[lizma]

For a sunburn. Give me a break. But....

He noted that Ms. Hibbits had already spent a week in jail, that probation might be appropriate and that the government agency charged with protecting children might play a role.

Maybe this women has neglected her kids in the past. It's not to hard to lather your kids with sunscreen before you send them out for the day. But now we will arrest the stupid? Half of congress would be gone.

[kattracks]

I think the sheriff meant she had already spent a week in jail over this.
He might not be recommending probation if there had been any other incidents concerning the kids.

[BluesDuke]

But now we will arrest the stupid? Half of congress would be gone.

Only half? ;)

Good grief, "nuts" is a polite way to describe this country. This may come as a bit of a shock to the mandarins that be but kids do get sunburned even with layers of sunblock on them because kids will be kids and they will try best they can to hang in the good sun until they themselves can't take it any longer. Always have. Always will. And if that was a crime, every damn last parent in this country could be put under arrest.

The mystery of government is not how it works but how to make it stop. - P.J. O'Rourke.

[piasa]

It's VERY hard to slap sunburn protection on a kid. My mom used to try it all the time and when she succeeded it was promptly washed off by yours truly. Couldn't stand the smell, the bugs it attracted, the dirty feel of the stuff, and how it made the weather feel hotter than it was. And I got toasted, but it's my own fault if I ever develop skin cancer, not mom's. No police force in the world was going to get me to wear that crap, and the idea that a mother could be arrested for it is obscene.

The state should go back to concentrating on serious crime and get the heck out of the nanny business. Government can't even properly take care of children in government custody or provide a decent education for kids in school, much less be entrusted to determine every aspect of parenting.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #6

This is nothing. In many elementary schools, there are much more of these nanny zealots working as teachers. Now zealots are showing up at the law enforcement agency, too. Puritan zealots are not gone. They are repackaged as liberal zealots these days.

[madvlad]

Just half?

The entire Democratic electorate would be serving
time in San Quentin!

bwahahahahahahahahahaahahaha

Mad Vlad