GDG- Disgusted

[William Nolan]

It doesn't bother me to see an occasional kid climbing on a cannon at Gettysburg.   Sure, I don't want to see any damage done or chipping of the new paint, and I don't condone the practice but I can't help but think that cannon will be something the kid will remember for years to come.   I always enjoy seeing the bus loads of school kids and scout groups at Gettysburg and by and large they are usually well behaved.  I think that they all come away, maybe unconsciously and some unwillingly, with a certain degree of respect for history.  Some more than others.   Some of those kids will develop an interest in history because of the trip and I wonder which one of them are future GDG members.   
 
One thing that does bother me is watching kids bounce around on the boulders at the top of Devil's Den and jumping over the crevices.  I can't watch that because I always expect one of them to slip over the edge and crack their heads.   Always gives me the jitters.
 
Bill



> A little voice is nagging away at me saying relax a bit the statue wasn't > defiled it was just a picture of the statue. A few weeks ago some truly amazing > pictures of the Pennsylvania monument were posted on here bathed in light of > amazing but far from natural lights which were obviously false. Then ponder > Doubleday, perhaps a photo of his statue with a bat and glove on the plinth > would cause a wry smile rather than an outpouring of indignation? I recall a > few years ago having to stifle a guilty snigger after yet another May 1st > anarchist riot in Parliament square Sir Winston Churchill's statue was left with > a strip of green turf down the middle of his head leaving him looking rather > like grumpy mohecan with attitude.> > Of course I'm not advocating vandalism, disrespect or bad behaviour I > simply don't think we need to get too bent out of shape about a bit of digital > manipulation or be so sensitive we see slights or disrespects that weren't > intended. Now had somebody welded a set of spiky green hair on Winnie's head or a > saxophone to Warren's back then I'd certainly be up in arms.> > Now as to kids behaviour in public having visited the park several times and > seeing the kids both in school groups and with parents I have seen very > little bad behaviour at all. I personally like to se the kids running about and > enjoying themselves, I don't like to see them jumping around on monuments and > such but I do like to see them having fun.> > ttfn> Granville> 
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