Why I detest "rule makers" and other stodgy wowsers!

**oldrider** · 4th August 2010, 22:14

You may have seen this kid already but I often rave on about stodgy bloody rule makers!

This is a typical reason why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfjTr...eature=channel

**Hitcher** · 4th August 2010, 23:04

But he's taking the food out of the mouths of the children of professional musicians.

Burn him!

**Milts** · 5th August 2010, 00:41

"A story you'll only see on 12 News..." I assume that means noone else gives a shit and it's being blown out of proportion?

It seems like there are laws in place to stop parents or guardians from exploiting children by forcing them to work unreasonably and when they're too young to stand up for themselves, which would probably have been overlooked in this case - except that some fucktard dobbed him in. At least that's what it looks like to me. Surely it's more a case of a law being too inflexible than a law which shouldn't exist - I'm sure there are parents who would work their children to the bone and then spend all the money on booze.

**eelracing** · 5th August 2010, 01:22

Ah well it'll give the kid good material to play the blues.

Speaking of which,who needs an excuse when it's this good...

**Owl** · 5th August 2010, 06:54

Well, as he's now nearly 11 and still playing, I guess it all worked out for him

**yungatart** · 5th August 2010, 08:16

Ridiculous!
One of our kids played in a pub band at the tender age of 13, always accompanied by his parents (who got to drink his share of the bar tab

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I was always intrigued by the do gooder parents of his mates who would chastise us for allowing him to be in a pub at that age! I knew what my kid was doing on a Saturday night, whilst theirs were off at some unsupervised party, getting trollied and/or worse!