Am I the only one? Saturday, February 01, 2003
It appears that an older gentleman has come forward in Summerside, to acknowledge he was the one who offered the 8 year old student a ride to school last week. Thus, the fear of a sexual predator in the area has been put to rest.
It seems strange that in our little safe corner of the world:
An offer of a ride on a -40 day is assumed to be untoward.
There is an automatic assumption of mischief when an act of kindness is extended.
That no one questioned why the hell parents let their kid walk when it was -40.
That I have not heard anyone comment on this issue.
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02 Feb 2003 at 12:36 pm | #
You’re not alone - I thought the exact same thing when I heard the news. Welcome to the culture of fear. More at 11.
02 Feb 2003 at 01:56 pm | #
Your post reminded me of getting picked up in 1980 or so in a downpour as I walked homefrom school the two miles from Truro to Bible Hill. I was 6 foot 2 and a wee bit more fit then but when a guy stopped to give me a lift I was thinking I might be doing something stupid. Turns out he was just a guy getting of shift at Stanfields who probably knew me as my Dad’s kid. Point? This is not a new phenomena and not related to PC or an era of fear. Like teens and dope/safety/sex/music/fast cars, etc., it is all been done before.