Germany's national railway company has come under fire from passenger groups after inspectors ordered children off trains because they did not have the right tickets. Deutsche Bahn has apologized for the embarrassing incidents that made headlines across the country. In the fourth such expulsion in three weeks, a 12-year-old schoolgirl was made to leave a train an hour's ride from home because she could not pay a 40 euro ($50) fine. "It is purely foolish to react in such a way," said Karl-Peter Naumann, director of the passenger organization Pro Bahn. "Banishing them from the train is inhumane and causes unnecessary problems." German newspapers had already condemned Deutsche Bahn on Tuesday after a 14-year-old was told to leave a train because her ticket was only valid later in the day.
W.C. Fields said... "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad." He would approve!
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