You are selecting parts of my post, quoting them out of context and using them to support your narrative
It’s great you support your family, not everyone does that and yes I’ve seen children left with the expectation other people take responsibility for them
My partner used to own a nursery and she had children left upto 3 hrs after the expected collection time, not all parents are what they should be and seem to absolve themselves for any responsibility
We do agree that parental or family involvement is essential and should be positively encouraged
Your previous post, in full - with added emphases from me.
Full wording = full context.
"This is now trending to how do we get children involved, the reality should be how do we encourage the parents to be involved ?
The parents are after all the ones, who will fund the participation and support the children
I for one don’t want unaccompanied kids dropped off at the club with the expectation that the existing members will in effect be
unpaid child minders.
I’ve seen this happen in other sports and quite a few parents would do this as seen by kids running amok on holidays, fetes etc etc
We need to convince the parents that shooting is a safe and inclusive sport where they can bring their families and participate in a fun safe manner
If the parents and children tell their friends how much fun they’ve had, the word will spread and hopefully more parents will be encouraged, but as long as the parents buy into the dangerous sport rhetoric you are on a non starter
As I stated earlier just one celebrity who is seen to participate and promote via social media will bring far greater support than most of the suggestions already offered
Of course we will then have the issue of where do all these newcomers shoot, most clubs have waiting lists and it’s becoming harder to secure suitable shooting venues
Life is not like it used to be, people now have greater expectations, so safe venues are a necessity with adequate insurance, facilities and so on"
Perhaps you can now explain how the rest of your post means that my earlier comments were, as you said,
"selecting parts of my post, quoting them out of context and using them to support your narrative" -
in order to avoid any further confusion, please?
My "narrative" has been to encourage new blood into the sport, in my view encouraging families means just that - "families."
At no point before your comments above had I mentioned "unaccompanied kids" or "unpaid childminders" - nor had anyone else AFAIK.
Please correct me if I am wrong!
Straw Man from Wiki
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"Exaggerating (sometimes grossly) an opponent's argument, then attacking this exaggerated version."
My contention is that your introduction of the ideas of "unaccompanied kids" and "unpaid child miders" into the debate fits with the "exaggerating an opponent's argument" bit in order to undermine my more moderate original point.
