Boo Hoo!

 December 26, 2021

 

An article in today’s paper was explaining that the shocking lack of civility these days—roughing up flight attendants, threatening teachers and school board members, etc.—is partially due to the stress of the pandemic and economic uncertainty.

 

People are separated from their loved ones, they explain.

 

Well, when the Berlin Wall went up, and when North and South Korea were divided, people really WERE separated from their loved ones: No Zoom, no cheap long-distance calls, email, Facebook, etc.

 

And despite the propaganda, their economic situation wasn’t all that great, either.

 

So tell me again how your life is so tough that you have to beat up total strangers who are trying to keep the rest of the population safe from ignorant jackasses who won’t follow simple health procedures?

 

“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”


― Robert A. Heinlein, Friday