The JetBlue Photoshop Album Update Responding to a critic
Submissions keep coming in, so I’m putting them all here in one place. (Reminder: JetBlue contact info is here. Or e-mail corporatecommunications@jetblue.com or ir@jetblue.com) But first, Dean Barnett weighs in on the “stupefying” decision:
The Daily Kos is not only political, but a political lightning rod. It doesn’t get more political than the Daily Kos. The fact that someone at JetBlue thought it was a good idea to hitch their wagon to Markos’ star is truly stupefying…The amazing thing about the JetBlue/YearlyKos thing is that people doing the advertising for JetBlue could be so ignorant regarding either the blogosphere or the nature of business. As far as business is concerned, you don’t attach yourself to an entity that not just alienates but also offends and angers half of your potential customer base. Of course, there is the chance that the people at JetBlue had no understanding of who or what the Daily Kos is before Bill O’Reilly gave them a crash course last night. If that’s the case, JetBlue’s new management team is off to a truly pathetic start.
They deserve all the mockery they get.
Favorite so far is this Pshop from reader Mark S.:
From John at Verum Serum:
From reader Matthew G.:
From reader R.S.B.:
From William Teach:
From NeoconNews:
From the Pointfive blog…
From reader Curtis…
From reader Conservative Cat:
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With all due respect, Roger L. Simon entirely misses the point and accuses JetBlue critics of “restricting” the “rights” of the dailyKos and its sponsors. Simon writes:
…the question is not whether you like the Daily Kos or Pajamas Media. It’s whether you respect JetBlue’s – or any other corporation’s – right to make its own business decisions. JetBlue’s leadership has determined that associating themselves with the Kos Convention will sell tickets for them. You may differ in that analysis, but I would imagine they have done market research.
Based on JetBlue CEO David Barger’s clueless comments, I don’t know why Simon would assume that.
Aaanyway, Simon continues:
Those of us who value open discussion on Internet sites – for general reasons of speech and more specific ones of advertising support – should be happy that JetBlue has seen fit to sponsor a site as extreme as the Daily Kos. It’s good for all of us. (O’Reilly, of all people, should be applauding this.) What comes around goes around – as the cliché goes.
Before you start to throw bricks at me, obviously there are limits to this. Advertising on Jihadist or Nazi sites or the like should not be countenanced. But, whatever you feel about it, the Daily Kos does not fit in this category. This is a democracy. They are people with whom you or I may disagree. We should say so and denounce their views as vigorously as possible. But we should not attempt to restrict their speech in any way - or their sponsorship.
Excuse me? I am–or rather, was–a JetBlue customer. I am expressing my disappointment at its decision to mix its business with nutroots politics. I am exercising my free speech, as are other JetBlue customers who disagree with its corporate sponsorship of dKos.
What? Are we just supposed to sit here silently lest we be perceived as “restricting” the “rights” of blogs on the other side of the political aisle?
“Those of us who value open discussion on Internet sites” should “be happy” that there is a vigorous discussion of JetBlue’s decision –instead of suggesting, as Roger Simon does, that there is something nefarious about registering our dissenting opinions.
Update: Ace nails it
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ROFL!!!
I vote for Mark S.
The left wing airline - bwaaahaaaa.
(I think I hurt myself)
I agree the mark s. one wing jet is a gas. lmao…
Don’t let JetBlue off the hook should they decide to pull sponership and plead (feign) ignorance. Here’s a quote from their website:
“Our goal is to align with partners that have similar brand attributes”
http://www.jetblue.com/about/promotions/index.html
Let’s see the CEO tell us what attributes he feels he shares with Kos.
They’ll be knee-high in chapter 11 in due time.
That’s good stuff, Michelle. Knowing the humor and creativity on the right side of the blogosphere, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Keep ‘em coming, folks. I just love this stuff!
By the way, do you think the name JetBlue was a stealth political statement? As in the Red/Blue state divide? You know that the CEO of “Progressive Insurance” is a big time lib in the Soros club. I know the name of his company was no accident.
Knowledge is a wonderful thing. Jet Blue is learning this the hard way.
Great artwork all around. BZ
For your inflight reading pleasure I give you our news paper. Perfect for the liberal left. The front page has “Lohan leaves rehab”.
By the way, I live in South Florida and this is what we think is news.
Seems like a perfect alignment to me.
Suggested Slogans:
“JetBlue Airways: Serving Blue States Since 2007″
“The Daily Kos Airways” previously known as “JetBlue Airways”
“JetBlue Airways: Our Kos-tomers Come First”
“JetBlue Airways: Flyblogging From Kos”
“JetBlue Airways: Fly Over the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy”
JetBlue Airways: Fligh “High”
You condemn Congressman Ellison for comparing a Bush strategy to a Nazi strategy. You get all lathered up about it. Then, on he same page, you post a picture that compares the head of Jet Blue Airlines to Hitler because he advertises on a liberal web site.
JetBlue Airlines offers free “nutroots” peanuts straight from Plains, Georgia and embossed with an authentic autograph from Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter!
…..our company doesn’t mix politics and business……..
The photoshop by Curtis is mine.
Do you endorse a Loony Louis Farrakhan sycophant who is a complete tool of CAIR and The Nation of Islam, lgm?
JetBlue isn’t just “advertising on a liberal website”, they are sponsoring the most hateful bunch of anti-American tinfoil hatters you can find anywhere.
The brand of his company and the brand of DailyKos are now linked. Do you even need any links to the craziness that appears there every single day? These people compare Bush to Hitler as a matter of routine.
That’s the sense of humor I referred to earlier. I suggest you rent one.
“We’re sorry, but your flight will be stuck on the tarmac all day. For your entertainment we have re-runs of Al Franken’s radio show on all audio channels. In addition, your flight attendents will be passing out crayons and construction paper for those of you who wish to draw a picture to hang in Portland’s airport. At this time I’d like to direct your attention to your seatback entertainment screen, where Sheryl Crow will demonstrate the correct use of one square of toilet paper - a necessity for a delay of this length.”
I have talked to three customer service reps today, and received signs of wonderful mental health. None had ever heard of DKos, or Daily Kos, and none were aware of Soros’s ownership position, or indeed, who Soros is…heh.
On the downside, their PR people have yet to answer the phone today (100 attempts and counting), and they seem uniquely unprepared for inquiries on this issue.
Typical lib operation.
lgm, you are joking - right?
Aloha, Alohaguy!
FYI, The A320 does not have TV’S or radio so that is why I offered our rag of a newspaper for the liberal left who will be the only souls on the craft!
Without words I must…..sit back and watch those more capable, render, twist, divide, cut, hack, and generally make my day regarding this issue. I feel bad about those honest hardworking persons that work for this idiotic airline, (other than the bad management) who will eventually lose their jobs because of liberal management decisions. America, love it.
That’s what makes it funny. We’re not serious about calling the guy Hitler or a Nazi, but the KOSsacks do take it seriously. That’s why it’s funny.
It’s not as funny as Left Wing Airlines, but it’s funny.
Although, considering JetBlue flies mainly out of New York City, you can’t really blame them for pandering to the rich, elitist, liberal snobs. It’s probably making them lots of money.
Does JetBlue have any orders on the books for the latest American success story, the Boeing 787, or are they more partial to the product of Quasi-socialist Airbus? Maybe they would be happier flying around in Tupolevs.
Fuzzy warm memories of Uncle Joe Stalin and the New Soviet Man. Heh.
Is this really a serious attempt to get JetBlue to stop sponsoring YearlyKos? Because all it seems like you’re succeeding in doing is filling up Markos’ inbox with obscene hate email and death threats.
Michelle, if you have any sense of civility, do the decent thing and instruct your more excitable and emotionally unstable readers to not be so ugly about this whole thing and not personally attack Kos with threatening emails.
Capt. They deserve whatever comes their way for just the comments made regarding Tony Snow.
Yup, indeedy, DocattheAutopsy!
And adding to the humor is the fact they have no idea of just how funny they are! The Kos hate site is such a self-parody to begin with that it’s not easy to add to it!
Too funny, LOL.
Capt Howdy, Marko’s inbox is filling up? Oh my God, that’s so terrible! LOL
Seriously though, I don’t think we need inbox-wars, but if the emails are legal and people aren’t spamming with hundreds or thousands of them, I don’t see the problem. DailyKos is a purveyor of hate, so why shouldn’t they be on the receiving end of it?
They hate me because I’m a patriotic American, why shouldn’t I hate them for being the apposite?
ajmontana:
I doubt Michelle would agree with you.
Maybe we should just ask her: Michelle, do you agree with ajmontana that Markos deserves to have death threats and hate emails sent to him by your readers?
Little note to Simon: I fly Jet Blue all of the time. I’ve spent a great deal of money flying their airline, and have the right to protest their sponsorship decisions, just as you say they have the right to make them.
They have the right to sponsor whom they wish - but I have the right never to give them another dime. And, I’ll be sure to let them know.
Nevermind. Who care what a crybaby troll said? LOL.
Cue up Joe Cocker’s “Cry Me A River”!
Furthermore, it’s not like Jet Blue is donating the American Red Cross here. They serve people of all parties, yet are sponsoring perhaps the biggest Liberal Democrat event of the year.
They’re sponsoring the biggest event of the year for a blog whose stated goal is electing Democrats.
Hey Capt Howdy:
“Michelle, if you have any sense of civility, do the decent thing and instruct your more excitable and emotionally unstable readers to not be so ugly about this whole thing and not personally attack Kos with threatening emails.”
This is a joke, right? While I would never endorse hate e-mails and threats and any of that nonsense, your hand-wringing concern for the feelings of JetBlue considering the kind of things KOS puts up by way of destructive prose does not bear close examination. Oh, you could respond by saying “two wrongs don’t make a right”, but then you and others these days might very likely have said the same thing about our response to Pearl Harbor.
What we should remember here is that this is likely no accident: Soros is part of this outfit, and he funds the spewing of hate. Therefore, in a very real sense, JetBlue struck first against civility. It is a tad too nausiating when someone strikes first and then whines “foul” when someone strikes back in kind.
Even though I submitted an image myself early this morning, I wouldn’t be honest if I didn’t vote for Mark S’ as the best so far hands-down. “the left wing airline”. Simple, straightforward concept and perfectly executed! Great stuff, Mark!
NO, I DON’T AGREE WITH THAT.
Show me exactly which of my readers are sending death threats and hate emails to anyone, and I will ban them from commenting here.
Jet Bleau - the preferred carrier for cheese eating surrender monkeys.
Jet Black and Blue - Come Cry With US.
Jet Blue’s actions over the last several months is a future case study for MBA candidates on what not to do to succeed in business.
And that was their CEO talking! One can only surmise the drooling gets more pronounced down the corporate ladder.
I don’t speak for Michelle, but here’s my take. First of all, Michelle isn’t an elected Representative serving in the legislative body of the United States, comparing a sitting President and Commander-In-Chief to a murderous dictator.
Second, the image wasn’t created by her, but one of her readers.
Third, the person who created it, created it as a joke. Congressman Ellison was far from kidding.
Michelle. I was sure hoping you would not respond to this troll. We would have counted your no response as a NO.
All of us who are not moonbats that is.
GOD Bless and keep up the good work.
Capt Howdy;
Ah ha, so the Daily Kos is utilizing the old death-threat ploy, eh? It seems likely to me that they are probably fictitious or sent by Daily Kos users in an attempt to shut off criticism. That’s how the left operates these days, ya’ know.
Obviously Michelle and others here are totally against death threats and other illegal activities.
I think that if you want to find the culprit, go back and sniff around DailyKos. You’re wasting your time here.
i do not agree with sending death threats or hate mail to the DailyKos, why sink to their level.
BUT, that being said, can you prove that these emails are coming from Michelle’s commentors? I think to throw out an accusation without proof is like throwing out a lie and hoping it sticks.
I think posting new logos for JetBlue is funny and entertaining.
I have also sent an email to the company, asking them why they would partner with a hate speech site; and did they know, when did they know and if not where was their due diligence. I also suggested that maybe their investors should re-think where their monies are going when the company is so run so poorly.
Michelle: Thank you very much for your response. I didn’t think you would agree with that.
One of your commenters, ajmontana, said that he thought Kos deserved having hate emails and death threats sent to him, but I had a feeling you were better than that.
Hopefully people like ajmontana and floating rock have gotten the message that hateful, threatening and obscene emails are NOT okay.
I know this is going to look like trolling, but maybe you should consider posting a disclaimer like “keep it civil - don’t send death threats or hate emails to Kos.” Unfortunately, there are emotionally unstable people out there who take campaigns like yours a little too seriously.
Again, thank you for your response.
I do not condon or promote Death threats or hate mail to anyone. I am not one of the lamebrains that contacted Jet blue or care to in that manner.
Anyone want to invest in JET BLUE?….I think not…
trubble said
So “Screw ‘em” doesn’t apply just to our troops, eh?
Background: Markos Moulitas, owner of the Daily Kos web site sprung into infamy after the murder of the contractors in Fallujah who where then hung from the bridge by writing a column in which he said “Screw ‘em they got what they deserved”
Just a little more insight into the type of site Kos is and the fact that they attempt to divert crticism of the site to people who post comments is a smokescreen. They have people who contribute material on a regular basis who say far worse things then the commentators do. No dissenting opinion is allowed, they kick you off.
Here is the original post by Markos AKA kos regarding the deaths.
Ajmontana;
I didn’t email anybody either. I felt that my photoshop contribution was sufficient.
So, if Kos is killed by an unbalanced patriot…I should be able to feel nothing (but joy), because Kos is making money by writing seditious statements and for being a “hate America first” scumbag…I mean, he’s not in America to be a good citizen,or help our country in a time of war….he’s here to make money, to profit from our problems…so screw him is someone puts one between his eyes..
Floating, The Capt was trying to put words in my mouth so I had to fire out a disclaimer.
I wonder if the CEO of Jet Blue agrees with this comment from one of the posters on kos
Why does KOS have posting rights here?
Admittedly.. I don’t go to their site. Does MM have posting rights there?
But we have enough trolls without having trolls from the biggest hate site in the world here.
Capt. Howdy:
How many death threats and hate mail come from DailyKos members to Michelle over the last few years? Can you prove that there aren’t any? I didn’t think so. Kos is a hate machine, and your weepy defense of that intellectual sinkhole is laughable. I don’t approve of death threats, but I don’t think Kos has a problem with hoping his political adversaries are physically harmed. Just read that mess for a minute or two and you will find plenty of hate for anyone and everyone they don’t like, much worse than anything here. Here’s a few names for you to look up over there:
Joe Lieberman
George Bush
Dick Cheney
Donald Rumsfeld
Paul Wolfowitz
Richard Pearle
Gen. Tommy Franks
John Ashcroft
Ronald Reagan
Rush Limbaugh
Sean Hannity
Laura Ingraham
Bill O’Reilly
Brit Hume
Bill Kristol
Fred Barnes
Can you say that there are no nasty threats toward anyone on this list at DKos?
And as far as Captn’s. “emotionally unstable readers” childish name calling is concerned…. bite me…
@Just a grunt..
ya.. I remember when they first posted that. It got linked somewhere that I read it.
Made me sick then too.
I may not be aware of everything that mercenaries in Iraq do. But most of them are just plain bodyguards for the civilian employees trying to rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure. I have seen no verified referance of them ‘making war’ on anyone.
My husband is also a grunt. He looked into it. But in the end, with 3 special needs children, I asked him to stay home. We will find another way to get by. ‘Cause certainly his VA disablity ain’t keeping a roof over our heads.
It’s pretty obvious that all the clamoring about the dangerous and deranged commenters here is nothing more than baiting to try and cover up for the kookiness at Kos. No one is ordering fleets of conservative hate mail. The laments about lowering the debate are hollow and laughable.
I haven’t watched the O’Reilly segment, but I do know that JetBlue is a non-union airline, and that CEO Barger gave $2500 to the National Republican Congressional Committee in the last election cycle.
This seems to have been a questionable business decision, and the photoshops highlight that in an entertaining manner.
I just love watching the liberals feign outrage when those on the conservative side of the spectrum fight back. They act like the little scolded children they are and you can almost imagine them with eyes wide open in wonder and trying to figure out why anybody would call their actions into question. It is so easy to hurt their “feelings”, and after all that is what it is all about anyway, feelings, you might be tempted to take pity on them. Then I realize these are the same people who trumpeted being able to run Sen Lieberman off the Democrat ticket only to wind up getting trounced in the general election. They are dangerous because they have the ear of many of the elected Democrats as evidenced by the large number of them who write columns on his site and who actively seek his support in their campaigns.
Just a grunt, didn’t I hear somewhere that Dingy Harry Reid(D-AQ) has a conference call almost everyday with these hateful whackos?
Hey Capt., DROP DEAD-Twice. Is that plain enough for you?
If “Kos” had received any such things, I suspect that even he has the basic intelligence to pass them on to the proper authorities as opposed to sending someone to cry here. That’s why nobody take you seriously.
But if he does need to send out the crybabys to beg for mercy, he wins the coveted “GirlyMan Of The Month”. Once he gets more experinced online he’ll realize that hate mail and threats have,sadly, become part and parcel of a high profile webpresence. Especially if it’s of a political nature.
Ask MM or any conservative writer. You wouldn’t want to read their inboxes.
But you’ve likely already read those emails in draft form at places like the “Kos” and “Atrios” hate sites.
But since MM called your bluff, you’ve been dismissed - in every sense of the word.
Compared to how the Kos hate site dismisses American fatalities in Iraq - “Screw them!!” - you got off quite well, eh what?
True - almost without exception the far left needs to be treated as children. The tragic phenom of “adult children” is especially pronounced among their ranks; most have never grown up and wised up to real life.
To find one who posseses clear sense and is rational is a rarity, you have to get through so much of their crying and immature rantings.
Saw this at the airport.
This is an overwhelmingly simple issue. Human beings can be political. Companies should not be. I am very political in my presonal life. I am absolutely neutral, unbiased, fair and apolitical in conducting my job.
It is the reason I never ever mention my firm on my blog or any other website. I speak for only me.
That is called being a professional.
eric
http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
Just curious. Are there any copyright issues to posting/modifying Jet Blue logo? Just hoping Jet Blue doesn’t come armed with lawyers and cause trouble.
public domain…..
If Roger Simon thinks Jet Blue is hoping to sell more tickets with their Kos funding, I’ve got news for him.
They lost any further business from me - and a lot more from people like me. In fact Jet Blue poked a sharp stick in the face of far more of its customers than they will gain by this political alignment.
And yes, despite their CEO’s pleas to the contrary, they’ve declared that alignment emphatically.
Hi, sxs537 - it falls under what’s called “Fair Use”. The same as television or print media. Think of the parody ads you see on SNL.
It would be funny if JBlue did go ballitistic and draw even more attention to their shameful doings, but having made the initial mistake in associating with fringe virulent anti-America types of the Kos hate site they want the controversy to die down - but fast.
blacktygrrrr
Well said …
unfortunately many people cannot keep personal and professional viewpoints from merging into one and the same
Yet amother funny/ironic item underscoring the mock-worthiness of the the JetBlue-Kos axis of sleazals;
JetBlue is, in all probability, the most anti-union corporation with which the Kos hate site could jump in bed.
Funny what a sudden infusion of the Jet”Green” will do, eh?
“Q: Would you resist a labor-organizing effort at JetBlue?
A: We would. I love American history, and I’ve studied it. I understand we had a big need for unions in this country. You basically had unscrupulous people who were building companies on the backs of their people without giving them health care and without giving them other benefits.”
From:
SF GATE -
ON THE RECORD: DAVID NEELEMAN
Jetblue Airways
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Indeed, it’s how the free market works: businesses have a right to sponsor whomever they want, and we, the customers, also have a right to respectfully disagree with a business or its decisions and, say, boycott said business, etc.
I have a feeling the “relationship” with Kos will end rather fast…
What I always thought most scary about DailyKos is its rigid policing of ideological purity.
If you diverge from the party line — “the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party”, you are not only rated down, or one of your postings removed. Your entire history, anything you’ve ever posted there, and *every response* by anyone else to your posting, cease to exist.
In effect Kos cadres enforce these decisions, with no appeal.
Stalinists. The lot of them.
Indeed - as was just so clearly demonstrated by the Kos banishment of it’s former Best-Friend-Forever, their “Mother Sheehan”. Now they’re all calling her “whore” after she departed from that Stalanist-like demand for purity. Ya gotta love gettin’ knived in the back to run with that lot!
If anyone out there is unfamiliar with this, indeed, DailyKos uses shadowy death squads to “disappear” undesirables.
With all due respect to Roger, I think he is missing the point that many of us in the right-o-sphere are mocking Jet Blue for linking up with the KosBats.
Secondly, while JB has the right to do what they think is in their financial interest, we have a right to say “I won’t fly an airline that would sponsor hysterical, over the top, moonbats with delusions of granduer, not to mention major league haters.”
If the airline was sponsoring Jihadis, would it be OK to boycott them? Sure.
Liberals boycott things and companies they do not like all the time, sometimes simply because that companies gives a little bit more to republicans then democrats. Remember the website ‘Buy Blue?”
Anil Petra said:
If anyone out there is unfamiliar with this, indeed, DailyKos uses shadowy death squads to “disappear” undesirables.
Well, only figuratively - as far as we know. They usually disappear the same way the Kos hate site’s attacks on Americans killled in Iraq suddenly vanish from that site after Americans point them out.
Too bad for Kos that Google keeps a cache of the scrubbed pages. I suppose that’s enough to make “Kos” furious that Gore invented the internet in the first place!
Whay do ya mean “if”?
Exactamundo.
Ooooooh, Purple, Kos is going to complain to MM that we are comparing them to terrorists.
MM might hurt herself laughing
I’m worried the terrorists will be much more insulted by the comparison!
Jihadis act out their psychosis while the Kos gang just fanatsizes about doing it (for the most part).
Mark S.’s Left Wing Airplane is great!
On an unrelated and totally irrelevant note, Little Green Footballs hit 4,000,0000 posts today.
2 points:
1. On July 17th, 2007 at 6:02 pm, sxs537 said:
Just curious. Are there any copyright issues to posting/modifying Jet Blue logo? Just hoping Jet Blue doesn’t come armed with lawyers and cause trouble.
No problemo. Copyright law works like this: use the JetBlue logo or something very similar for your own airline? No. illegal; Use the logo or images to unfairly defame the airline, such as posting a photoshopped image of a JB plane in flames and saying seriously that 50 JB planes exploded last year killing thousands of people? No. Illegal. Taking the picture of Homer Simpson in the JetBlue ad and make it look like he’s giving the finger with the words Hate Mongers beneath as a political statement about JB supporting KOS. YES! You betcha. It’s called “parody” and is very much covered under the first amendment - big time.
2. Michelle got it 100% right as usual about availing oneself of the first amendment in response to something someone else volunteered and I’m tired of the whiners: If man 1 makes a strong statement and man 2 condemns it, man 2 is not stifling man 1’s freedom of speech. However, if man 1 demands that man 2 not be allowed to comment on what he said, then man 1 is quite definately attempting to deny man 2 his freedom of speech.
I love how Dems alwats try to have it both ways: strike first and then whine foul when someone responds, and some people in the msm are trying to sell that idea, too.
Once Ellis Hennigan(sic?) on Mr O during a discussion about Rosie O’Donnell, said something along the lines of “shouldn’t she be allowed to comment without being dragged into an arguement?” The answer to the Simons and hennigans in the world is, “No”, that’s the kind of system Stalin set up in Communist Russia. And that’s why the 1st amendment and parody are such a great combination for debate: you better get your facts straight, or you’re going to look like an ass, and that’s great motivation for seeing to it that the general population keep their facts straight.
It’s way late to be commenting on this but how do you know anyone is filling up Markos’ inbox with obscene hate email and death threats? There’s no mention on the website of such an occurrence. How do you have “inside” information on the contents of the DKOS mailbox?
With no respect whatsoever, Roger, kindly explain how us exercising our right to do business (or not) with whoever we please somehow infringes on JetBlue’s right to associate themselves with utterly evil groups (as I for one consider Kos to be). I find that whole schpiel offensive.
I will bet that many of the hate mails to kos come from leftists as a false flag operation.
The left does anything and everything because they feeeeeeel so strongly about issies.
In regard to Michelle’s response to Roger L. Simon:
Speech is free in the U.S., but not free of consequence. If Jet Blue is going to associate with KOS they expect consequences: 16-year-old kids whining to their parents that they want the next family trip to be on Jet Blue because it’s cool! But Jet Blue should also expect other consequences: mature right-minded adults thinking Jet Blue is disgusting and choosing another airline.