Aviso! Don't Drink the Water!
In a July 6th posting, I wrote
Over the Independence Day weekend, I visited Hampton Beach for a time and attended the midnight fireworks show at the Weirs. At both locations, when watching and listening to those around me, I found myself faced with the reality that we are fast being swarmed by a foreign culture complete with a foreign language.
Since that time, we have learned that the Weirs Beach was closed due to high bacteria counts caused by a variety of reasons. Included in a Citizen report on July 11th was information that
e. coli levels are also directly linked to the amount of people using a given beach as it washes off people's bodies and enters the water — a term experts described as a beaches' "bathing load."
Consider this story in the July 13th Citizen reporting on an alledged July 3rd rape occuring at Weirs Beach:
A hearing on additional charges against a young Bay State man charged with raping a 14-year-old girl as she swam at Weirs Beach has been delayed until a Spanish interpreter is assigned to the case..Laconia Police allege that Garcia sexually assaulted a 14-year-old female after luring her into deeper water at Endicott Beach in Weirs Beach, with the promise of teaching her to swim..The girl, who is a resident of Laconia, told authorities she had only met Garcia hours earlier. Meanwhile, Garcia reportedly told investigators the alleged acts on July 3, happened with the girl's consent.
So, he doesn't deny a sex act took place. A report on the incident in the Laconia Daily Sun, unavailable online, reports more specifically on the details than the Citizen:
He is said to have penetrated her v*gina with both his finger and his p*nis
Man, we sure have come a long way from the days of Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon, haven't we? What- Doesn't everyone have sex at the beach these days? What difference does it make what language a person speaks- the language of "love" is universal! Welcome to the new America!
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A word of advice: Whatever you do when swimming at the Weirs... don't drink the water! Oh, and the beach re-opened for swimming and other "activities" Tuesday the 11th.
