[Osx-nutters] A Police state

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On 02 Aug 2006, at 16:28 , Christian Brunschen wrote:
> Questioned by police, the scared friends admitted they had broken  
> some loose branches because they had wanted to build a tree house,  
> but said they did not realise what they had done was wrong.
>
>  </quote>
>
> I find the fact that these children didn't realise that what they  
> were doing (breaking branches off trees, i.e., damaging public  
> property) was wrong to be somewhat chilling, and suggests that the  
> parents (who are all upset that the police 'overreacted') perhaps  
> didn't sufficiently teach their children to be respectful of other  
> people's property.


Depends on what the word "loose" means in "loose branches".

I took it to mean branches that were already broken.

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