MISTER POO

Here is part of a letter of complaint recently received at the local Council in Kirklees, Yorkshire, England.

My wife and myself regularly take our grandchildren to Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury on Sunday mornings, and we all really enjoy the swings and slides etc.
However, the last two Sundays (March 7 and March 16) the slides and the play area have been covered in excrement – smeared on and the bags scattered all over.
We are absolutely disgusted that people can behave in such a vile manner, especially in a children’s play area….
It makes me feel very sad and angry that the behaviour of certain sections of our population has sunk to this despicable level.
They should be ashamed of themselves and it is a great pity that they cannot be caught and punished in a way that fits their crime.

Aristotle says there 2 different kinds of shame.

One, the true shame, can be felt only in front of our familiars and friends.

The other, In front of strangers we only feel a customary shame - shame for things that are regarded wrong by custom or opinion.

I wonder into which category falls the smearing of shit on a children’s play area.

Or, perhaps, pride?

What do you think

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