I made the difference in the life of a child today.

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

But the part that got me thinking was that there's a risk for a 40-something guy to go approach a lost three year-old girl. If you walk up at the wrong time, you get tackled by a parent and get arrested as a stranger abduction pervert and you end up on the sex offender registry after being brutalized in prison for a period of time of not less than six to ten years, and no one's ever going to believe that you were trying to help. So as soon as I confirmed she was lost, I immediately steered her toward the teenage girl who was running the Cinnabon, because she would qualify as a trusted person more than I would. Kind of sad, really.

I hate that this is what the world has come to. I understand it with all the dumb ****s out there, but it's sad that you can't just see a lost child and want to help without worrying that you are going to get arrested.