[zeeed]

I think that no matter how close to the truth this particular story is, there are similar ones circulating on the web and the circumstance has also made it to John Oliver's show - which I believe does a lot with regard to credibility.

We need to contrast this to stories like this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9677863 [How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10] which received overwhelmingly positive feedback on here.

We are living in a society that has been induced with fear so much that parents give away the freedom even of their kids. I wonder what kind of people these kids will grow to become. And I wonder how many parents ask themselves this question.