If anything, the cops should have been more on the ball in your case. I would have been grateful as a parent. Bring the kid home and let it end there. What happened in this article is describing something so very far on the other side of the pendulum. Good grief.
As for me, I managed to stay out of sight of the police. And I will admit that there are times when the police would have had very very good reason to take me downtown. 😬 I can't even count how many times the cops brought my older brother home. But in every case, it ended there.
I'm guessing the cops want to make sure kids are better controlled these days that way they can more effectively shoot other innocent kids with all that extra free time they have.
This is insane. When exactly is a permissible age for kids to be walking about on their own?
Things are absolutely different today than they were when I was a kid. My parents never had any idea where I was. They simply said "be home by dinner" and I was home by dinner. Did we get into trouble? Absolutely. But that's part of being kids.
Fast forward to today. My partner and I don't see eye to eye on this because of how things feel so unsafe now. I know how valuable that independence was for me though, so I tend towards permissiveness.
The thing is, kids still walk to school in all kinds of localities. I remember walking to school on a much busier road than the one described in this article. The worst I ever encountered was teenagers throwing eggs once. (Haha. They missed.) And yeah, drivers may hit you. I get it. The government can help mitigate that with better planning and sidewalks, if they actually cared.
But a tracking app too!? Where the government can know my kids location?! That presumes my children even have a phone with a mobile plan, which is a privilege the government isn't paying for. And if they did, @#$& you government! Seriously. WTF?!
I'm both flabbergasted and not. Because, these days, I pretty much only expect fuckery. I wish that weren't the case. I often hope it isn't. And I love being surprised when it's not the case. But 🤬!
Yep. Trump's a swell guy. Loves space. Loves dogs , cats, and geese. Will pass an executive order to allow dogs, cats, and geese to join space force. What more could you ask for in a president. Best president in history. A second term even better. What could go wrong?
Seriously though, what is x.com and the x app? I just followed the link to google play and it seems'ish like it's just the twitter microblog, but I'm seeing things mentioned that I didn't think are part of twitter. I've never used twitter or any x products, so I'm actually in the dark.
This is remarkably helpful in clearing things up. Thank you very much!
With the government of Lebanon allowing Hezbollah this kind of status, it would seem that Israel is not just targeting a terrorist organization but the government of Lebanon itself since it permits and supports Hezbollah as part of its own government.
Considering that most Lebanese don't support Hezbollah, this is even more tragic. Israel continues to lay waste to the country due to the actions of a minority government entity. And it's the Lebanese citizens who are paying the price.
I presumed that this was more lucrative for them and why it's the case...
There's never been a greater need for social entrepreneurial ventures, but they just aren't compatible with capitalistic societies.
Imagine insurance companies there for the benefit of people when tragedy strikes but limiting costs to simply running operations and very limited profit.
Not a single executive with experience would ever want to work at such a place because they would be paid a fraction of what they could at any other company... But goodness it would be incredible for social businesses to become the prevalent model.
The closest I can think of at the moment in the United States is Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Pharmacy. Probably much can be said about his wealth and how he achieved it, but... the pharmacy has been a huge boon for people.
I have to be honest, I'm still a little confused about the relationship of Lebanon's sovereign government and Hezbollah. Are they synonymous? Is that how Israel is able to just lay waste to Lebanon as well without the world screaming about attacks on sovereign territory?
But if they can't get the ten commandments in school, how then will trickle-down indoctrination work? 🤔