Popsicles, Proselytizing and False Imprisonment
"graham" > wrote in message
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> "Dave Bugg" > wrote in message
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>> Gloria P wrote:
>>> Dave Bugg wrote:
>>>> Food SnobŪ wrote:
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>>>>> Coincidentally, tonight is our block's walk and talk with a police
>>>>> officer night. We are going to ask the police to talk to the woman
>>>>> and tell her that as far as children are concerned, "No means no."
>>>>
>>>> Bryan, wouldn't it be better to just go and talk with the woman
>>>> yourself? I don't see the need to have the police do anything; I see
>>>> this more as a neighbor to neighbor discussion of expectations
>>>> concerning what happened to your child. I would also believe that
>>>> from and adult point of view, this neighbor may not have recognized
>>>> coersion in the same manner that you feel occured. Again, that is
>>>> why a friendly, but firm, talk would be the way I would approach it.
>>>> Dragging the police in seems to me to be creating a far more
>>>> polarizing atmosphere when there were no threats or other breaches
>>>> of the law. Just sayin'.
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>>> It depends on whether you just want her to stop with your child or
>>> want to save others the hassle of her efforts. If she is a "true
>>> believer" she won't stop proselytizing until she is scared into
>>> stopping by some authority figure.
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>> Proselytizing is not against the law.
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> Pity!!!
Pussy.
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