Civilization Was Nice While It Lasted

Civilization is built on law and order. In our major cities, the Democrats, mostly through non-prosecuting attorneys, are dismantling the foundation of civilization. One of them anyway. Video shows teens fatally beat 73-year-old man with traffic cone in Philadelphia

Apparently for no reason, a group of "teens" who were out at 2 or 2:30 AM decided to beat a 73-year-old man to death. I guess they were bored, or something.

The video showed the man crossing a street north of downtown Philadelphia before one of the teens can be seen hurling a cone at him

The family of the guy who died is actually using the E word. “So Evil”: Family of Man Beaten to Death by Teens With Traffic Cone Speaks Out.

The video shows the young people leaving the scene, one even hopped on a scooter and appeared to be talking with another young person walking alongside him in the moments after the attack. A young person is also seen running down the sidewalk.

"Even I can't comprehend that teenagers would beat an old person in the street for no apparent reason," said Tania Stephens, Lambert's niece.

A couple of generations have been told that there is no such thing as good or evil. And also that right and wrong depends on who you are, or is flexible to account for past wrongs. Like, shoplifting is OK, because of past racism. (That whole "Thou shall not steal" is such an antiquated idea. Or something.)

If there is no good and evil, no right and wrong, and there is virtually no chance that you will held accountable for your actions by the state, why not kill someone because you are bored? How dare you be so judgemental.

So Philadelphia has enacted a curfew for teens. Will the cops arrest anyone? Will the DA prosecute? What are the penalties? If cops arrest or detain a similar group of 7 teens tomorrow night, how long will it be before they are accused of racism? Will they even bother to do anything?

Most large cities are short-handed when it comes to their police forces, in some cases all they do is respond to 911 calls. How much time is available for enforcing a law that the DA is probably going to ignore?

This is certainly what Hobbes called The State of War. There is no security, but what you can provide for yourself. Of course if this old man had a gun in his possession, and he defended himself, the Left would be beside themselves. How dare he not rely on the State. But as these events prove, the State, or at least the City of Philadelphia, cannot provide security.

Here is a section of the first stanza of "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats.

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

I'm not sure why this came to mind. Those "children" are not innocent. They brutally murdered a man, and went on with their day like nothing happened. (Hat tip to Bacon Time, and CTH.)