Quit letting your children fuck with the cherry blossoms!

This brings back unpleasant memories of the time I was at the park watching two little boys throw pebbles at the ducks. The goal wasn't to hit them (though hit them they DID) but to make them eat the pebbles. OH WHAT FUN that was, laughing as the ducks mistook the pebbles for food!!! hahahaha, not. The father stood nearby doing nothing. At one point one of the boys (they were probably 4-5) nearly fell into the water (which at that location was about four inches deep, this was a beach) and I muttered to my companion, "too bad he didn't fall in, that might have stopped them" and the father exploded. "You hate children???? What kind of person are you?" um....well, no, I said something about not liking it when children make sport of tormenting fowl..." (one of the ducks had a kind of choking fit and swam off awkwardly, I mean, it was unnerving to watch!). I did NOT say what I thought about the parenting, nor what I had earlier though of doing/saying directly to the children. My companion and I walked away and later I turned and saw the man leading the children somewhere else. I guess I had an impact but...

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