‘This practice probably makes it easier to be rude without regret.’

Leo, you’re making the assumption that the transgressors know enough about what’s expected of them to feel regret in the first place. My point is that new immigrants and 14-year-old boys and hip-hop gangsta’s have never been told what’s expected of them, so they can immediately sink to the lowest common denominator of line-jumping and name-calling with impunity.

My take on adults like CodePink and older KosKidz is that they may, simply, be nuts … some chemical imbalance that makes it impossible to refrain from cursing out loud or acting out in public.

That’s why I think we need to come up with some type of filter to keep them off the internet, which might also restrain their behavior in public — that you can’t play on your computer until you’ve demonstrated at least the minimum amount of control needed to get a driver’s license.

Annie B’s idea of a strike is new to me and I’ll have to consider it. It strikes me initially as being full of holes, but we need to do SOMEthing different, because what we’ve got going now is not working.