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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Maybe if we worried less about what others think we might have a less paranoid society and we could get back to a real caring sharing society. The thought that adults would fail to comfort an obviously upset child because they are terrified of being accused of perversions makes my blood boil.
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I was at Edinburgh zoo with my wife a few weeks ago. We went first thing in the morning, the place was dead. As we got up to the Tigers we heard crying. There was a little boy about 4 years old who was wearing shorts and had got his leg stuck in the fence next to the enclosure. His mum was freaking out. God knows how long they had been there but I'm pretty sure we where the only 4 people in the zoo at that time. Obviously the mother needed help but couldn't get it as she didn't want to leave her little boy alone. She rubbed cream on his leg hoping it would slip out but it was stuck fast. I offered to help and climbed over the fence and started to push his leg from the other side. Again nothing. I asked her to throw the cream over and I
would put some on his knee from my side. The boys mum looked at me like I'd just spat in her boys face. She then proceeded to yank his leg until it became unstuck, clearly causing him pain, and ignored me thereafter. I was so offended. Clearly I wasn't looking to rub cream onto her boys leg for sexual gratification. I'd have to be a pretty mental customer to mess with a boy in front of his mum and my own wife!