Originally Posted by
Cheerfulflyer
If he wants to say goodbye at the gate, then that is his choice. We don't know exactly why he made such choice, but because there is NO good reason to deny it, we ought to caution ourselves against any distrust that one (generally) is best able to decide what is good for her/him self.
Some of us were also thinking of what might be good for the daughter.
Isn't this at the heart of what a liberal democracy (in which most of us live and fly) takes for granted?
Whether or not the USA is a liberal democracy is a moot point. But one of our freedoms is to say what we please, when we please. I will not be told by you or others that I may not venture an opinion just because it has bnot been sought.
There can be many reasons that could make the OP taking a family member to the gate morally compelling. What if for example the daughter is disabled?
Had there been special circumstances, I'm sure the OP would have mentioned them.
Also consider it to be a nice sweet thing to do to be able to take your loved ones to the gate.
Indeed - but the way the OP phrased it was that he would be "more comfortable" taking her to the gate and seeing her onto the aeroplane.
No reason why a genuine expression of compassion and love need to pathologized.
And there you were a moment ago telling us not to make assumptions about the OP's motives.
Touché, I think.