Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Where is the Tear Gas?
View Single Post
 
Old 04-19-2023, 09:07 AM
Stu from NYC Stu from NYC is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 15,229
Thanks: 1,260
Thanked 16,231 Times in 6,355 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveZ View Post
I really can’t tell if you’re condoning this incident, passing the blame, or just softening it. The read feels like tourists don’t matter (in fact a number of residents were sent to the hospital) and seems to be misdirection.

The old “where are the parents” is really a worn out passive response to crime and violence. Police are responsible for protecting the public, not parents. It’s why we support and have them. Every criminal has parents and it doesn’t matter where parents are when crime is committed. Were I in the middle of that mob being beaten, I’d prefer having police actively ending the incident (even if I got gassed) and arresting the assaulters rather than a parent. Even more so preventing the mob in the first place.
Actions have consequences. Allow people to loot and destroy and they will.
Businesses that were destroyed are gone taking jobs with it.

How does anyone condone this?