http://heather.unit-e.com/2006/03/29/tuesday-tussle/ life and times of heather brandon Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:04:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://heather.unit-e.com/2006/03/29/tuesday-tussle/#comment-10 Barry Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:52:36 +0000 http://heather.unit-e.com/2006/03/29/tuesday-tussle/#comment-10 But what does one do? Do these incidents require more than a cool headed neighbor intervening? The police merely represent outside authority. How does one go about changing minds in that kind of senario without inviting police surveilance? Are neighbors too fearful to speak up? Do you think a majority of them enjoy the spectacle? I mean, I live next to a bar, so I've called the police before. But I certainly do not feel like they really fix anything. Cops are like bad parents. They punish but never teach. But, to some small degree, in situations like that, the ruckus ends...only to be resumed later, perhaps somewhere else. What does one do? I think we need to discuss risks, causes, and effects in more social atmospheres than what currently exist in many communities. But what does one do? Do these incidents require more than a cool headed neighbor intervening? The police merely represent outside authority. How does one go about changing minds in that kind of senario without inviting police surveilance? Are neighbors too fearful to speak up? Do you think a majority of them enjoy the spectacle? I mean, I live next to a bar, so I’ve called the police before. But I certainly do not feel like they really fix anything. Cops are like bad parents. They punish but never teach. But, to some small degree, in situations like that, the ruckus ends…only to be resumed later, perhaps somewhere else. What does one do? I think we need to discuss risks, causes, and effects in more social atmospheres than what currently exist in many communities.

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