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Though the airlines' decision not
to sit men next to unaccompanied children strikes me as politically correct
silliness, it is not hard to understand the reasoning. Some people, especially men,
molest children. Visual inspection does not allow determination of likely
culprits. Therefore, airlines have chosen to reduce the risk to children in
their care by not sitting men next to them. Many, myself included, see this as
an extreme over-reaction. But it is no more extreme than the reactions of
some who object to the policy. The airlines are not saying that "men are
all dangerous perverts", as Anthony Frith (Letters, Dec 1) would have
it. Gregory Fortuin (Features, same
day) has not been labelled a paedophile simply because he's male. By all means debate the wisdom of
the policy, but that is better achieved by leaving aside emotive claptrap and
gross distortions of the situation.
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