Are you a Pedophile?

**Cowhead418** · 11-14-2006, 00:45

It seems that the British Airlines assumes you are, as long as you are a man that is...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/m.../09/do0901.xml

As the title of the article says, how many paedophiles can there be? And who the hell is going to molest a kid on an airplane in front of all those people? Has there even been any cases of this before? And how do the airlines get away with this blatant sexism? Certainly labeling the entire male sex as potential child rapists or paedophiles would cause much more harm than good?

Notice in the comments section too - some men have been too afraid of receiving an accusation of being a sex offender to help lost children! This law is ridiculous.

EDIT: Thanks Del Arroyo.

**Del Arroyo** · 11-14-2006, 01:04

p - e - d - o is an accepted variant.

**Adrian II** · 11-14-2006, 01:09

Without looking into the linky, I think this must be Boris Johnson's column, no? I read it last week and I totally agree with him. The man is much smarter than he is made out to be.

A friend of mine has had similar experiences and refuses to fly BA any longer.

What in God's name is going on in the UK?

**Big King Sanctaphrax** · 11-14-2006, 01:15

Although this is an utterly bizarre and discriminatory policy, I would not mind in the slightest if the aircrew insisted I was seated away from children on a long flight.

**lancelot** · 11-14-2006, 01:21

^We have gone PC insane...thats what.

The government has got it into its head to try and please everybody...yea, good luck with that! As shown, you can barely move or think without it being a problem to somebody.

On a side note...is that even legal? To blatently discriminate against that man? (see, now- Im doing it! eeergh!) And pretty much accuse him of likely being a criminal without any suspiscion of said crime whatsoever?

**Adrian II** · 11-14-2006, 01:28

Originally Posted by lancelot

^We have gone PC insane...thats what.

The government has got it into its head to try and please everybody...yea, good luck with that! As shown, you can barely move or think without it being a problem to somebody.

On a side note...is that even legal? To blatently discriminate against that man? (see, now- Im doing it! eeergh!) And pretty much accuse him of likely being a criminal without any suspiscion of said crime whatsoever?

Apart from which, that stewardess should know Boris Johnson is one of the nicest, smartest and funniest personalities in British politics. How many kids get the chance to talk to an MP for an hour or more? The silly cow should have encouraged those kids to talk to him.

I. Just. Can't. Believe. It.

**Big King Sanctaphrax** · 11-14-2006, 01:33

Sorry to nit pick Adrian, but the point of the article was that they were his own kids. Other than that, I absolutely agree with you.

In fact, I hadn't considered that aspect of it at all-I mean, Boris is pretty distinctive, isn't he? If the stewardess isn't able to recognise such a major public figure, then it's hardly suprising that she's stupid enough to toe the BA line.

**Scurvy** · 11-14-2006, 18:27

Originally Posted by Adrian II

Apart from which, that stewardess should know Boris Johnson is one of the nicest, smartest and funniest personalities in British politics. How many kids get the chance to talk to an MP for an hour or more? The silly cow should have encouraged those kids to talk to him.

Boris is probably my favourite politician, despite the fact that i disagree with a lot of what he says, that tells you what a nice character he comes over as being.

The "silly cow" comment is really unfair though, its not her fault, its BA policy.

It seems ludicrous but this is what PCness has lead to, however i would defend BA on two points, firstly, if anything did happen on a flight, and BA didn't have safety precautions, then they would be heavily critisized, and secondly, (as Boris comments but doesnt really adress) its fairly hypocritical to complain when its you, but if a man sat next to your kids, you might get slightly suspicious (if not you, then other people certainly would)

BA has always been okay for me, the food is edible, the seets sittable, and the magazines readable, i even got to sleep on a flight once

**Lorenzo_H** · 11-14-2006, 13:57

who came up with that notion?

**Ser Clegane** · 11-14-2006, 14:57

If that means that I do not have to sit next to bored kids anymore on long-distance flights this would be enough reason to fly more BA

Uhm ... I mean ... bad BA ... BAD BAD

**InsaneApache** · 11-14-2006, 17:59

They should make the pesky kids sit on the wings, ala Flight of the Pheonix.

Gotta say though the few times I flew BA I loved the legroom, free bacon and eggs for breaky and those lurverly blue leather seats.....

**Shahed** · 11-18-2006, 21:39

Originally Posted by Cowhead418

It seems that the British Airlines assumes you are, as long as you are a man that is...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/m.../09/do0901.xml

As the title of the article says, how many paedophiles can there be? And who the hell is going to molest a kid on an airplane in front of all those people? Has there even been any cases of this before? And how do the airlines get away with this blatant sexism? Certainly labeling the entire male sex as potential child rapists or paedophiles would cause much more harm than good?

Notice in the comments section too - some men have been too afraid of receiving an accusation of being a sex offender to help lost children! This law is ridiculous.

EDIT: Thanks Del Arroyo.

The flight he was on was to India if I'm not mistaken. My ex never sat near a man on flights to India. She had bad experiences in the past and was determined to avoid them in future. She travelled there 3-4 times a year. She was a bit of nutcase but I did understand her very well. Having said all that she was a 9 on a scale of 10 lookswise (sorry I'm male I quantify/objectify so sue me) and I can understand why people would want to feel her up. But I don't accept people who would do it against her wishes, that's just cruel. If they don't have any shame to molest an adult female, why would'nt they do the same to minor females who are even more vulnerable.

There are a lot of perverts out there, and on one occasion, in Paris airport while I was seeing her off on a flight to Bombay. I saw this Indian man about 45 years old behind us in the que. Just the way he was looking at her was so bad, so lewd, so lacking in any decency whatsoever, I understood why she would'nt sit next to a man on India bound flights. If he had his way he would'nt care whether she wants to be touched or not, he'd just do it.

After she left I went and had a word with that guy, just about manners and general civility towards women. How sad that he did'nt take offence and provoke me because my knuckles were itching to knock his teeth out. Instead he apologised ! Well that's great, yeah ?, but I'd have preferred to kick his ass.

I'm not defending BA, all I'm saying is that child abuse and sexual abuse is a big problem for females in India. Just caught my mind when reading that article.