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''A group of tourist photographers in the UK found themselves in the middle of a tense, awkward situation this week when they were confronted, detained by, and accused of paedophelia by a group of angry mothers who thought they were photographing children. They were, in fact, taking photos of a fountain at the seafront.
According to The Telegraph, the altercation happened in Southend, Essex. It was there that three Greek teachers ran afoul of a group of mothers who saw them taking pictures and assumed they were photographing children inappropriately. They detained the men, took their phones, and one shared photos of them to her Facebook where she claimed she had “smashed a paedophile ring”.
That post has been shared over 13,000 times.
The photographers were, in fact, photographing the fountain at the seafront, and have since been cleared of all wrongdoing by the police.''
- that's pretty messed upRamanisky2
- UKians are absolutely obsessed with paedophilia.i_monk
- well after all, they were male, the mother were totally rightGeorgesII
- Sadly i_monk's right - we had a tabloid-fed 'STRANGER DANGER' problem in the 80s & 90s and now most people fear having anything to do with other people's kids.detritus
- https://www.youtube.…moldero
- ...and people don't think the media is brainwashing them. Dangerous stuff.********
- It's genius really. More mind controlling the people away from love. Kids don't get love and affection from anyone except their parents now..********
- ..and everyone else is dangerous.********
- Yep. People = Danger.
People from another country = Super DangerBennn - set makin sense.yurimon
- Could probably sue for defamation for those posts on Facebook.pango
- I'm scared. I'm a total stalker when it comes to street photography. Luckily I'm a girl, we can get away with stuff. Milking it.sea_sea
- ^ I've often tried to explain this concept to women, they look at me like I'm mental. But then march straight up to a bunch of kids/ and snap amazing portraitsProjectile
- It's like you can't be racist to white people, woman can't kiddie fiddle.********
- women********
- blame the patriarchyGnash
- +1 for the term "kiddie fiddle"cotton
- @projectile I get it, I know how weird the subject can be. Women have the mommy factor on their side I suppose. It's just a weird social thing.sea_sea
- People never confronted me... They just asks me to send them a copy... •___•pango
- Maybe cuz I look like a tourist everywhere I go... https://c1.staticfli…pango
- Yep! LOLsea_sea
- Haha********
- And seas_sea. Stop taking photos of minors!!pango
- Can't help it, kids are wild. Do weird things, run in front of my camera. Etc etc. For the record, I don't go around looking for kids to shoot.sea_sea