Went cybersafari on Youtube; discovered a fun one just for us.
[Singing] Please may I whip your kids?
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[Singing] Please may I whip your kids?
If the imbedded video doesn't work, link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUmJDVRD
- Current Location:Home. Up very late.
- Current Mood:
amused - Current Music:Your Favorite Martian
No, Coworker...Dealing with children's clothing doesn't make me want to have a baby.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art icle-2828413/Theme-park-bans-single-adul ts-paedophile-fears-bird-enthusiast-gran dfather
Theme park bans unaccompanied adults in case they are paedophiles as bird enthusiast grandfather is told he can't watch falconry display
*Puxton Park, Somerset, prohibits lone adults on child protection grounds
*Bizarre rule revealed after bird enthusiast was turned away from the centre
*Matthew Richards, 54, had visited just days earlier with three grandchildren
*Park's chief justified rule saying 'there's lots in headlines about paedophiles'
*He also alluded to former mayor jailed for child porn offences last month
*Award-winning park also features zip lines, crazy golf and animal enclosure
A theme park has banned adults unaccompanied by children from entry over fears that they could be paedophiles.
The bizarre rule at Puxton Park, in Somerset, came to light after a bird enthusiast was forbidden from watching a falconry display at the centre on his own.
Matthew Richards, 54, had visited with his three grandchildren just days earlier and wanted to return for another look at the birds of prey area - but was turned away.
The centre has appeared to contradict itself in justifying the rule - first claiming it has been in place for seven years - before then blaming it on last year's visit from jailed paedophile Phillip Judd - the former mayor of Weston-super-Mare.
Father-of-three Mr Richards was turned away at the theme park's gate on Thursday with staff telling him they did not admit single men and women on child protection grounds.
When he complained, bosses at the tourist attraction near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, defended the bizarre rule and insisted it is 'in line with other parks' - before sanding him away.
The married father-of-three said: 'I almost feel discriminated against. I could understand it if it was for the attractions that young children only enjoy, but the falconry is of interest to all.
'I was frankly amazed. I was told the rule applies to single men, and women, for the protection of children.
'I couldn't see anything about the rule on the brochure which I picked up at another attraction.
'We have taken one of our grandchildren there before, and I saw that the falconry was there and thought it would be interesting to go back and see the displays.
'They are advertising adult memberships as gifts so I can't understand it.'
The park's managing director, Alistair Mead, has claimed the centre was 'forced to implement stringent child protection policies' because of 'the society in which we live in'.
He then alluded to the case of Phillip Judd, the former mayor of Weston-super-Mare who visited the theme park before being jailed for child pornography offences last month.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: 'If you cannot trust civic authority figures then, simply, who can you trust?
'Mr Judd had visited Puxton Park to undertake a civic duty and his sinister secrets were only recently exposed and he was jailed for his crimes.'
The reason appears to contradict the theme park's earlier claim that the rule had existed for seven years.
Mr Mead added: 'We would rather be over zealous when unaccompanied adults visit us armed with cameras than put children at any potential risk.'
The award-winning Puxton Park is a family-orientated leisure attraction which includes zip lines, a play barn, crazy golf and animal enclosures, as well as an owl zone and a falconry centre.
Mr Richards from High Littleton, near Bath, Somerset, had attended the park with his family, and returned on Thursday only intending to watch another falconry display.
But he was banned from entering by staff who claimed their rule was clearly explained on the website.
The 'prices' section online states: 'We are sorry but we are unable to let single men or women without children into the park.
'If you are here to meet someone let one of our reception staff know and they will happily do a tannoy announcement asking them to come and meet you.'
Alistair Mead earlier commented: 'There is a lot in the headlines about paedophiles and things that are going on with children.
'We have done our research and in line with all other parks we don't let single men or women in.
'We make it quite clear that if people want to go to the falconry they have to get a prior appointment, and we would take them down to the falconry centre.
'It is in the leaflet. I think if I did a survey of 100 of our customers they would agree that we are doing the right thing.'
A new statement on the leisure centre's website reads: 'Our members fully support our decisions and we have received nothing but praise for our policy including positive feedback from a Child Protection Specialist, who commended us for our child protection principals.
'Within seven years we have only had one complaint about this policy from the gentlemen last week.
'At the time of setting the policy the other parks within the area had a similar stance to us. I have spoken to two or three similar client based parks this morning and they still have the same policy as we do. I'm not going to name names as it's unprofessional of me to do so.
'In light of this coverage we will look at what other parks are doing with their admissions policy, speak to our customers and review.'
A spokesman for Visit Somerset said: 'It sounds as if Puxton Park needs to publicise this particular rule a bit more prominently.'
Here's their Facebook page, they had to close comments LOL - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Puxton-P ark-tourist-attraction/190073204341742
Theme park bans unaccompanied adults in case they are paedophiles as bird enthusiast grandfather is told he can't watch falconry display
*Puxton Park, Somerset, prohibits lone adults on child protection grounds
*Bizarre rule revealed after bird enthusiast was turned away from the centre
*Matthew Richards, 54, had visited just days earlier with three grandchildren
*Park's chief justified rule saying 'there's lots in headlines about paedophiles'
*He also alluded to former mayor jailed for child porn offences last month
*Award-winning park also features zip lines, crazy golf and animal enclosure
A theme park has banned adults unaccompanied by children from entry over fears that they could be paedophiles.
The bizarre rule at Puxton Park, in Somerset, came to light after a bird enthusiast was forbidden from watching a falconry display at the centre on his own.
Matthew Richards, 54, had visited with his three grandchildren just days earlier and wanted to return for another look at the birds of prey area - but was turned away.
The centre has appeared to contradict itself in justifying the rule - first claiming it has been in place for seven years - before then blaming it on last year's visit from jailed paedophile Phillip Judd - the former mayor of Weston-super-Mare.
Father-of-three Mr Richards was turned away at the theme park's gate on Thursday with staff telling him they did not admit single men and women on child protection grounds.
When he complained, bosses at the tourist attraction near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, defended the bizarre rule and insisted it is 'in line with other parks' - before sanding him away.
The married father-of-three said: 'I almost feel discriminated against. I could understand it if it was for the attractions that young children only enjoy, but the falconry is of interest to all.
'I was frankly amazed. I was told the rule applies to single men, and women, for the protection of children.
'I couldn't see anything about the rule on the brochure which I picked up at another attraction.
'We have taken one of our grandchildren there before, and I saw that the falconry was there and thought it would be interesting to go back and see the displays.
'They are advertising adult memberships as gifts so I can't understand it.'
The park's managing director, Alistair Mead, has claimed the centre was 'forced to implement stringent child protection policies' because of 'the society in which we live in'.
He then alluded to the case of Phillip Judd, the former mayor of Weston-super-Mare who visited the theme park before being jailed for child pornography offences last month.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: 'If you cannot trust civic authority figures then, simply, who can you trust?
'Mr Judd had visited Puxton Park to undertake a civic duty and his sinister secrets were only recently exposed and he was jailed for his crimes.'
The reason appears to contradict the theme park's earlier claim that the rule had existed for seven years.
Mr Mead added: 'We would rather be over zealous when unaccompanied adults visit us armed with cameras than put children at any potential risk.'
The award-winning Puxton Park is a family-orientated leisure attraction which includes zip lines, a play barn, crazy golf and animal enclosures, as well as an owl zone and a falconry centre.
Mr Richards from High Littleton, near Bath, Somerset, had attended the park with his family, and returned on Thursday only intending to watch another falconry display.
But he was banned from entering by staff who claimed their rule was clearly explained on the website.
The 'prices' section online states: 'We are sorry but we are unable to let single men or women without children into the park.
'If you are here to meet someone let one of our reception staff know and they will happily do a tannoy announcement asking them to come and meet you.'
Alistair Mead earlier commented: 'There is a lot in the headlines about paedophiles and things that are going on with children.
'We have done our research and in line with all other parks we don't let single men or women in.
'We make it quite clear that if people want to go to the falconry they have to get a prior appointment, and we would take them down to the falconry centre.
'It is in the leaflet. I think if I did a survey of 100 of our customers they would agree that we are doing the right thing.'
A new statement on the leisure centre's website reads: 'Our members fully support our decisions and we have received nothing but praise for our policy including positive feedback from a Child Protection Specialist, who commended us for our child protection principals.
'Within seven years we have only had one complaint about this policy from the gentlemen last week.
'At the time of setting the policy the other parks within the area had a similar stance to us. I have spoken to two or three similar client based parks this morning and they still have the same policy as we do. I'm not going to name names as it's unprofessional of me to do so.
'In light of this coverage we will look at what other parks are doing with their admissions policy, speak to our customers and review.'
A spokesman for Visit Somerset said: 'It sounds as if Puxton Park needs to publicise this particular rule a bit more prominently.'
Here's their Facebook page, they had to close comments LOL - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Puxton-P
As a whole, the Space Battles forum has been a good place to hang out, discus fanfiction and other fandom related things, but every so often I give into the urge to venture into the Non Sci-fi Debates section. And then I run into people like this asshole:
"The vast majority of women love being mothers and taking care of their children. Just because they love doing it doesn't mean it isn't a job, however. Motherhood is in fact arguably the most important job there is, given the survival of our species utterly depends upon it."
Mr. Walper, do kindly go fuck yourself with a Khornite chainaxe.
"The vast majority of women love being mothers and taking care of their children. Just because they love doing it doesn't mean it isn't a job, however. Motherhood is in fact arguably the most important job there is, given the survival of our species utterly depends upon it."
Mr. Walper, do kindly go fuck yourself with a Khornite chainaxe.
- Current Mood:
annoyed
Hey peeps. I just really gotta get this rant off my chest because people have really been pissing me off lately.
What is so fucking hard to understand that not everyone wants kids?! And especially some of the underlying reasons that I have-- I'll be honest, they're primarily economic. I've taken huge upswings and pitfalls with my income through no fault of my own. I am neither the first nor last person born in the Reagan years who had the economy hand their ass to them. Then I started a business out of my own volition-- my lifelong dream. I work two 1099 jobs plus whatever other random gigs I can get while I work on my company (video game studio) the latter of which will not have our first major product released until about February-March.
I love what I do and my bills are paid. I take the instability in stride because I'm happier and saner than I was as a tax advisor. Some months I make more than what I used to make at my old job. Other months I really struggle. Like I know I will this winter because both of my 1099 jobs will be dry until January.
This sanctimonious bitch got in my face about how I SHOULD want kids and not let the economy dictate that. Don't I know it's life's greatest joy and I'm just a cold-hearted sociopath and what will I do if I meet a man who doesn't want kids?
Aside from the fact that no one should have partner unilaterally dictating that decision (has this moron never heard of birth control sabotage?) I facepalmed the facepalm that could be heard three states away. I posted in the regular childfree group about an article on work-life balance in the gaming industry that really pissed me off; I pointed out how starting a games studio is seriously one of the most irresponsible things you can possibly do if you have/are expecting kids. Being childfree enables me to take that kind of risk. There is NO WAY I could've taken that plunge and left the 9-5 world if I had just one child, let alone more than one, to support. I'd have to work some godawful full-time job I fucking hate like the last one I worked to be able to afford adequate housing and basic necessities for that household. I can live in the smaller cheaper housing I have because it's just me!
But even if the economy was wonderful and I didn't have to worry about money, I just don't want to be a fucking parent. My choice is only compounded by the fact that there was a while when I could barely take care of myself, let alone a child. Since my business has been doing better and I work two other gigs, I travel a lot. Sometimes I'm just gone all day, other times I'm home all day, but when it's convention season I'm virtually never home. Then when I get tensed up working all the time, I hit shows and go out. I don't cook because I hate it and I'm also constantly on the go either for my teaching and consulting gigs, the social aspects of meeting new people and hanging out with existing friends this way, and I frequently have to entertain higher-ups and potential clients in the gaming industry. (Sharing good restaurant food is how I've fostered great business relationships!) And before I fell for my main squeeze and am now on pins and needles with THAT situation...I enjoyed having a sex life comparable to the average Senator's. I don't want to ever have a kid walk in on me fucking my man. (Who BTW, also doesn't want kids. Otherwise I wouldn't adore him the way I do.) And nothing kills my lady boner faster than screaming kids/crying babies.
Read: my lifestyle is horribly incongruent with having kids. And it's a life I love and busted my ass to get to. If you think I'm going to give up my dream career, interesting side jobs that pay, great social life, tasty restaurant food, and the hot sex I hope will be resuming soon all for the sake of a shitting crying meatloaf I don't want-- fuck you!
Why can't these morons accept that this is MY version of happiness? I get that for some people having kids was part of their dream...for me it's my worst nightmare. If my business winds up booming, I want to finally enjoy it after busting my ass and getting fucked over by employers and publishers the way I did. And I've made a lot of money and lost a lot of it in the past: even if I diligently save I know that things can come crashing down. All income is temporary.
In closing, I feel it more than ever with these fucking annoying kids outside and in my building who won't shut up! Gah. Fuck these even more annoying people who make it their life's mission to convince everyone they meet who doesn't want kids to have them.
What is so fucking hard to understand that not everyone wants kids?! And especially some of the underlying reasons that I have-- I'll be honest, they're primarily economic. I've taken huge upswings and pitfalls with my income through no fault of my own. I am neither the first nor last person born in the Reagan years who had the economy hand their ass to them. Then I started a business out of my own volition-- my lifelong dream. I work two 1099 jobs plus whatever other random gigs I can get while I work on my company (video game studio) the latter of which will not have our first major product released until about February-March.
I love what I do and my bills are paid. I take the instability in stride because I'm happier and saner than I was as a tax advisor. Some months I make more than what I used to make at my old job. Other months I really struggle. Like I know I will this winter because both of my 1099 jobs will be dry until January.
This sanctimonious bitch got in my face about how I SHOULD want kids and not let the economy dictate that. Don't I know it's life's greatest joy and I'm just a cold-hearted sociopath and what will I do if I meet a man who doesn't want kids?
Aside from the fact that no one should have partner unilaterally dictating that decision (has this moron never heard of birth control sabotage?) I facepalmed the facepalm that could be heard three states away. I posted in the regular childfree group about an article on work-life balance in the gaming industry that really pissed me off; I pointed out how starting a games studio is seriously one of the most irresponsible things you can possibly do if you have/are expecting kids. Being childfree enables me to take that kind of risk. There is NO WAY I could've taken that plunge and left the 9-5 world if I had just one child, let alone more than one, to support. I'd have to work some godawful full-time job I fucking hate like the last one I worked to be able to afford adequate housing and basic necessities for that household. I can live in the smaller cheaper housing I have because it's just me!
But even if the economy was wonderful and I didn't have to worry about money, I just don't want to be a fucking parent. My choice is only compounded by the fact that there was a while when I could barely take care of myself, let alone a child. Since my business has been doing better and I work two other gigs, I travel a lot. Sometimes I'm just gone all day, other times I'm home all day, but when it's convention season I'm virtually never home. Then when I get tensed up working all the time, I hit shows and go out. I don't cook because I hate it and I'm also constantly on the go either for my teaching and consulting gigs, the social aspects of meeting new people and hanging out with existing friends this way, and I frequently have to entertain higher-ups and potential clients in the gaming industry. (Sharing good restaurant food is how I've fostered great business relationships!) And before I fell for my main squeeze and am now on pins and needles with THAT situation...I enjoyed having a sex life comparable to the average Senator's. I don't want to ever have a kid walk in on me fucking my man. (Who BTW, also doesn't want kids. Otherwise I wouldn't adore him the way I do.) And nothing kills my lady boner faster than screaming kids/crying babies.
Read: my lifestyle is horribly incongruent with having kids. And it's a life I love and busted my ass to get to. If you think I'm going to give up my dream career, interesting side jobs that pay, great social life, tasty restaurant food, and the hot sex I hope will be resuming soon all for the sake of a shitting crying meatloaf I don't want-- fuck you!
Why can't these morons accept that this is MY version of happiness? I get that for some people having kids was part of their dream...for me it's my worst nightmare. If my business winds up booming, I want to finally enjoy it after busting my ass and getting fucked over by employers and publishers the way I did. And I've made a lot of money and lost a lot of it in the past: even if I diligently save I know that things can come crashing down. All income is temporary.
In closing, I feel it more than ever with these fucking annoying kids outside and in my building who won't shut up! Gah. Fuck these even more annoying people who make it their life's mission to convince everyone they meet who doesn't want kids to have them.
My job today is to write ads for diapers that feature "cutting edge fashion options."
Because, you know, you don't want your baby to poop in last years diaper styles.
Also they want me to stress that there is no latex in the diapers - because I guess people who have a kid really don't like using latex for anything!
Because, you know, you don't want your baby to poop in last years diaper styles.
Also they want me to stress that there is no latex in the diapers - because I guess people who have a kid really don't like using latex for anything!
Evidently, someone has penned an article about people who hate children...which is really just about people who have children and society's views of children as non-people.
http://francoistremblay.wordpress.com/2 012/11/30/pedogyny-the-hatred-of-childre n/
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Guy on Craigslist plays an epic prank on a mom.
Picture won't post right but you can see it at this link.
Picture won't post right but you can see it at this link.


