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Brickbats

A Day in the Park

Reason Staff | 10.22.2009 6:00 AM

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City officials in Kensington, Maryland, have banned children older than five from Reinhardt Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The move is aimed at blocking students at a nearby private school from using the park during recess.

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  1. Aresen   16 years ago

    Zog forbid anyone should actually play in a park.

    1. Geoffrey WIngard   16 years ago

      "Zog forbid" so does Reason now facilitate crypto-racist discourse?

  2. Barney Rubble   16 years ago

    I am wondering what feat of magic turns people who pay taxes into people who don't when their children attend private school. In fact, they are a net gain for the community, as they are paying for public schools their kids are not using.

  3. ewwbl   16 years ago

    If some tax payer takes their 6 YO kid to the park during the banned hours will they be asked to leave?

    1. Aresen   16 years ago

      No.

      They will be tazed, thrown to the ground, their dog will be shot and their kid will be taken from them by the "Family Protection Agency" (or whatever the local busybodies are called.)

      1. yonemoto   16 years ago

        Kensington: 15 miles (as the google flies) from Berwyn Park.

      2. yonemoto   16 years ago

        Kensington: 15 miles (as the google flies) from Berwyn Park.

  4. Miklen   16 years ago

    And how are 6 year old students from a private school a threat to public safety?

  5. Simon Jester   16 years ago

    Why the hell is there a UN ad on top of Reason Magazine?

  6. Other Matt   16 years ago

    Because they show that there are people for him vouchers might be effective. Very dangerous to let on that private school kids are just kids, not evil destroyers of the indoctrination system.

  7. Brandybuck   16 years ago

    If you're going to opt out of the system, you have to opt out of the WHOLE system. Oh, and we still keep your taxes!

  8. Trustmeimadoctor   16 years ago

    Please tell me there is some mitigating circumstance to this ruling, like an 8 lane freeway between the private school and the park with no means of crossing....

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