Re: Airline halts plan for lip-shaped urinals in U.S.

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Some people need to get a life.  I think this a prime example of how political
correctness has gotten way out of hand.

Mark

Mark

> Friday March 19, 3:50 PM EST=20
>
>
> NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic Airways on Friday
> scrapped plans to install bright-red urinals shaped like women's open
> lips at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, saying it had
> received complaints they were offensive.
>
> "Virgin Atlantic was very sorry to hear of people's concerns about the
> design of the 'Kisses' urinals to be fitted into our clubhouse at JFK
> Airport. We can assure everyone who complained to us that no offense was
> ever intended," Virgin spokesman John Riordan said in a statement.
>
> Riordan said the British company received several dozen complaints from
> people and groups including the National Organization for Women after
> its plans for the urinals had been made public. NOW had posted a message
> on its Web site urging members to complain to Virgin chief Richard
> Branson.
>
> "I don't know many men who think it's cool to pee in a woman's mouth,
> even a porcelain one," said NOW President Kim Gandy on the group's Web
> site.
>
> The urinal, designed by a Dutch company, was the idea of a female
> designer. Riordan said Virgin was surprised by the negative reaction to
> the plan, part of designs for the lounge, built to pamper first-class
> customers.=20

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