Patroit Act -
I am responding in regards to an article that was recently published in the Seattle Times. I can really feel for Tamera Jo Freeman who was just trying to perform her parental duties by disciplining her children who were being disruptive to nearby passengers and herself. Now I know that many of us dont condone corporal punishment (i.e. spanking) of children but does her behavior on that flight really measure up to the consequences. I say no! Three months in jail is ridiculous and follow that up with 12 months of probation with no ability to fly back to Hawaii to be with her children (who's foster parents are now petitioning for custody). The fact that she is now losing custody of her children is abhorent. Unacceptable! The fact that the government thinks this is proper punishment is sickening.
I know how trying it is to fly with children, whom I might add get very bored very easily, so of course she felt as if the flight attendant was attacking her when she came over and asked Ms. Freeman to stop disciplining the kids. What parent wants someone else to come up to us and tell us how to handle our own children? It makes me truly afraid to fly with my child. It seems as if the flight attendants have been given carte blanche to harrass and mete out punishment to anyone they feel doesnt fit their ideal passenger. And I have one thing to say to flight attendant Amy Fleming unruly does not translate to terrorist - which is the group of people that the Patriot Act is protecting you all from.
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Without having read the article, I do get a sense that the mother may have been attempting to discipline her children in the manner she has always disciplined her children in. The problem lies in the appropriateness of the setting to mete out the customary form of punishment. It sounds to me like everyone in this situation over-reacted and the mother is the one bearing the heftier portion of the consequences.
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An interesting topic, I'll have to find the article and read more about it. Anyway, I think this letter includes the loci of person, because this woman is being treated unfairly and isn't being treated with the basic dignity and respect she deserves. I also think there is the loci of quantity, because I'm guessing the flight attendant throught reporting her would be in the best interest of her children...?
ReplyDeleteI haven't read the article, but I going to now! How bizarre. I think that the loci of person and essence is being used (core value of parents is that they should be the ones to discipline their children).
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