fatcat161: Redneck Parrotheads: fatcat161:
I do not think this should be a category for the same reason I disapprove of Illuminated School Sports Fields. We shouldn't be waymarking schools. In this day and age of information it is probably a mute point anyway.
Darn that National Register of Historical Places, making schools vulnerable just because they're historic and valuable. What were people thinking?! ;)
This mural and this mural are located on the exterior walls of elementary schools. This mural is located on the exterior wall of a Rec Center (that's a place where children go). I supposed you wouldn't even want to know about this waymark.
Where is the line?
I already assume you have a problem with playgrounds being waymarked for the same reason you'd have a problem with schools being waymarked, but this waymark is right across the street from this playground (not to mention all the other waymarks in the same park). This waymark (with the waymark about the HM) includes a playground. Seriously. My husband was playing with my son on the playground while I took my photos and marked the coords.
Schools place more images of their events and students on their websites than any other news source or website on the internet, including Waymarking.com. There is no information that can be received from Waymarking.com that would not pale in comparison to the information received from the schools' websites. Some schools even have a special domain for their athletic programs. If protecting schools can be done by keeping all mention of them off the internet, I think the schools are their own greatest enemy. Heck, there are parents who put their child's name and team number as a decal on the rear window of their vehicles! I suppose this is what you were conceeding to when you said, "In this day and age of information it is probably a moot point, anyway."
I don't think the point is moot, really, but I think your point is entirely impossible to enforce in any way. Even if we banish these categories, we have categories that will allow waymarks at schools. If we banish that ability in all categories, we'll still have categories that allow waymarks within a sight-distance of schools. Then there's playgrounds, Rec Centers, YMCA's, and other places that children are known to go. That's why I ask, "Where the line?" How do we even make this an effective way to create safety?
As a mother of four and stepmom of two I greatly understand the importance of child safety, but we don't create safety by believing banishing categories will make any difference either way. That actually creates a false security. I firmly believe that the best way to promote child safety is education, empowerment and monitoring. My comment's gone on long enough but basically I'm saying that crap can always happen anywhere around anyone, including kids, and it could even target the kids because they're kids... but crap is never going to happen because of a waymark.
I stand chastised.
Yep, that response pretty much beats your logic fair-and-square. It was no contest. Now, if Redneck Parrotheads could explain the logic behind all the retail cats, I just might support the WMs documenting the 6,417 Starbucks locations, the 2,814 McDonalds, etc. 
