On Sat, 10 May 2008 16:33:44 +0100, MM wrote:
>>Sorry, but we can't make laws based around the excessive fears of
>>law-abiding groups of people of small sections of the community.
>Ah, that's that, then. Folks just have to get used to it and suffer in
>silence. I see.
You need to get used to it, though not necessarily in silence. The
MI5 poster has excessive fears - do you think we should act against
the people he thinks are intimidating him?
>>I sometimes get nervous walking past a group of teenagers. But if they
>>are not doing anything unlawful, I wouldn't for a moment want them to be
>>subject to any sort of attention from the authorities.
>And what if one of them passes an abusive remark behind your back, do
>you turn around and confront them?
So if youths are harrassed, your response is "Ah diddums, they should
get used to it". But if *you* suffer an occasional insult, you expect
people to do something about it?
To answer your question, it is a circumstance that I *very* seldom
have suffered. But if a group of youths have decided to try to
provoke a reaction I will either ignore it or come back with a jokey
rejoinder to show that it's water off a duck's back that has not upset
me in the slightest.
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Cynic
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