tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post3785584893585126871..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Check the kids in at the desk, please.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-816856093631786372011-02-05T02:22:36.000+00:002011-02-05T02:22:36.000+00:00David C - I'm not in favour of the proposed re...David C - I'm not in favour of the proposed restrictions. They lead to 'no choldren zones' and then 'adult only flights'. <br /><br />Eventually, as with smoking, parents will be treated as pariahs even if their children are not with them.<br /><br />Okay, I admit I would prefer not to be bothered by noisy and fractious children when trapped in a steel cylinder, but I still oppose this restriction.<br /><br />Because it's just wrong. Biologically speaking, the only purpose of life is reproduction. Nature cares for nothing else. Those of us who choose not to partake are the ones making the lifestyle choice.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-69038070339092153632011-02-04T09:59:25.526+00:002011-02-04T09:59:25.526+00:00Er - LegIron. I can't agree with you on this ...Er - LegIron. I can't agree with you on this occasion. I take it you don't have kids? When you do, you'll realise that even very well intentioned parents who do discipline their children and do their utmost to raise them as best they can find it hard to keep them behaving perfectly on a long transatlantic flight. Kids are different to grown ups and are programmed to behave differently, so that they learn and grow mentally and physically.<br />I hope you will one day experience the joy that being a parent brings (sometimes) as well as the stress and anger!David Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-8611723899977155732011-02-04T02:15:52.622+00:002011-02-04T02:15:52.622+00:00Onus - true, they are private comapnies but there ...Onus - true, they are private comapnies but there was once a time when trains allowed smoking. <br /><br />I remember being on York station with the option of getting the earlier Virgin train or waiting half an hour for the GNER. The Virgin train was completey non-smoking (long before the ban) but the GNER was not. <br /><br />It was a long trip, I was in no hurry, so I waited for the smoking train. I had a choice.<br /><br />Now I don't. Neither do the private companies operating those trains.<br /><br />At the moment it's up to the airrlines what they want to ban. Once banning starts, governments tend to get involved. Then it goes beyond the choice of private companies.<br /><br />I admit I don't like to share planes or trains with screaming kids but I still oppose this kind of restriction.<br /><br />It's where the smoking ban started.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-91253642995875729042011-02-03T13:54:08.924+00:002011-02-03T13:54:08.924+00:00It's now a 2nd generation problem - the parent...It's now a 2nd generation problem - the parents of these uncontrolled children experienced the full love & kindness of a politically-correct upbringing themselves. It's their human rights to piss off (or on) other people, innit?Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-30908458493149680152011-02-03T12:37:24.054+00:002011-02-03T12:37:24.054+00:00Normally I'm with you, but this time... not so...Normally I'm with you, but this time... not so much.<br /><br />If this were a case of the government banning something (children), then we can get worked up about it. Just as we should rightly be worked up about the smoking ban.<br /><br />If, on the other hand, it is the choice of the privately owned airline. That is their choice, and they should have the freedom to ban what they like on the planes that they own.Onus Probandyhttp://onusprobandy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-33673008849083221482011-02-03T07:37:42.295+00:002011-02-03T07:37:42.295+00:00Can they put the children's zone next to the s...Can they put the children's zone next to the smokers' zone and salad dodgers' zone? Wouldn't that expose both to the deadly smoke emitted by the still upright and breathing smokers? They could put the fatties between the kids and the smokers but that's probably unfair on the fatties who can't get out of the way of the smoke - they're all so wide that they've got a higher chance of some nicotine particles sticking to them and giving them 3rd hand cancer. Probably you need to put the kids on one end; then a separate zone for the parents just in case one of them's a nonce; then people with loud ringtones; then people with golf bags, skis or other large luggage; then the fatties; then the drinkers; then the people who sympathise with the smokers and drinkers (just because they fail to object they must also suffer); and then a 300 yard DMZ before finally the smokers' area.<br /><br />Bloody hell, is it me or is the terminal building really empty all of a sudden?Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.com