbat population under control?
Besides, the backswing on the way he uses a sjambok is a delight to behold.
So yes, it’s an urchin moment* tonight!
MarkL
Minionmeister to the VRWC* urchin moment, when something goes no smoothly and well that one just HAS to takes one’s riding crop and thrash the local street urchins and other assorted tow-headed moppets.
- #47, you were lucky you got the refined version.
My T-Shirt says “Paco Got Back”.
It hints at nights of sleaze and a possible reference to Beyonce. I’m not sure.
At any rate it makes me uneasy.Posted by carpefraise on 2007 05 04 at 09:21 AM • permalink
#21 Actually, someone was also barred from a Virgin flight for wearing one of those ‘Paco is back’ t-shirts.
No no. You see, the idiot that wore the T, had it on inside out, after a wild night of drink and sex.
The airline and persons boarding the plane thought it some kind of death code. As you can see, it would tend to worry all except, dyslexics.
kcab si ocaP
#47: Dang! You must have gotten one of the t-shirts from the lot that was sold to Al Sharpton. Not to worry. Remember: Satisfaction guaranteed, or half of your money back!
Memo to 1.618:
We seem to be having some trouble with the last run of t-shirts. Customers are getting shirts saying everything from “Paco is Black” to “Paco Attacks”. We can’t afford to have this happen when we begin production of our Paco Donovagi designer line of denim jackets. You’d better call the
wardenforeman at theprisonfactory in Honduras and tell him to focus on quality control.
#45: He’s extremely wealthy due to the efforts of brain-washed lemming like salesmen who think nothing of assembling sales kiosks in a cemetary hawking memorial flowers.
Don’t forget: they also sell gifts and keepsakes to remind people of their visit, e.g., bumperstickers (“This is the last day of the rest of your life”, “All dressed up and no place to go”)), and porcelain ash-containers shaped like German beer steins. Good taste is the hallmark of Paco Industries.
In other Loose Change comeuppance news:
Loose Change distributor Mark Cuban’s NBA best Dallas Mavericks inexplicably lost to the bottom-seeded Golden State Warriors. For the first time in history an 8 seed beats the 1 seed in a seven game series. Coincidence? You decide. Well played HitlerBush!
In a fit of rage, Mark, the billionaire psycho brat, has legally changed his name to, Mark Venezuela.
I guess it’s nice that they don’t want to offend folks flying, and aside from the wisdom of showing hijacked planes crashing and murdering and burning all over the place, who the hell decided that that piece of crap was anything anyone with two brain cells left ought to consider? If someone in a position of authority at that airline is so disconnected from reality that they think that mockudrama is actually anything more than a delusion, I don’t want to have anything to do with the company, much less fly with them.
And my T-shirt says:
Paco is Frontal
I’m right-handed El Cid. If I was left, I don’t think I’d ever admit it in present company!
Paco, I’d expect nothing less from such a responsible and ethical organisation. Send my royalties via the PayPal link on this site.
Actually, Paco Donovagi rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?
You still looking for your kid’s name? I think your problems are solved! Just check the fine print on the birth certificate as I feel Paco Donovagi will attract some sort of naming rights fee. Or maybe there can be some sort of modelling contract arranged for the like named fashion line. I’m sure PACO Industries has no problem with child labour.
Virgin and Branson are all about publicity and this one was seriously hurting them.
Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge on 2007 05 04 at 11:55 AM • permalink
25 Memo to Paco (remind myself)
We might need to buy a factory in China. They love the West!
I’m going to introduce our new range of T-shirts.. I’m thinking Mr Paco of the following T-shirts! (What a hit) (What style!)OR the “I’m a Paco Terrorwrist,so what’s your problem airport security?!
“I love 1618 love from Tim Blair” $23
or the ” Margos will always be my friend!” by 1618 for $67
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30 DAYS: GAY/STRAIGHT
A straight man’s sexual beliefs are challenged.
Created in association with Morgan ‘Supersize Me’ Spurlock, ordinary people spend 30 days living in a way that challenges their social, religious and political beliefs. In this episode, a 24-year-old straight man is removed far from his comfort zone and into a large gay community in San Francisco for 30 days.
hhhmmmmmm?…….