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24-11-2014 8:32 PM
@fallen-archie wrote:Thats a nice story, but do you appreciate how difficult it is now to interact with the young or vulnerable because everyone is assumed to be a possible deviant.
Reminds me of the day I went to the supermarket and a boy aged about 7 and his slightly older sister had the most lovely puppy. it was excited and wanted trie to impose itself on all who passed. I reached down to stroke it and the little boy started reciting the puppies history, at this point his sister snatched the puppy with one hand and her brothers arm with the other. she dragged him away telling him off for talking to strangers. Absolutely the right thing to do I suppose but such a shame that things have come to this.
It is a shame, and fear and suspicion that any single person might be a deviant has resulted in some bizarre restrictions IMO. Only a couple of weeks ago a grandfather was not allowed to visit a falconry display in a park in Somerset because the park has a policy of refusing entrance to unaccompanied adults just in case they might be dodgy characters.
How long before those of us who travel alone might have to phone any attraction in advance to see if we will be allowed in? I don't get it. If children are acompanied by their parents or other adults in charge of them, what is the perceived risk from someone who happens to be on their own? Why not make a rule that all children under 15 must be acompanied by an adult rather than banning all single people from enjoying the park?
