[HarryDunne]

You're saying that a 4 foot tall, 75 pound, 8 year old boy is supposed to walk up to a 6 foot, 200 pound, 40 year old man and say "Excuse me, pardon for the intrusion, I know it's really not my place and everything, but could you put that out, please"? Give me a break!

[EODGUY]

Harry, please go back and re-read my post. Unless the councilman is 4' tall, 8 years old and weighs 75 pounds, your comment does not relate to my post.

I said that even though he, the, I presume adult, councilman, was so upset and concerned, he (the councilman) did not have the adult sense or courage to do something about it.

No, people like the councilman, though incapable of problem solving in real life, feel more comfortable enacting laws to accomplish what he is afraid to address.

[Smokin' Joe]

Yep. And if you won't teach your kids that much, you have failed them.

I have had kids come up to me after a two day bike run, looking scruffy, wearing my leathers and covered with bug guts, to ask for something.

If you twits could get past your belief that we are inhuman firebreathing monsters, maybe there would be room for discourse.

No, you pass your prejudices on to your children, and your lack of communication ability. I am far more likely (at 6'1, 235 lbs) to respond favorably to a polite request from anyone, especially a child, than I am to willingly abide by a law passed by cowards who wouldn't even talk to me.

[Max McGarrity]

You're saying that a 4 foot tall, 75 pound, 8 year old boy is supposed to walk up to a 6 foot, 200 pound, 40 year old man and say "Excuse me, pardon for the intrusion, I know it's really not my place and everything, but could you put that out, please"? Give me a break!

I had NO IDEA Councilman Rosen was an 8-year-old boy!!! Imagine that! Only in Amerika...

[Great Dane]

Didn't know the council man was only 4 feet tall.