Personally, I have mixed feelings. Of course kids are actually mostly at risk from people they know, but on the flip side, I haven't seen that kind of rule anywhere that wasn't a specific area just with playground equipment, so.
Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?
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Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 07, 2011 3:52:33 pm PDT #11844 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2011 3:53:32 pm PDT #11845 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Awww, Pix. Feel free to spend as much time with my kids as you ever want. Go ahead and borrow them while you're at it. They'd only benefit from your presence.
Pix - Jun 07, 2011 3:55:18 pm PDT #11846 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I fully admit that a week of dealing with my personal Tino has made me more sensitive to everything. Let's just pretend I didn't say anything. Move along people, nothing to see here...
Scrappy - Jun 07, 2011 3:56:58 pm PDT #11847 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I always thought that rule was less for sex offenders than for teenagers. I have seen much older kids take over playground spaces and make it uncomfortable for little kids to be there. And the response was always something like "Fuck you, we have a perfect right to hang out here." Well, now they don't. And I say this as a teenager who loved hanging out in playgrounds.
A bunch of hulking 17-year-olds whose aim is to intimidate can be a real playground buzzkill.
sumi - Jun 07, 2011 3:58:26 pm PDT #11848 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
ita, they're playing episodes that were pulled before the reboot - and this is despite the fact that they said they weren't going to do that.
flea - Jun 07, 2011 3:59:37 pm PDT #11849 of 30001
information libertarian
There's a new park with a playground in a sort of marginal neighborhood in my city, and the only people I have ever seen there are several middle aged men (50s-60s) in a group. I don't know if they are homeless or from the neighborhood, or if they are responsible for the empty bottles around the park. But it doesn't inspire me to take my kids down there, I tell you.
Jesse - Jun 07, 2011 4:04:47 pm PDT #11850 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I always thought that rule was less for sex offenders than for teenagers. I have seen much older kids take over playground spaces and make it uncomfortable for little kids to be there. And the response was always something like "Fuck you, we have a perfect right to hang out here." Well, now they don't. And I say this as a teenager who loved hanging out in playgrounds.
Yeah, that also makes a lot of sense.
Pix, I wasn't just responding to you, more the general conversation.
Pix - Jun 07, 2011 4:14:06 pm PDT #11851 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks, Jesse. Like I said, it's been a week.
SuziQ - Jun 07, 2011 4:15:18 pm PDT #11852 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
In completely separate news...CJ is off to a concert at Red Rocks. He is seeing Chicago and Earth, Wind, and Fire. I doubt he can name a song from either band.
Pix - Jun 07, 2011 4:16:23 pm PDT #11853 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Suzi, that's so funny! What prompted him to go?