My Reply from London Buses to My Letters to The Mayor

I received this rather lame non-response from the Mayor today. Apparently women don't mind it and although it is as freely available as alcohol, for some reason porn is impossible to ban on public transport.

London Buses Customer Services
Customer Services (Buses) to me show details 3:34 PM (22 hours ago) Reply
Our Ref: 651598/2/ASM Date: 01 July 2008

Thank you for your emails to Boris Johnson about bus passengers reading newspapers such as the Star and the Sun. I am replying on the Mayor’s behalf. I am sorry to learn that you have encountered instances of men reading magazines and newspapers which make you feel uncomfortable on public transport. I appreciate that you may find the images contained in these newspapers to be offensive. However, since these publications are freely available, we are not in a position to ban them on our services. On the whole, we get extremely few complaints about this matter, and therefore conclude that the newspapers and magazines you’ve mentioned are not offensive to the majority of passengers.Thank you once again for your emails. I apologise that in this instance I have not been able to provide you with a more favourable response. However, if you require any help in the future please do feel free to let me know.

Yours sincerely
Angharad Mead
Customer Services