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In Britain, at least, touching another person has become a dangerous act. If it's another adult of the opposite sex, it'll probably be assumed that you're in a sexual relationship, or want to be. If it's another adult of the same sex, you'll probably be assumed to be homosexual. And if it's a child, God help you, because nobody nowadays dare lay even a fingertip on a child that isn't their own, for fear of being set down as a paedophile and lynched by a hysterical mob. It's got to the point where a teacher in a nursery school daren't pick up and comfort a howling infant who's just fallen over in the playground. In fact, most schools have explicit rules forbidding them to do so.

Honestly, I think I'd rather have Lord Fauntleroy, or even Little-by-Little.