Tickle monster banned from park

This was a horribly written article. The judge dealt with a pervert and this article tries to turn it in to a joke. And a group that calls itself “ParentDish” prints it? I will obviously not be reading any more articles that come from ParentDish.

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He did nothing wrong and shouldn't be punished. He does ask and for those that feel uncomfortable, just say no! Be the same if I asked if I could shake hands with someone. Both involve non sexual touching. He's no harrassing anyone.

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freak..pervert

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OMG really?? Is this what law enforcement people are doing with their time now?? DISODERLY CONDUCT?? People he WAS ASKING!!

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, wasn't it the other day I heard that someone was getting assaulted/robbed, and the victim hit the assailant in self defense....knocking the perp unconscious. GUESS WHAT the assailant filed charges on the VICTIM?? Comeon....

WTF? what is this world coming too??

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Ok. First of all if you pay attention to what you are reading it says he doesnt ask parents he doesnt know. It is sort of creepy but I dont think he did it with bad intentions and nowadays you just never know. So to be safe, the law came into effect; but to assume he is a molester to be safe is ok....then again if he was just a big man who likes to see kids laugh and act silly then it's sad to see him marked as a molester.

He should know that people will eventually question his motives in this day and age, and that alone should have stopped him from doing it to kids outside of his family. He must have grandkids now that he can do those games with and not find a need to go outside the home to ask parents he knows to do it. Then AGAIN... I am a 38 year old woman and I have friends who have kids and I watch and babysit and I tickle them and act silly and do it in front of their parents whom are my friends as well, and nobody ever looks at me funny. Sad that the man's own friends are questioning his motives and took him to court. If you werent sure, better you just said
"I dont feel comfortable with you playing that game with my kid", and left it at that. I understand people might take things the wrong way but you can never be to carefull. My girlfriends kids are like my own and I have been there for her and them from day one. Though I know she doesnt question my motive,s I wouldnt blame her if she did. I would understand. If a person like my friend said they were NOT comfortable with that it would probably set off an alarm in my brain that other parents might not like it to, and I would stop. He sorta brought this on himself even though he might not have had bad intentions. This is like a classic Michael Jackson "kids sleeping in your bed" thing. Once you become of age and are amongst children who DONT belong to you, there are things in life you have to let go and stop doing (especially to kids who arent yours). I learned something from this story and even though I know I am not being suspected I DO know now that others might, and I am going to stop playing that game with my best friends kids when I babysit. I just hope he learned a lesson that as much as we like to do certain things we might do with our own children it isnt everyone who will find that appropriate with other people's kids.

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May I be your editor?

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THE GUY IS A NUT .

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how about the kids.....maybe they would be uncomfortable having a stranger interact on a level that is usually reserved for someone who has a more intimate relationship.

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This is absurd. A grown man asking to tickle children? Innocent intentions? Are you kidding me? Please people, wake up and recognize what we as parents have to deal with if you have small children. Predators come in all races, cultures, ages, occupations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. NEVER allow your child to be alone with any stranger and certainly don't allow a person such as the man mentioned in the story to touch your child in any manner. He is likely becoming aroused by the experience, in particular by the idea that he has permission from the parents to touch the children. I work with incarcerated sex offenders and cannot emphasize enough how these men will look for any and all opportunities to molest children. Please educate yourselves and protect your children.

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No man should be playing "tickle monster" with a child, even his own...to many hands in places they don't belong.....

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For the people wondering why this man was arrested for just asking to tickle their kids...this to me says STALKING. He obviously hangs around the park or else he wouldn't have been barred. And he obviously creeped out enough people that the police had to take some sort of action. Tickling is not all that innocent either...it actually was used as a form of torture. Good that this was put to a stop. It's better than having it possibly go further and have everyone scream, "Why didn't someone do something about it? The warning signs were there!"

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I am happy for the people who live in la-la land and insist they know that this is an innocent gesture by a happy old grandpa. My daughter's grandpa was the same type of sweet and fun-loving old man, loved to make the kids laugh and happy... until we found out he had exposed himself to her when she was five years old. We pressed charges and he admitted it and took probabation. Twisted pervert.

I do not understand how people don't see that this is the sort of behavior that feeds perverted minds and allows them access and physical contact with children. These people will do anything to gain the access they crave while figuring out clever ways to do it without prosecution. Where is he tickling them, exactly? And how old are these children? And really... WHY??? For those who say it's not a crime for him to simply ask, would it be okay for him to ask to touch your child's private parts? Hey, he's just asking! You don't have to say yes....

These people are right to press charges against this man. Some clueless parents may not be educated enough to protect their children from people like this, but someone has to.

To me, any truly innocent person would understand why people would be upset about this behavior and abandon it. If they are so adement about their "right" to continue it, there must be some need it fulfills in him that supercedes the fact that people will consider him a pervert for doing it. I guarantee you that if he made a habit of this request, many parents must have had a bad reaction to the request, and yet he continued asking. This person is clearly sick and should have his computer confiscated and examined for child pornography.

The world is sadly full of child predators as any law enforcement agency will tell you. Get your heads out of the sand and protect your children.

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Children love to be tickled, but I think it is pure torture. This person obviously likes to see people tortured. Tickling is a form of abuse as most people already know. It takes a real weirdo creep to ask can he tickly your child. I wonder if anyone said yes? Just let someone try to tickle me, they will wish they had never tried.

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I cont care what anybody on here says--the man is a really creepy guy. Tickling complete strangers is just weird and the whole thought of tickling is weird--its not a good thing--almost torture.

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To John Leamer's comment:

I agree with your comments regarding society today. Just last night while watching my daughter play competitive softball, one of the grandpa's from the opposing team started playing catch with my son. Then he would pick him up and swing him around and just laugh and laugh. I have to admit, I had my reservations. But my instincts let me know that it was okay. I also can understand his missing his grandchildren (my children lived away from theirs for two years and it was really tough on them). But, I am one of those mother's that always worries about predators and kidnappings. It does and has happened. Not to me, but to plenty of people. I know I wouldn't want to be one of those mothers missing a child. However, I very much respect your words about a molester or kidnapper not asking permission to do such things. Although I know those things are few and far between, they happen enough. When I was a child playing in my front yard, a old man stopped his car in the street and pulled his pants down. Lucky for him, my scream scared him off. My dad immediately came running out of the house to chase him but he took off. I was 20 feet from my front door. If it had been a kidnapper instead of a dirty old man, I may be typing you a different story. So to all the mother's out there, if it doesn't feel right, it isn't. But there are mostly great, kind, respectable people out there and it's okay to let someone smile at your child!

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Even if the guy's not a pervy, he should not be allowed to "tickle" children he does not know. This is sending a message to kids that it's ok to interact with strangers in that way - wrong! I'm all for making kids laugh, but this was obviously a ruse on his part to disarm the parents into letting him touch their kids - and anyone who allowed it wasn't using good judgment. I say ban him!

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omg
wut the heck r u ppls problems
the man wuz just tryin to be friendly and have fun playing around wit the children
who the heck would arrest a guy 4 that
and i mean yeh
its a little strange
but u could just say no instead of bringin a man to court just bcuz he wuz ticklin sum kid and bsides he asked
also ppl these dayz make such a big deal out of evrythin
and yes i dont care if it offends u but im just sayin that bcuz its true
just leave the poor guy alone
and mean u already hav celebreties to pick on and now u pick on citizens of this world.arent ther enough problems already

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Do a Google search on tickling fetishes- HUNDREDS of sites come up. Some people get off on tickling-to the exclusion of intercourse. "Tickling fetishism is a paraphilia in which participants derive sexual stimulation from tickling, or being tickled by, another person. Knismolagnia is the experience of sexual gratification from the act of tickling.."
It's very possible this man is a pedophile with this fetish.

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