Is the internet turning the nanny state into a police state? Consider this entry posted on a US blogspot. 'McDonalds at Broadway and 70th in NYC. On Monday January 29 I saw: 1) Your nanny at approximately 9.30 AM with your 20-28-month-old boy. Curly, reddish hair, big brown eyes. Denim jacket and blue fleece. The nanny has a two-toned brown thigh-length coat with wool collar. African American, very short, straight hair, big eyes, mascara, attractive but strong features. 2) The nanny spoke by cellphone a number of times to people using street slang and referencing inappropriate topics. I have chosen not to recall what I heard here for fear that by merely recounting such I could offend someone.' The witness reports that the nanny took a call from her employer and claimed to be at the library looking at books, then finishes off, '4) Child did not seem to have any problem either being at McDonalds or with the nanny. He seems happy throughout.'
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