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ORIGINAL: barelynangel

PA, you still aren't getting it.  Those ladies BROKE the law.  They and you don't have to agree with it but if i were those cops and my job was on the line if i didn't write them a ticket --- which it did sound like that's pretty much what the cops were told -- i.e., by warning people instead of writing tickets it could be seen they weren't doing anything all day -- i damn well would write an accurate ticket.  Which these cops did. 

The day it becomes illegal for you to breath and you break the law and it comes down between you getting a ticket and a cop getting reprimanded for not doing his job -- i sure the hell hopes he writes the ticket.

Perhaps you think putting their job in jeopardy is what they should have done... and perhaps you think its okay if they would have gotten reprimanded for not giving a ticket.  But in the end, these ladies broke the law and were cited for it. THAT is all.  They now have a chance to go to court and a court will decide if they are found guilty or innocent.

Writing the ticket isn't the end all be all, if they feel they shouldn't have to abide by the law and thing being cited is extreme, then they need to tell the court that.  The cops were doing their jobs and doing their jobs effectively so that THEIR livelihood remains intact.

But i guess that isn't as important as a couple ladies being cited for sitting someplace they shouldn't have been.


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ORIGINAL: TheBanshee

I believe the intent of this law was probably a way to keep potential pedophiles away an area where children are around, not really about two ladies having a couple of doughnuts, yet they have to enforce the law evenly.  They have to be able to say to the creepy guy watching kids on the swings to move along and not be accused of being unfairly enforcing the law. 

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ORIGINAL: calamitysandra
I think it is a sad testament to the state of society that we feel the need to make such laws. I guess it helps to alleviate the feelings of guilt while ignoring the more pressing needs of and dangers to children.

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ORIGINAL: FullCircle

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ORIGINAL: calamitysandra
I think it is a sad testament to the state of society that we feel the need to make such laws. I guess it helps to alleviate the feelings of guilt while ignoring the more pressing needs of and dangers to children.

Sadder still is that the majority of victims of abuse know their attackers because they are either related to them or the person has acquired a position of authority over them (teacher, spiritual leader, coach). However people don't like to see this reality but would rather believe in the fictitious pervert in a trench coat type. Such an individual is a rarity if they exist at all. Even if there were one nearby you have to ask yourself what is going to happen, are they going try something with parents watching on? This isn't how it works and people ought to wake up because they are giving themselves a false sense of security with stupid signs.