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Businessman sues BA 'for treating men like perverts'
Daily Mail ^
| 1/16/10
| Sophie Borland
Posted on 01/17/2010 4:19:45 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
This is monumentally stupid. Pedophiles come in both genders, and apparently British Airways never got that memo.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:21:55 AM PST
by
mkjessup
("Mr. Abdulmutallab, Mr. Coyote? Please pick up the Acme Explosives Courtesy Phone!!")
To: mkjessup
It is stupid, but the type of pedophile they’re looking for (not a teacher getting it on with her 15yo student) is overwhelmingly male.
To: LibWhacker
The feminists should sue them as well, as this is a form of gender discrimination. Women are seen as incapable of committing pedophile action.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:25:05 AM PST
by
paudio
(Road to hell is paved by unintended consequences of good intentions)
To: mkjessup
More insane logic. I hope the Brits stand up.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:27:02 AM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:30:56 AM PST
by
Rippin
To: LibWhacker
Easy solution - Introduce yourself to the kid and his parents. Now you’re not a stranger, problem solved.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:31:04 AM PST
by
deaconjim
(Because He lives...)
To: LibWhacker
Personally, when I’m going to be in coach for 8 to 10 hours the last thing I want is to be sitting next to someone’s little angel. Still, this policy exceeds even the bounds of political correctness if the parents are there. I wonder how they would handle it if a person of color were asked to move because he might be a pedophile? It’s always interesting when two protected classes clash.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:35:14 AM PST
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: 9YearLurker
It is stupid, but the type of pedophile theyre looking for (not a teacher getting it on with her 15yo student) is overwhelmingly male.You are correct but they are also overwhelmingly known to the family too, teacher, coach, relative etc.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:35:14 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: LibWhacker
They are profiling. Which is ok if you profile for all eventualities, terrorism for example, but to profile males as sex offenders and to simply let muzzies board as they like while searching people who don’t fit the profile is simply discriminatory.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:38:11 AM PST
by
calex59
To: Straight Vermonter; 9YearLurker
You are correct but they are also overwhelmingly known to the family too, teacher, coach, relative etc. Yes, much like the scum bag that Coakly(sp?)tried to let get away with raping his two year old niece. Fortunately she eventually failed and he was imprisoned.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:41:20 AM PST
by
calex59
To: LibWhacker
If the British men don't have enough spine to raise immortal hell about this profiling discrimination, do they at least have an alternate choice of airline?
Like the other poster said, the last person I'd want to sit beside is someone's little brat (don't flame, I raised four) when I'm traveling.
So far in the world, the white male is the dumping ground for every racial and gender oriented group on the planet...so this is not that surprising.
I say establish a "kids section" in the back of the plane and hire "day care" workers to sit back there and guard the little angels from flying perverts. When you buy your tickets they could ask, "...kids, or NO kids?" like they used to do for smoking.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:49:46 AM PST
by
FrankR
(There will be no jobs until it is profitable for employers to hire people....PERIOD.)
To: calex59
To: calex59
Excellent point. It is beyond time for the still rational people of Great Britain to push back against Political Correctness gone amok. The bureaucracy in the UK is acting irrationally, defining deviancy in normal behavior, and excusing tyranny in the behavior of others.
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posted on
01/17/2010 4:50:15 AM PST
by
maica
(Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
To: All
Actually its the kind of discrimination I prefer.
Yes I dont want to sit next to your sniffling,fidgeting, loud, contagion spreading kids on a flight. Finally British Airways is respecting their best customer the lone businessman. If its a choice between a 350+ lb person or a kid though, I’d take the kid. Thanks BA and probably a good reason to choose BA if your an adult male.
To: LibWhacker
I'm of mixed feelings about this... While I don't like the idea that adult men are being treated as potential sexual predators, it DOES protect the men from being sued by a crazy parent with a child that exaggerates or just outright lies (like the McMartin daycare center case). It also segregates small children from adults who either want to sleep or need to work on the flight. A few years ago I wound up giving a little girl my CD player for the flight to get her to shut up and leave me alone, so that she could listen to some music and I could get some work done on a 2 1/2 hour flight. Of course, her mother was sitting with her.
Mark
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:22:33 AM PST
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: mkjessup
Well, then move the little brats. WC Fields said it best, “Get out of here, kid. You smell like peanuts and popcorn.” Little Fauntleroy can go set next to his dad and mom.
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:24:45 AM PST
by
healy61
To: LibWhacker
In general I think men are becoming very careful about being around other peoples unescorted kids for fear of being accused of being a pedophile. You may not be guilty but it will cost you a fortune to fight a malicious charge to clear your name. (This is a really sad comment on our times.)
To: MarkL
Of all the overseas flights I have been on, it was my sincere wish that the airlines would reserve the last few rows in the rear of the plane for passengers with children/babies.
There are few things less irritating and annoying than to endure little brats for a 9-10 hour flight.,
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:38:18 AM PST
by
LFOD
(Presently - Back in Dixie)
To: almost done by half
at one time, I would have a morning jog, it is up a hill and down past a school ground, just as mothers were escorting the children to school....after a time, I decided that wasn’t a good route....that after raising two girls...
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posted on
01/17/2010 6:05:09 AM PST
by
thinking
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