Posted by
Charlie Richards on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:14:01 AM
There's an entertaining story out of England where they've been using high frequency devices to encourage loitering teens to move on.
The pitch can be heard by those under 20, but not by older ears - we've spent too much time listening to Rock and Roll to have that kind of sensitivity. Good thing we didn't listen to our parents or we, too, might be bothered by the noise.
Now some people want the devices banned. It's cruel, they say, to target kids.
Liberals.
Can't we target anyone?
No. Not according to them. One activist insisted "I'm very concerned about what I see to be an emerging gap between the young and the old, the fears, the intolerance, even the hatred, of the older generation toward the young."
Hatred? They stand in front of your store, spit, smoke and swear - driving away customers. Do we have to tolerate everything?
Beside, libs, I thought smoking was now the ultimate sin. What gives?
That same activist complained the device "has no place in a country that values its children and seeks to instill them with dignity and respect."
Soap box time: A world where adults don't take charge is a world that doesn't value it's children. Letting them loiter does not instill dignity or respect. It tells them they're on their own - the adults have run away.