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I got a disturbing email today from a blog that I subscribe to called Free Range Kids sharing a note that highlights how dangerous narrow minded thinking toward our fellow man can be. It seems as much as we would like to think we've come so far in treating each other with respect and kindness, we often get reminded just how backward we really are. What do you think of messages like this: [Blog Owner]"Here's today's hint of the coming apocalypse. This sign: And here's the note I got, alerting us all to it:" "Dear Free-Range Kids: I was visiting a dear friend yesterday in a nearby town and drove by this sign. I wondered what on earth it could be about - perhaps the school district is considering privatizing the custodial staff in order to save money. Sure this can be disruptive and hard to accept and distressing for those involved, but calling future employees "strangers" and insinuating that somehow they are evil/ Come on. I'm sure that the people they would employ would have all the necessary back ground checks, etc., that one needs to work in a school. Perhaps the new employees would even be residents of the school community! Does that make them dangerous "strangers"? Talk about fear mongering. I think this is a disgusting campaign, no matter what the reasoning behind it." -- Deborah [Blog Owner] "Me too! Not only because EVERYONE is a stranger until we get to know them, but also because this is automatically equating stranger with danger. As if it's official: Absolutely anyone you don't know is out to get your kids. Ugh."