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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the poster who said that my daughter got a lecture the Smithsonian.  For the record, she wasn't running -- the guard simply came up and began a sort of pre-emptive anti-juvenile deliquency campagin  And the fact that your children weren't lectured -- what does that matter?

Are guards simply able to single out kids they want to lecture and pick on [b]because they feel certain kids look bad, or like potential PB&J smearers?[/b]  (Kid wasn't eating anything either for the record).  Isn't that an invitation to guards profiling and targeting kids of certain looks and races?  Do we allow police officers to preemptively pull over certain drivers because they MIGHT speed, or steal cars?  Of course not!  Why should kids be harassed this way?[/quote]
If a kid seems unkempt or has food on his/her face or clothes, then yes, it would make sense that those kids be targeted.  Not saying this is YOUR kid but I know a few people who don't seem to care that their kids have jam on their face, etc.[/quote]

Great, so kids who are not perfectly groomed don't belong near art.  That's just a terrific standard.  [/quote]

Where in my post does it say that the kid has to be perfectly groomed?  If your kid has visible food stains or smears on his/her face or clothes then no, they do not belong near priceless works of art.[/quote]

If this stringent criteria had applied to Jason Pollack, he never would have found his calling.  And I am not being ironic or snarky.[/quote]

if Jackson Pollock had been reminded not to touch the paintings, he would not have broken down into tears and abandoned his gift forever.  At any age.[/quote]

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