dennis@home wrote:
"BRG" wrote in message
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Frank Erskine wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:59:10 -0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:


It isn't an offence to hang about, if you think it is just remember
that the next time you stop in the street to talk to someone you
know.

Actually I think it IS an offence to loiter.

Define *loitering* as that can also apply to old farts like me who
could stand and gossip on the public highway all damn day!

Legally minors can't make purchases anyway, so they have no valid
reason to hang around shops.

Under the law minors *CAN* make purchases *AND* contracts for
*NECESSARIES*.

Necessaries are described under the Sales of Goods Act, 1893 as Food,
Clothing, Medical Attention and Educational Books.

Hence they have every right to frequent shops for purchases, but not
for the minority to hang around and create a damn nuisance of
themselves!

There are enough adults that hang around being a real pain, they hang
about pub doors, entrances to offices, and shops, all over the place
and they usually litter too. I wonder why its OK for them but not for
kids? If someone comes up with a way to shift them things will be much
better.

OK, I'll bite.

If we had reasonable legislation involving choice, instead of punitive
legislation we wouldn't have the problem would we. We could shift them into
designated smoking areas.


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