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In the light of the recent alleged plot by some extremists from Fathers4Justice to kidnap Prime Minister Tony Blair's 5-year-old son Leo, I would like to discuss the issues of men’s rights activism and problems inherent in the culture of violence. First I would like to counter the myth that men’s rights ideology favors violence. Prior to the existence of the Internet such myth such myth may have been believable, but as of 2006 anyone can look up men’s rights groups online and find that almost all of us support nothing more then equal rights. A major men’s rights discussion...

May 8, 2005 The Fathers' Crusade By SUSAN DOMINUS "After tomorrow, I'll have done everything there is to do," Jason Hatch said one night in February, staring wistfully into a near-finished glass of beer at a bar in Shrewsbury, England. Just a few hours earlier, he and some friends were enjoying a raucous, boisterous evening, all but driving out the other diners at a decorous French restaurant. Now, after several drinks at the bar, the lateness of the hour and the increasing proximity of Hatch's plans for the next day seemed to be catching up with him, and his...

Men in ‘Batman’ Rooftop Protest By Neville Dean, PA News Two men dressed as Batman and Robin climbed on to the roof of the Royal Courts of Justice today to protest over the treatment of fathers in the family courts. The men, members of the pressure group Fathers for Justice, scaled the side of the court building in The Strand at just after 4am. Group spokesman Glen Poole said the men were calling themselves “the caped crusaders for justice”. He said they were hoping to draw attention to the group’s campaign to ensure divorced fathers were given proper access to...