One of my fundamental beliefs is that American culture began a long slide away from courtesy and responsibility in the '60s, as self-indulgent children of a hardworking generation rejected everything previous generations held valuable: morality, ethics, courtesy, hygiene...........
Bringing us to the present, where mouthbreathers like the one pictured above feel free to engage in these behaviors. There was a time when spitting on a man, let alone his daughter, was cause for a least a crippling beatdown. Now, if law enforcement is available to catch what has become a relatively minor crime, one gets some jail time (more street cred) and community service (detention for adults). Somehow, I doubt this will seriously dissuade the jackass in question from future idiocy. But several smacks to skull with a stout (think brass handle) walking stick would probably cause learning to take place, much as shock collars educate adolescent dogs. Which brings me to a thought I've had for a while now.
The problem with violence in America isn't that there is violence per se; the problem is that violence isn't being administered to those who have earned it.
(H/T to The Rott)
3 comments:
Can't say I disagree. I'm reminded of the movie The Outlaw Josie Wales, however, in which Clint Eastwood's title character went around spitting on people, knowing that his speed and skill with a gun protected him from righteous retaliation.
Bob,
True, but........most idiots like this won't be.
Well said.
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