any given child I will like unless there's a very good reason not to. I certainly don't get pissed off with them being out in public or one of these people who tuts loudly every time they open their mouths
Nor am I. Nor, I think, are most of the respondents on here. Most of us are saying that we would rather share a public space with a well-behaved do than a badly behaved child. I fall into that category.
*I find it alarming how many people proudly wear their "I can't stand children badges"
What's "alarming" about it? They aren't campaigning to have them wiped out as a sub-species. Some people, for whatever reason, are not comfortable around children. Why is it okay for you to be uncomfortable around dogs, but for others not to want to be in the company of children?
Many (too many) dogs still maul newborn babies to death though so while we're making sweeping statements I'm inclined to think they're not that nice.
Many (too many) adults kill or abuse babies and children I'm inclined t think they're bloody horrible! The few dogs which do attack people do it in response to something - which we may be unaware of (dog may be ill, and child unwittingly torments it; newborn cry sounds like an injured prey animal; dog has been abused etc) and it almost invariably comes down to small children being left alone with a dog - the fault of the carer, not the animal. Do I trust my dogs - YES! Would I risk leaving ANY dog, including my well-trained, good-natured ones, alone with an infant? NO! That is common sense.
The adults who harm or even kill children don't always have as clear cut a reason - most of them are just horrible people.
it's not normal to have such a blatant hatred of the species you're part of
On the contrary - it's only too normal - that's why there are so many wars and massacres. But nobody here is advocating getting rid of children from public places - just saying they'd rather not be subjected to the noise and mess many cause, in the same way that you'd rather not be subjected to the noise and mess you feel inevitably accompanies a dog.
I'm just baffled that people think taking dogs out or having dogs is even remotely the same as taking children out of having children. Comparing apples and oranges!
You do realise that you've made an enormously stupid comparison if you are trying to illustrate your argument, don't you? Apples and oranges are different but of equal value.
if you like that kind of cafe (even if they do put other people's dog above you) and don't mind the owner's attitude, it really is worth going to, the cake is fab and the setting is very pretty.
After all of the vitriol you've spouted about the owner's FB post (which you took from a personal page, it appears, and quoted out of context, you have the unmitigated gall to say that? You're lucky she doesn't know who you are - you might be banned form her amazing cakes for life!
You really are the most patronising, individual!