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I"m shocked that this is even forbidden in the "land of the free". I was walking home alone from school. In fact, my father once said to me that I basically rai

• eeZah7Ux 9y ago
  Walking alone might be too scary for the "land of the brave". Jokes aside, I'm often surprised by how frequently people in US describe places, people and ideas as "threats".
  • tropo 9y ago
    You can't be brave unless you perceive a threat. Being oblivious to a threat, or being in denial of a threat, is not bravery. Bravery requires well-considered acceptance of a recognized threat. It's a matter of being able to justify taking a risk.
• Notorious_BLT 9y ago
  It isn't forbidden, but its very poorly protected. (Intentionally vague) laws intended to protect kids from serious harm end up being applied to situations where kids are perfectly safe, but some busybody heard a late night news report one time about a kid that got abducted, or fell out of a tree and broke his neck, or got hit by a bus and felt the need to impose their worry on others. So they call CPS, and now the parent is under investigation for doing something completely normal, because CPS has too much power and not enough oversight/due process. The idea of this law is to send a clear message that parents are NOT to be harassed/threatened by government agencies over these harmless situations. Sometimes the state has to be told where their power ends explicitly.