Over the top

by Mike

There are very simple pleasures and events that take place that can be taken out of context. It is usually to do with fear, stereotypes and a lack of trust and unfortunately we get to see this more and more.

Gary Crutchley from Walsall was scrutinised at a fun fair for simply taking a picture of his of his two youngest children Cory, seven, and Miles, five, while they had fun on a slide.

Mr. Crutchley was then allegedly called a pervert by another parent and was asked to stop taking pictures by others families waiting in line.

Call me crazy, and yes I have been called that before, but are we not taking things too far? There is a want and need to trust people and especially from a child’s point of view. They want to be able to feel safe and secure while under the supervision of adults and I fully understand that.

However when it gets to a stage where every person, in public, seen taking a picture is deemed to be a threat to children. It has to be a case of political correctness gone horribly wrong.

Yes there are evil people that will take advantage of young children and commit unspeakable acts to them. However at a time where we it is plain to see that the idea of family togetherness is largely not present in society, shouldn’t we be giving credit for those that do decide to take their children to these kind of events instead of tarnishing them with a brush?

It is naïve, but maybe that is the world we are living in now. One that closes ranks and tries to banish anything that is remotely seen as negative and will turn the best intentions into the worst outcomes.

I thought we were all better then that?

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 and is filed under Love Thy Neighbour, Thoughts & Questions, Views on News.