[MR] Teenager abuse at Pennsic

[Roy B. Scherer]

Others have said:
>I know that some Society
>members have been complaining for years about the D & D and Magik sessions
>in the bath house and were even louder in complaints this year because of
>the movie nights, as it were, for which a number of the laptops were being
>used.
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>There's been concern over teen use of the bathhouse for a long time.
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>I think part of the problem may be that there are MORE teens there
>every year, which makes them sound louder, look more threatening,
>maybe act a little more like heathens.

         Interesting.
         I thought that Lord Mungoe was right on the money with his 
comments, and have read the ensuing replies from those with far more 
experience than I with interest.  Some good ideas were 
presented.  This one aspect of the situation is one upon which I may 
shed some light.
         For all of the Pennsics which I've been able to attend, I've 
volunteered at Public Safety.  The last four or five of these have 
been staffing the dispatch desk, coordinating the patrols and 
supervisors and logging incidents.  At least four of these shifts 
have been between ten pm and five am.  In my experience, it's pretty 
uncommon to get a report from the bathhouse.  Barn or bog are more 
likely.  The problems we get from the barn are generally 
"unaccompanied child", as opposed to actual harmful activity.
         BTW, my lady Sarah and I were devastated not to have been 
able to attend this year.
-- YIS,
-- Britton Morgan


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