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LJ3

this lady deserves a medal, not a fine.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-memorial.html

TonyD

Sadly the world isn't coming to it, it arrived there long ago. The easiest target of cowed bureaucrats in modern society is the 'moral' majority.

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NoDice

What really gets me is the quote from the kid:

''It means nothing to me, I guess it's for some people who died in the war.'

Honestly, that would make me want to beat his A$$... though if I did, I would expect to be punished for it. Probably worth it

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Tbirdnz

You reap what you sow. It starts at home and in the schools, no discipline and no respect.


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RT

+1. Think I would have done the same thing she did.

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LJ3

the kids were doing what some kids do, being stupid. the thing that disturbes me most is the behavior of the adults. who is this prosecutor and who is this judge? they need a new job. the kids should spend some time with the members or the Royal British Legion, I'm sure they could show them which way is up.

HiDesert

She shouldn't have lost it badly enough to throw a bicycle. I'll grant the pea-brained prosecution that much.

However, having said that, if she were my daughter, I'd be so proud of her I'd pay a third world nation to put her on their currency. The people at fault are the parents who raise kids who don't care about a war memorial, and the authorities who don't have the courage to stand up to a pack of 15-year-olds but will harass the only person taking the necessary action to curb the behavior of these little delinquents. The legal system just proved those little miscreants right when they taunted her with 'we're 15, you can't do anything to us.'

Let's take up a collection to build a skate park in the judge's back yard. See how he likes it. I'll pitch in $100.

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2bugeyez

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trypcil

Remembrance! Thwarted by the dogma of the adherence to the letter of the law.... each case could be seen on it's own merits! When did it all get so twisted?

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miker

This kind of thing really bugs me.

Firstly, the woman should not have taken matters into her own hands, but called the constabulary - simple. When the constabulary arrive, they arrest the children. It's their job, simple as that. It's not usual in my experience that the parents of these kind of children know what their children are up to either, so they should be taken home by the police who should be given powers to prosecute the parents for their children's actions.

If the legal system MADE parents responsible for teenagers, perhaps parents would make themselves more responsible for making sure the children understood common sense and moral values and that public property was just that, for the enjoyment of the public, and not there for their perverted entertainment.

IMO, there is no excuse for this woman (although her heart was in the right place) behaving as badly as the children. According to the article she became abusive, threatening and threw a bike on the road. She's just set them a very bad example in my book. Although, there is nothing wrong with talking to them in a civil manner, firmly and positively about the wrong they are doing.

Whilst it may look like the court was incorrect in fining her, she should never have let it get out of hand like she did.

At least, that's my take on it.

Mick

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