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In Reply to: People may be more civil in NH. posted by srdavis2000 on January 20, 2022 at 13:36:51:
Civility is a product of culture and upbringing. What we tolerate, as citizens or parents, becomes the norm. I really believe that we are all collectively responsible for preventing the normalization of behavior that we wouldn't accept from ourselves or our children. The police are for law enforcement. It's not their job to set community standards. That's our job as community members. Communities who don't set standards descend into crime, and then they need a constant police presence.
It's a constant struggle, and I've become acutely aware of just how much of a struggle it is while raising kids in a pandemic. The pandemic seems to have brought out the worst in people. I have a surprisingly worldly and idealistic 2nd grade daughter who doesn't miss much, and she often asks me why somebody is doing something they shouldn't, or why somebody else can act a certain way while we can't. I also have a boy who is starting to show some bully-like tendencies and we're constantly correcting and looking and for teachable moments. In public, when my kids see someone acting badly, they ask questions: "Why is that person doing that, isn't that wrong?", "Are they going to get in trouble?", and the dreaded "Why doesn't anybody say something to them?"
That said, I'm not totally stupid. When I'm the visitor, I'm not going to go calling people out when I don't live there and don't know the lay of the land. I'm not going to make trouble in a ghetto. I lived in one when I was in grad school, but it wasn't "my" community.
I'm fortunate to live in a state with few restrictions on firearms, but few people carry, and there's little gun violence. I'd never move someplace where I'd have reason to fear getting shot by an irrational angry stranger.
New Hampshire is far from perfect, by the way. But it is pretty safe.
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Follow Ups
- Seems to be a chicken & egg problem of sorts - Dave_K 15:08:50 01/20/22 (3)
- RE: Seems to be a chicken & egg problem of sorts - srdavis2000 17:30:42 01/20/22 (2)
- Totally understandable - Dave_K 11:37:09 01/22/22 (1)
- RE: Totally understandable - srdavis2000 12:02:57 01/22/22 (0)
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