|
2005-1223 - The Press - I'm not
that sort of man
by Ian Smith - I'm
not heartily offended by the airlines' decision not to let me sit next to
unaccompanied children. There would be enormous relief if they extended the
ban to dreary feminists. Give me a bright child's company any day.
2005-1222 - Dominion Post -
Commonsense
by Daphne Tobin - How about some common sense in keeping unaccompanied
children safe on planes. Surely ensuring they have an aisle seat would enable
staff to keep an eye on them?
2005-1217 - The Press - My heart
bleed for troubled men
by Laura Keddell - If men paid more attention to their collective
responsibilities than to their wounded pride which catapults them into victim
mode, obsessed about "their rights", then maybe parents wouldn't
need to be worried about their children sitting next to strange men on planes
2005-1217 - The Press - Final
insult
by Martin Van Beynen - So sitting next to unaccompanied minors has
become part of what men are and we must not be thwarted. How sad. What a
shocker of a year it has been for men. Just when you thought it couldn't get
any worse, this month it did, and considerably so.
2005-1212 - Dominion Post -
Solo flying fact of life
by Murray Hunter - Children travelling for quality time with their
father (or mother) is a fact of life in these days of high divorce rates and
one partner moving to another city, island or country to start a new life or
to get the right job to support the cost of two homes.
2005-1212 - Dominion Post -
Prefer not to be labelled
by D Young - I was disappointed to read comments that condoned the
action Qantas took in the unaccompanied child case. Perhaps I'm just a
selfish male but I prefer not to be labelled a paedophile every time I sit
next to an unaccompanied child on a plane.
2005-1212 - Dominion Post - Cut
out the claptrap
by Gus Hubbard - 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.
2005-1212 - Dominion Post -
Airlines have few choices
by Lee Foley - I refer to the airlines' policy about children
travelling alone. The issue is not whether women and even children sexually
abuse other children. It is the protection of children when they fly
unaccompanied
2005-1209 - Timaru Herald
- Airline policy
by R Denham - Why are the airlines only targeting men in their efforts
to stop them sitting next to unaccompanied children? Although there seems
very little publicity regarding women abusing youngsters, this surely cannot
be ruled out
2005-1208 - Waikato Times -
The two ages of the male
by Linley Boniface - My son is four. I'd like to ask Dr Kiro at what
age she'll stop regarding him as a potential victim of sexual abuse, and
start regarding him as a potential abuser. Because, apparently, those are the
only two options left for men
2005-1208 - Dominion Post - Good
work
by Wilf Welburn - Speaking as an unaccompanied man, I'd like to be
seated as far away from children as possible. I hope Air New Zealand and co
keep up the good work
2005-1207 - Timaru Herald -
Please, even more segregation on planes
by Derek Burrows - Incidentally, most victims of paedophilia are
molested by relatives or close friends of the family, so kids are actually
safer travelling on an aircraft sitting next to someone they DON'T know, but
don't tell the airlines or they might change their policy
2005-1207 - The Press -
Simple solution
by Susan Jackman - There is a simple solution to this alleged problem.
The airlines should not accept unaccompanied children on their flights. Doing
so places children in a situation where there is the potential for harm
2005-1207 - The Press - Lucky men
by Jackie Robins - Men are suddenly indignant they may no longer be
seated next to unaccompanied children on some international airlines. They
should be over the moon as this merely leaves women to endure the company of
the irritating minor
2005-1207 - Dominion Post -
They do it to embarrass
by Sean Roberts - The cynic in me suggests the airline makes these
seating arrangements on purpose to embarrass people
2005-1206 - The Press - Rosa Parks
by R Hamlin - Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in the face
of prejudice and discrimination. I suggest the men of New Zealand emulate her
principled stand on all Air New Zealand and Qantas flights
2005-1206 - The Press - Bias astounds
by Rob Sansom - I am astounded by the bias shown by the editorial in
Saturday's Press. Whilst I do not agree with the airlines' policy on
unaccompanied children, the fact that the public awareness of this issue
arose regarding a Qantas flight makes your headline smack of anti Air New
Zealand bias
2005-1206 - The Press - Airline
unnecessarily insults caring fathers
by Brian Hartley - Air NZ's use of such broad brushstrokes to paint
all men as suspect paedophiles is an egregious affront to a segment of New
Zealand society, most of whom are responsible caring fathers.
2005-1206 - The Press - Action for
Discrimination?
by Ian Condie - If a man is
sitting beside an unaccompanied child in an aircraft and is ordered, within
the hearing of other passengers, to move to another seat merely because he is
a man, can he sue the airline for defamation or bring an action for
discrimination?
2005-1205 - Dominion Post -
Men - the real abuse victims
by Linley Boniface - It seems surprising that Air New Zealand and
Qantas have no qualms about accusing half their client base of potential
paedophilia. Men, it appears, are such filthy, immoral, perverted beasts that
even those who appear relatively decent on the surface cannot be trusted to
withstand the temptation of being seated next to young flesh
2005-1205 - Dominion Post
- False Accusations
by P Hills - It has been reported that one reason given for seating
unaccompanied children next to females only on planes is to protect men from
the possibility of false accusations. Presumably, for the same reason, the
airlines that practise this discrimination will not object when I refuse to
be seated next to an adult female
2005-1204 - Sunday Star Times - PC
stuff's the norm and he's had enough
by Emily Watt - In December 1955, an unassuming Rosa Parks refused to
move on a segregated Alabama bus. Fifty years later, ex-All Black Norm Hewitt
says Kiwi men should do the same. "I think we've really got to stand up.
It's about time men stood up and said: `This is just crap.' We've got to
start pushing back this PC world we're living in."
2005-1204 - NZ Herald - Abuse
fears flights of fancy
by Kerre Woodham - As the mother of a daughter who flew between
Auckland and Wellington as an unaccompanied minor for years, I never, ever
worried about the prospect of her being brutally assaulted by a paedophile.
It didn't even cross my mind. And if that means I won't win Plunket Mother of
the Year, well, so be it.
|
