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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:55 AM Original message |
Business up after Monroeville restaurant's new policy banning under-6 crowd |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I can certainly understand the reasons for his policy. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like the restaurant has more problems with parents who can't or won't |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. True, but there's no way to tell which kind the parents are before seating them... |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Parents are of course the real problem. |
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Chimichurri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. So true. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. 99% of the problems with kids stem from the parents |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Yes, because nobody can accept that their child needs training anymore. |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not surprising that business is up |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Restaurant owner is former high school sociology/psychology teacher |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. for those who might complain about this policy, exchange |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. I am all for this policy, yet interestingly enough, saw kids being better than adults last night |
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titaniumsalute (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. My wife and I have two kids |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If an adult had done that, TSA would have been called & he'd have been arrested or committed. |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The "child predator" hysteria doesn't help |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Imagine being a kid and your parents are on the phone ALL THE TIME |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. on an airplane |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So the parents rode in first class and put their kids and Nanny in coach. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. The obvious solution - kick the kids and nanny off the plane, and don't tell the parents |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. That happened once when we were going to London. Amazing. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
65. When I was a travel agent back in the 80s I was occasionally asked to |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. Understandable, and yes, parents are the problem. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. I would think that under 6 would be inappropriate for some restaurants |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
17. This is one of those things where 'child friendly' scares me these days |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I can't figure out from your post |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Absolutely disagree... |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. so, you would consider people who are happier eating without |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Expecting parents to discipline their kids is not hating children |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. this isn't about behavior- the Restaurant has banned a whole class of people |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. This is precisely about behavior. The children are not behaving |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
68. hey in the mid-east they too ban an entire GENDER, but hey, boy-child friendly |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. the restaurant banned the kids because they can't ban the parents |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. That's because most parents wouldn't listen. |
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BadtotheboneBob (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
18. I absolutely, positively, without-a-doubt... |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. Having worked in the resturant industry for several years I like this idea |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. Glad it's working out for him. |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. NYC, Upper East Side Restaurant -- |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Did the waiter yell at the kid? |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Just hope for a waiter with a sense of the theatrical |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. I can understand that policy. I would go to his establishment to eat in peace |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
24. Not surprising |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
28. +1000 |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
30. I can understand it |
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Kitsune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. I think more businesses could do with emulating swimming pools. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. I've got to admit I'm not objective... |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. That begs the questions as to why, WHY, if you have a kid with |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #49 |
76. So...when you're on vacation, you should lock them up in their rooms? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #76 |
96. no, you get "to go food." Sorry |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
101. Because you, as a parent, do not believe that it IS a behavior problem |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. Oh, and how about the displays of mock horror? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
35. I'd love it if similarly-minded restaurant owners |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. About five years ago I posted in the lounge about a |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Unless you were at Chuck-E-Cheese, |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. I agree. I was blown away to read the responses that indicated I |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Many years ago we joined friends of my husband for dinner |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. My daughter is now 18. When she was small my husband and I |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
37. Smart businessman |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
38. They don't have to ban kids. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Brilliant! |
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BadtotheboneBob (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Indeed! |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. God! I've always hated peas, and never made my kids eat them. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. I see no problem with this. And now one of his competitors will probably advertise |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Ihop here has a kids eat free from 4 to 8pm deal. I'll never go there again. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. I hope his stinking restaurant is EMPTY next Mother's Day. |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Wow talk about misreading everything |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Right...I've seen the looks on the faces of people when my nephew starts to rock.... |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. It needn't be the Ritz for people to expect a certain level of behavior. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. You don't have to patronize this restaurant. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #50 |
70. So no one has a right to enjoy their meal? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I went out to a crowded Mexican Restaurant last night. There were lots of kids there... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Most people are not so happy with screaming children running around and causing trouble |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. 80% of human women reproduce, so YES, my concerns are at least TANTAMOUNT to yours. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. So don't go there |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Yes, one thread on DU proves that most people would like children to be BANNED from restaurants. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. No, the overwhelming community support and financial success of this company |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. Is there indeed a right to enjoy one's meal? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Perhaps right was not the best word |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
55. Great idea! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. Good for him. |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
59. This is another example of the few ruining it for the many. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
97. Ruining what? |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. another one |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Another what? |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
60. Bravo. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
69. I have two children |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
71. Wait, wait, wait |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. and even if business *is* up, |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Businessmen usually don't continue policies that reduce their profits. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
92. agreed, it could be either. n/t |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. He probably hates kids so much he's willing to lose money just to keep them out! |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
93. that could be true |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #71 |
100. This publicity is great. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
74. I imagine tolerance... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. There's a difference |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. I was not passing judgement on any one person or culture... |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
77. Our daughter was not taken to "fine" restaurants when she was little. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
78. Here's what's contributed the most to these problems: |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #78 |
95. I am amazed and frightened how I see kids being brought up now. |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
83. I have a 5 year old and have zero problem with this. |
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BigDemVoter (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
86. I have a niece and two nephews. . . |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
90. As a 34 year old father of 4 young boys I think its related to smart phones and lack of grandparents |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
91. If he tried this in Canada, he would be sued under human rights provisions of our Charter of Rights |
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