tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post4087492167324022991..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Look before you leapnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-86864667495644796642009-09-09T08:40:33.491+01:002009-09-09T08:40:33.491+01:00Liz - Exactly, something is seriously amiss when k...Liz - Exactly, something is seriously amiss when kisses are automatically equated with child abuse. Whatever happened to ordinary parental affection?Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-62698446220507254732009-09-09T08:22:10.190+01:002009-09-09T08:22:10.190+01:00How awful for this family. I know the statistics ...How awful for this family. I know the statistics for abuse are out of control but not everyone who kisses their child is doing it. So sad.Liz Dwyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794296990587989214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-68401524862429304002009-09-08T20:34:27.290+01:002009-09-08T20:34:27.290+01:00Megan - I think it's terrible that perfectly i...Megan - I think it's terrible that perfectly innocent signs of affection are now becoming taboo because of this child abuse paranoia. I shall certainly keep you posted.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-20474722339541569962009-09-08T19:17:15.933+01:002009-09-08T19:17:15.933+01:00Wow. I kiss my son on the lips all the time. And...Wow. I kiss my son on the lips all the time. And my dad, too.<br /><br />I guess we should start shaking hands, instead, just to be safe?<br /><br />Please do keep us posted on this poor guy. I hope he gets released.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-5642290959720661622009-09-08T11:32:11.920+01:002009-09-08T11:32:11.920+01:00Conor - It IS a tough one, reconciling the differe...Conor - It IS a tough one, reconciling the different interests. Particularly as child abuse is a very serious problem in many countries. I'm following the outcome of the case with great interest.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-19020759150583643652009-09-08T10:51:50.652+01:002009-09-08T10:51:50.652+01:00tough one I suppose - weighing up the idea of prot...tough one I suppose - weighing up the idea of protecting those that need it the most and a parents right to parent as they see fit. I can only hope that justice will win through!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-7761730228997426132009-09-07T20:45:26.136+01:002009-09-07T20:45:26.136+01:00Liz - Exactly, now we're all terrified of touc...Liz - Exactly, now we're all terrified of touching strange children, a very sad situation. I was reading though that Michelle Obama touches children all the time to make them more relaxed in her presence. The First Lady must be specially exempt from the new etiquette....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-66261874734104673282009-09-07T18:12:58.251+01:002009-09-07T18:12:58.251+01:00But so sad when it goes crazy. When the boys were ...But so sad when it goes crazy. When the boys were young Husband ran the church football team and thought nothing of putting an arm of comfort around a boy who'd fallen or hurt himself. Now he'd be a fool to do it.Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-34495142778695094372009-09-07T08:32:50.885+01:002009-09-07T08:32:50.885+01:00www - Yes, hopefully he'll be cleared by the c...www - Yes, hopefully he'll be cleared by the court, but not after a great deal of unnecessary anguish. I guess you should have reported the restaurant incident - genuinely inappropriate behaviour needs to be stopped.<br /><br />Cinnamon - Indeed, there are tens of thousands of children who are being abused and maltreated all over the globe and it's an uphill struggle trying to prevent it and repair the psychic damage.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-62004944623987047332009-09-07T07:13:00.305+01:002009-09-07T07:13:00.305+01:00I suppose that the education campaign about paedop...I suppose that the education campaign about paedophilia must be working. I hope that if this man is innocent, he will be released- but on the other hand there are many, many children across the world who are in the hands of paedophiles and are helpless.<br /><br />it is indeed a wise old saying !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-90644692936929494672009-09-07T01:58:09.499+01:002009-09-07T01:58:09.499+01:00I'm not too sure about all of this, Nick. I...I'm not too sure about all of this, Nick. I'm sure, if he's innocent, he'll be exonerated in court. <br />This stuff tends to trigger me having been a victim. My daughter and I watched in disbelief in a restaurant last week as a mother and her approximately 8 year old son behaved completed inappropriately with each other. The father, sitting across from them, made a point of not watching them. I felt like reporting it but didn't. I'm still at a loss.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-84207389387837650892009-09-06T22:51:18.778+01:002009-09-06T22:51:18.778+01:00Baino - Well, that's what I thought, can he re...Baino - Well, that's what I thought, can he really be facing jail because of a stupid misunderstanding? It seems so. But I'm scanning the papers for any further information....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-23219630526549158332009-09-06T21:23:23.967+01:002009-09-06T21:23:23.967+01:00I don't know Nick but there must be more to th...I don't know Nick but there must be more to this. People aren't convicted over such a simple misunderstanding surely? Although the 'paranoia' felt by busy bodies is unjustified. My photography tutor is often 'tut tutted' and berated if a child wonders into his shot. He's a photographer not a paedophile!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-12314311484298221752009-09-06T20:52:06.697+01:002009-09-06T20:52:06.697+01:00Leah - I had no idea, my knowledge of Jewish/Hebre...Leah - I had no idea, my knowledge of Jewish/Hebrew is as puny as my knowledge of 8 year olds! I imagine "Oh dear God no" is more or less what the three of them said when he was arrested.<br /><br />Having just looked up oy, I see it's an abbreviation of oy vey, which I'm indeed aware of. But I didn't know it could mean "chagrin, dismay, exasperation or pain".Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-74532468189271611112009-09-06T18:04:11.682+01:002009-09-06T18:04:11.682+01:00Ha! "Oy" is Jewish for "Oh dear God...Ha! "Oy" is Jewish for "Oh dear God no" as you may have guessed. Although it can mean many other things.<br /><br />It's incredible how pithy I was today!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-85183545096927555712009-09-06T17:51:09.261+01:002009-09-06T17:51:09.261+01:00That is ghastly. I hope the man's lawyers are...That is ghastly. I hope the man's lawyers are able to get the case thrown out, but in the climate of new laws the courts are eager to uphold, it doesn't look good for him - or his family.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-30561044284840061682009-09-06T17:38:04.938+01:002009-09-06T17:38:04.938+01:00Grannymar - I couldn't find a suitable pic wit...Grannymar - I couldn't find a suitable pic with a young child, so used that one. It's so important to check out our instant assumptions before we make accusations about somebody. Like assumptions of stealing.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-67408796063846867772009-09-06T17:21:01.427+01:002009-09-06T17:21:01.427+01:00The girl in the photo is not a young child, but I ...The girl in the photo is not a young child, but I know what you mean. <br /><br />I know of two situations that were totally misread by onlookers, far too long to go into in a comment. One was funny, but the other could have been like the situ above and very upsetting for the person wronged.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-88833286972330990592009-09-06T17:16:07.315+01:002009-09-06T17:16:07.315+01:00Phew? Oy? Is this some new code you've invente...Phew? Oy? Is this some new code you've invented? And did you realise Brazil is larger than Australia? No, I didn't think you did.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-20571887464234015862009-09-06T16:29:27.123+01:002009-09-06T16:29:27.123+01:00oy.oy.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-42207398346994588642009-09-06T15:58:01.454+01:002009-09-06T15:58:01.454+01:00phew!phew!Rummusernoreply@blogger.com