Family's shock at Brighton cruising spot - The Argus

[Garage_Doors]

Clearly you haven't "lived" in Brighton then.

We mention it enough on here for one thing.

Are you saying that Dukes Mound being a meeting place for outdoor sex venue for men has been mentioned on NSC before?

 

[pog5]

lighten up chaps, sometimes you have to take it on the chin

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Are you saying that Dukes Mound being a meeting place for outdoor sex venue for men has been mentioned on NSC before?

Yep. Usually in relation to Withdean wanderer and uncle spielbergs supposed holiday destinations.

 

[smudge]

Thank you for that, spoken to loads of people at football today and the majority haven't heard of Dukes mound either.

So you were at the game asking people about if they'd heard of Dukes Mound? You couldn't make it up!

 

[LamieRobertson]

So you were at the game asking people about if they'd heard of Dukes Mound? You couldn't make it up!

lol

 

[Chris001]

I like this idea.

"Caution: Bum sex."

I think a warning sign is the least Brighton authority should do seeing as they've legalized it with "managed tolerance"

 

[LamieRobertson]

Should put one up devils dyke ..not going for a picnic up there again.

 

[Chris001]

3 points
1) There are Pride marches across the world, it's not just Brighton
2) Straight people have al fresco sex too, it's known as dogging
3) Just because you are gay doesn't necessarily mean you are in favour of public indecency

Why use this as a point to push some homophobic agenda, like all gay people think this is ok? This is totally out of order and the offenders should be punished regardless of their sexuality.

Thank you, I have not once used the word gay in my letters, this because it's not an attack on gay people it's about indecency in public.

 

[Chris001]

You could also write to your MP, and/or the MP for Kemptown Simon Kirby

Thank you, I will.

 

[amexee]

Here you go:

From the council:

Dear Chris,

Thank you for your email, referred to us by the council’s Standards & Complaints team. Firstly, we are very sorry to hear about your recent experiences at Dukes Mound, and hope that you and your family are now feeling less traumatised about what happened.

Whilst the council is aware that this area is sometimes used as a public sex environment at night, it is very unusual for this to happen in the day. We work very closely with Sussex Police to ensure that any sexual activity is dealt with quickly and appropriately to ensure that people can feel safe and free to walk through this area. As a result of your complaint, we have asked for increased daytime police patrols in the area. We have also contacted the council’s parks & street cleaning teams to ask that the area is clear of any detritus and that shrubs etc are kept controlled to help minimise the likelihood of this behaviour. I have asked for each team to contact you directly.

We really appreciate you taking the time to let us know about what has happened and hope that our response has explained to you what action we will take to minimise this from happening again.
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From Jason KK

Thank you for your email. I'm very sorry to hear about what you and your family
experienced.

I see that you have had a response from our Community Safety Team and have been
in touch with Sussex Police.

There have been long running tensions and concerns about this area that go back
to well before I was a councillor. I cannot speak for Sussex Police and how they
view the issue. However like them we do have very limited resources and do need
to prioritise how they resources used. So there may be an element of managed
toleration going on. I'm sorry to say it, but I don't believe there is a easy
permanent resolution to this issue. However you should not have been put into
that situation with your family and I will raise it with the Police Borough
commander at our next meeting.

I will continue to be copied in to the emails from council officers on this
matter.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions or
queries.

All the best,
Jason

Straight into deflecting responsibility i see. F'ing politicians

 

[Garage_Doors]

Yep. Usually in relation to Withdean wanderer and uncle spielbergs supposed holiday destinations.

Ok, must have missed them.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

I think a warning sign is the least Brighton authority should do seeing as they've legalized it with "managed tolerance"

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I find I couldn't care less about this.

 

[marshy68]

Kemptown = Vaseline Valley. Everyone knows this right?

christ the irony - i live in Kemp Town and i didnt know this - i feel an e mail to the council coming on......

 

[JCL]

If I were you, I'd check your daughters "what we did in the school holidays" essay, before she hands it in....

 

[topbanana36]

I find I couldn't care less about this.

Be interesting to see those people who don't care about indecency in public have their own children just a thought.

 

[JCL]

on a different note - if your daughter didn't know what was going on, why was she traumatised?

 

[marshy68]

men having anal sex in public? Densely populated homosexual areas, homosexual pride marches, I don't think they do.

Welcome to New Zealand where the local time is 1974....

 

[GNF on Tour]

men having anal sex in public? Densely populated homosexual areas, homosexual pride marches, I don't think they do.

you clearly don't live in Auckland then, it was Pride last weekend, parade down Ponsonby Road (in nz standard a densely populated gay area).

 

[JCL]

Welcome to New Zealand where the local time is 1974....

LOL!