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But due to lack of security on board it s risky to let him travel alone
posted by
adventurer02
on February 22, 2016 at 1:38 AM
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buit due to lack of security on board it s risky to let him travel alone
posted by
adventurer02
on February 22, 2016 at 1:38 AM
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Fourcats, thanks for that. Putting someone above scrutiny
is akin to putting them on a pedestat - a God even. Politicians are human.
Yes as for the children there are aches along the way but the good outweighs that. Thanks
posted by
Azur
on July 4, 2006 at 1:26 PM
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azur - "no one is above scrutiny" - amen to that! i'm so grateful to have
journalists that actually do care about the truth and do what they can to expose it, regardless of who's hiding it.
azur - "hiding your fear from your kids" - i never made a conscious decision to never have children, it just worked out that way but if i had made that decision, fear of the child's safety would have been a main reason. good for you to be able to put your fears aside for the sake of your child. it's a necessary thing and i don't know that i could do it.
posted by
fourcats
on July 3, 2006 at 4:01 PM
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Azur, I'm glad you got the news and can relax now.
I've heard that analogy about flying being safer than driving so many times, but it still does not sink in. I feel safer in a car, have more illusion of control. Granted, far more people drive. I'll stop now, no need to go overboard with that.
I can never remember if you are in the US or not, so I'll say, as Mademoiselle does, Happy 4th of July (where applicable).
posted by
Blanche.
on July 3, 2006 at 3:24 PM
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Azur
That is good news.
posted by
BrightIrish
on July 3, 2006 at 3:16 PM
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Thank you Ypunday
It is a good discipline to write concisely. Normally I must write to a particular length.
As for the newspapers, it's politics
posted by
Azur
on July 3, 2006 at 7:48 AM
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Azur, only a few writers can combine R son's flight &other themes so well
It may have been said elsewhere: I love short, concise writing. This short piece covers many different themes, and I like how you connected them. Your son's travel seemed so fitting to show family values over this holiday weekend. About the "flying in the face of logic" it also seems weird that while 3 newspapers carried the story the same day - LA Times, Wall Street Journal, and NY Times -- only the NYT is getting all the hate, venom and blame. HAPPY 4th
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 3, 2006 at 5:56 AM
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Thanks BrightIrish and Bel_1965
I spoke with my son and his flights went well. They sat him beside another boy two years older also traveling solo and so they played games. He told me he slept and he sounded alert. I think it is safer than being on the road.
Bel 1965, no I think you were clear. I read too quickly.
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2006 at 10:51 PM
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Azur
My friend lives here. I apologize for not being clearer. Her daughter has communted between the US and Sweden since she moved here. The young lady is quite the traveler and has made friends from all over the world that she stays in touch with via email.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 2, 2006 at 10:02 PM
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bel_1965
You must miss your friend very much. With so many families spread across the world so far it is very common now. I just spoke to his dad and he will be there soon.
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2006 at 9:36 PM
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My Dearest Friend
is from Sweden. Her daughter has flown back and forth since she moved here in 2001. The airlines are very, very careful with the children. Your son will do just fine!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 2, 2006 at 9:25 PM
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Azur
Hi.. I hope you know by now that your son has arrieved safely and you can relax. 
posted by
BrightIrish
on July 2, 2006 at 9:12 PM
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Frankenkitty, people throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Why? Because they are more afraid of what might happen than what is happening.
Re the travel. It helps a lot when your family has a mixture of nationalities. We even have Japanese relatives so one day the kids can go there although my son already has been there with me.
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2006 at 7:12 PM
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I wish I could do
more for my children, like take them places overseas, expose them to different cultures. My son would try new foods, but my daughter is just as picky as my husband. She won't eat cheese! Who doesn't like cheese? Maybe next year, I always say. I hope your son has a great time visiting his grandmother. The government is something else. If they supress everything, we might as well tear up the constitution and use China as a model for democracy.
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on July 2, 2006 at 6:22 PM
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..er to stay
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2006 at 5:57 PM
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Marieclaire66
No you have not scared me. The fear of losing a child is already my greatest fear and something I keep very hidden from them in order that I allow them to live their lives. I understand that sometimes in spite of all our love and care some children cannot find what it takes to enable them to say. I am sorry for your loss and I appreciate your comment
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2006 at 5:56 PM
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At least yours is still alive.
Mine has left on this long flight, for good or worse I should say. You cannot bring back the dead, you can only remember... So not meaning to scare you, I envy you, you have a lovely son who appreciates his mother, mine did too but life got too much for him sadly.
posted by
marieclaire66
on July 2, 2006 at 5:36 PM
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B of A and B, I am glad they do!
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2006 at 4:20 PM
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Azur, I hope you hear or have heard word soon of your son's safe arrival
Yes, there is a certain aura here today. I attribute it to a change in the weather patterns, some plumes emitting from Mt. Olympus. I won't let it trouble me, how can one be overly concerned about the weather? One simply takes an umbrella.
However, as for the political climate, I'm less sanguine, just more resigned. I have long since lost any illusions that the current Administration harbors any peculiar democratic notions of fair play.
posted by
Blanche.
on July 2, 2006 at 3:38 PM
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Sometimes, it seems to me that airlines take care of young solo passengers more than they do for the adults. Lol.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on July 2, 2006 at 3:27 PM
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Azur--- On my flight from Mexico, a little boy (age 10 or so) was on his
own. When we landed, his name was called and he was escorted off first to those waiting for him. I had the feeling that the airline was taking very good care of him.
posted by
Jazwolf
on July 2, 2006 at 2:59 PM
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err.. to hear
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2006 at 2:30 PM
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Blanche, thanks for being my reader today
It feels like one of those Blogit days when love is not here.
I love your friend's way of putting it about a child. I am waiting to here of his safe arrival. It will be all good and he will be safer in the air than any of us is on the road to the airport.
As for NYT thing, if people are expected to suppport a regime they deserve to know what they are supporting and they are entitled to decide if they can support it. It seems so naive for any administratrion to embark on anything without the realization eventually it will be scrutinized. No one is above scrutiny
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2006 at 2:30 PM
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I love your headline on this, Azur,
Nice play on words. As for putting your son on a plane, a friend described her feeling after having a child as "Having a little piece of your heart walking around in the world". No logic in the world can fully comprehend that.
You've prettty much nailed what Gideon and I feel about the New York Times accusations. It seems like a thinly veiled threat to the Times. Given how much this Administration hates being criticized, for them to use whatever bullying tactis they can to shut up their detractors, under the guise of "fighting terrorsim" seems pretty much par for the course.
posted by
Blanche.
on July 2, 2006 at 12:24 PM
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