ARCHIVE - More tales from our culture of insanity/fear: Father chastised for taking pics of his own kids

"The children wanted to go on an inflatable slide and I started taking photos of them having a good time. Moments later the woman running the slide told me to stop.

"When I asked why, she told me I could not take pictures of other people's children. I explained I was only interested in taking photos of my own children and pointed out that this was taking place in a public park.

"I showed her the photos I had taken to prove my point. Then another woman joined in and said her child was also on the slide and did not want me taking pictures of the youngster.

Perhaps we need to just dump some valium in the water mains or something... people really need to chill and get some perspective.