Page 1 of A Health and Safety Decision I actually agree with...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7772808.stm

Who would want to take a two month old baby to a footie match in the middle of December? A bit daft, methinks.

Nick

This item was edited on Tuesday, 9th December 2008, 13:03

child cruelty taking them to see Leicester!



`i am going to live forever or die trying`

Yes, when I said `footie match` I meant in the looset sense of the term :)

Could have been worse, they could have gone to Bramall Lane :(

Nick

Provided the child was dressed properly for cold weather, I don`t see the harm.
I`m all for babies fitting around your lifestyle, not the other way round.
So if it`s the only way they can go to the football, so be it.
Not as if they`re keen skydivers, for god`s sake.
It might be a bit eccentric, but there`s f*** all evidence they`re not perfectly good parents.
Such is modern Britain though, eh?

Whudda we want?
Ban`em!
Why do we want it?
Because it`s not something we would do!
Err....

This item was edited on Tuesday, 9th December 2008, 12:51

I just think the reasons the club gave made sense.

Nick

Excuse the pun connected with your username, but they couldn`t give a flying f*** about the baby concerned.
All they care about is the threat of litigation, IMO.

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I just think the reasons the club gave made sense.

I agree it also showed this family friendly club did think about the child.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 9th December 2008, 13:31

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I agree it also showed this family friendly club did think about the child.

Really?
Their only option was to throw them out?
They only had one room behind glass, in the whole stadium?
No empty executive boxes, or even occupied ones they could have been invited into?
If you really think this was the only option open to the club, you must have a poor imagination.
They`ve made a major PR gaff here.
They could have taken this family to an executive box/lounge and made a fuss of them.
Got some good publicity.
Instead, in my book, they`re just another bunch of jobsworth nazis, protecting people who don`t need or want their f***ing protection. >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

How would you react if it a disabled supporter were asked to leave, because the club felt it was `best for them`, "in case they got cold or someone spilt a drink on them"?
Be a different bloody story then, wouldn`t it.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 9th December 2008, 13:43

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How would you react if it a disabled supporter were asked to leave, because the club felt it was `best for them`, "in case they got cold or someone spilt a drink on them"?

There a big difference, the supporter went on his/her own accord, the bady didn`tt aks to go along

Massive over-reaction on the clubs part. Are parents now not able to decide for themselves whether their child is clothed appropriately for whatever weather they`re taken out in, or whether the place they`ve taken them is appropriate...though how any right-minded person could think that the Walker Stadium was an appropriate place to take anyone is beyond me :)

We`ve always taken our kids to the places that we`ve gone to, hence we`ve got children (well adults now) that know how to behave in a restaurant, sit still/quietly in a cinema etc.