The Fallacy Of Government Protectors and Saviors

[angelatc]

This is more of a rant than anything, I suppose. But I see this again and again, and it never ceases to irritate me.

What is this transgression against the common good, you may ask? Here's an example, in which a 4 year old child wandered away from his grandparents' lake house, and sadly, will never becoming home. Of course, these things happen, but here's what destroys me:

Passers-by reported the wandering child to police, but by the time they arrived he had already gone

So people saw a toddler wandering alone around a lakefront community, and then went inside and called the police instead of asking him where his Mommy was? Probably afraid of being branded a pedophile.

Is this what we have become?

[Origanalist]

This is more of a rant than anything, I suppose. But I see this again and again, and it never ceases to irritate me.

What is this transgression against the common good, you may ask? Here's an example, in which a 4 year old child wandered away from his grandparents' lake house, and sadly, will never becoming home. Of course, these things happen, but here's what destroys me:



So people saw a toddler wandering alone around a lakefront community, and then went inside and called the police instead of asking him where his Mommy was? Probably afraid of being branded a pedophile.

Is this what we have become?

Yes. For the most part.

[timosman]

Yes. For the most part.

Strangers do not communicate face to face anymore. You always need an intermediary. Very often the police is assuming this role.

[Henry Rogue]

Strangers do not communicate face to face anymore. You always need an intermediary. Very often the police is assuming this role.

*The Fallacy Of Government Protectors and Saviors

Hence the title.