Which means more censorship is needed. Where is Conroy when you need him?

Some of the less offensive comments on social media included the airline being referred to as “Al-Qantas” and “the flying Mosque-a-roo”.
Newscom/crossposted from The Australian
Qantas under fire for Facebook site after “racist comments” left by users
- Qantas bombarded with “offensive comments”
- Could face legal trouble if drastic action isn’t taken
- Has deleted some offending comments, but not all
QANTAS has been bombarded with offensive comments on Facebook following its decision to remove pork from some flights, and could face legal trouble if they donÂ’t take drastic action on their site.

Get this: Qantas “could face legal trouble” if they keep allowing the people of Australia to voice their displeasure. Has there ever been a situation when free speech was more under threat in this country?
The decision was sparked by its partnership with Emirates, which came into effect on March 31 and sees flights to Europe stop over in Dubai instead of Singapore.

The mood on social media quickly turned sour after the announcement, with the airline’s Facebook and Twitter pages flooded with “racist and religiously offensive” comments.

A page has been set up on Tumblr with screenshots of what is claimed to be offensive comments from the Qantas Facebook page.
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