(Lotsa) Child's Play

Boo hiss on the morons who gave the visiting campers the evil eye at the swim club outside of Philadelphia. Where do they think they are, in the cast of Stepford Wives? Imbeciles. No excuse for their bigotry. But I think there is one factor that people seem to have overlooked in this case: 60+ kids. Have you been around a crowd of 60 kids lately? God love them and all, but 60 kids together at camp can make some noise. Do you remember being at camp as a kid? You're with your buddies and your parents aren't around and you're revved-up for fun - loud fun! So if you're lounging at your pool and 60 kids come in with eight camp counselors, you're gonna notice. If those kids are white, black, brown, green, striped or polka-dotted, you're probably going to say to yourself, "Uh, oh, there goes my quiet time" - or that's what I'd think. Keep in mind that I love kids and I was, for a brief period of time, a kid myself, so it's nothing personal. It's just that 60 kids reminds me of my crowded grade school class where 50 or more young students were squeezed into one classroom - it was a kid-concentrated mass that eventually sent more than one nun to a "rest home." So let's say it once again, those people who looked at the campers in horror because of the color of their skin, get off your racist horse and join the 21st century. To the moron manager who agreed to let 60 extra kids in the pool, where was your brain? Kids, gotta love 'em, just don't want to spend a summer afternoon with five dozen of them.