tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post9114347146432114223..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: I Give UpRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-25945554358626784232020-07-31T19:58:12.561-04:002020-07-31T19:58:12.561-04:00Anon, you seem to have mistaken the State -- the g...Anon, you seem to have mistaken the State -- the government -- for parents. And you appear to have mistaken protesters (generally doing lawful things), rioters (usually not so lawful) and people assaulting police and trying to damage buildings (almost always crimes) for children.<br /><br /> That's not how it works. This here is grown-up land, and most adults learn a modicum of self-discipline, one way or another. Some lessons are more painful than others, and they are very rarely neatly contained.<br /><br /> One of the best way to help adults learn to be adults is for the consequences to be seen -- and the only way for that to happen is for the Press to lay eyes on it, just as much and varied Pres as we can get. Over-reaching cops, supposed "demonstrators" getting up to acts of violence, examples of peaceable assembly and sign-waving, measured and intelligent crowd-control by LEO's, politicians that listen, politicians off in their own bubble -- all that and everything in between are learning experiences.<br /><br /> A boot stamping on a human face forever is not a learning experience, no matter if it's a policeman's boot or some half-ass rabble-rouser's Doc Martens.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-70545796953024711892020-07-31T14:30:49.402-04:002020-07-31T14:30:49.402-04:00Yeah I am sure if you discipline your misbehaving ...Yeah I am sure if you discipline your misbehaving children you'll be met with more defiance, strong arm tactics and firebombing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com