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Why would anyone put a ten-year-old on a plane by herself in the first place?
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Saltah'na
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There is supposed to be programmes to allow kids to fly on their own. A member of the flight crew is supposed to be assigned to the child from departure to arrival. Somebody dropped the ball here.
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: Why would anyone put a ten-year-old on a plane by herself in the first place?
When I was four and my sister was seven, we flew by ourselves twice a year- shuttling between Miami and Detroit- as our parents each had custody for half the year.
We were never really too afraid and we had written instructions on where to wait when we got off the plane. I recall always getting those little plastic planes that Delta would give to kids to play with and keep.
Though, sadly, the world has become a much more dangerous place for children since the early 80's.
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Yes, back in those days men didn't have urges because they simply had no genitals, and if they were evil they had the word "Viper" somewhere in their name so that was a nobrainer. Also, they had great posture because of the holes in their shoes.
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quote:Originally posted by Nim: Yes, back in those days men didn't have urges because they simply had no genitals, and if they were evil they had the word "Viper" somewhere in their name so that was a nobrainer. Also, they had great posture because of the holes in their shoes.
Who said it was just men responsible? Or that it's all sex related crimes? I'm not just making generalities- crimes against children have skyrocketed in the past twenty years- yes, in part it's the media's willingness to cover such cases but the number of cases reported to authorities is shocking.
Recently, a child was tied to a tree in the heat for a day by his parents as "discipline" and died from dehydration and heat stroke. Such things would have been a national outrage when I was a kid but hardly makes national news today. Kids go missing and it's not even reported on the news....
It's pretty fucked up.
Of course, we tolerate people putting their children on leashes at the mall, so it's all relative.
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