WHERE'S THEO FARON WHEN YOU NEED HIM?:

When drivers complained about children playing in a cul de sac, what did the council do? They banned the children (DAVID WILKES, 5/31/07, Daily Mail)

For generations, children with energy to burn have enjoyed a kickabout in the street.

And the footballing youngsters of Utah Close, a small suburban cul de sac of 15 homes, are no exception.

Now, however, their simple pleasure has been outlawed by the local council which said their games of street soccer 'posed a danger' to the public.

The children can no longer put temporary goalposts in the street, and have even been told "jumpers for goalposts" must be "removed from the road immediately" because they are classed as obstructions.

A society that values cars over children deserves what it gets.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 31, 2007 7:20 PM