Many
of us as adults often wonder why kids today are bored. They sit
around the house and mope. They drive us nuts when they complain.
We
see they have so many things that we never even dreamed of having and
there is no way we can imagine being bored while having so much.
But
what do we teach them?
As
a boy I used to walk and run the woods, fields and streets from sun
up until sun down. Used to drive my mother nuts wondering where I was
and what I was up to. She would have to call several numbers just to
find out who had seen me last so she could try and get hold of me for
meals.
My
heroes were the likes of Daniel Boone, Kitt Carson and Davy Crockett.
I like them, did everything on foot. They were adventurers long
before cars and trucks were around for transportation. They hiked
this huge country when not everyone had horses to ride or could even
afford that luxury.
Much
of that carries with me today and is possibly the reason I appreciate
nature so much. I learned to read the sky. I learned to listen to the
trees and bushes when they speak. I learned to recognize what the
animals, big and small were telling me and teaching me.
I
had little to worry about though other than the occasional angry
animal telling me to get away and leave him to his space or the
grouchy old man yelling “get the he-- off of my property”.
Predatory
humans did exist but were kept in check by people who had a backbone
and would willingly and openly punish them. The laws did not protect
the predators.
But
today we have allowed the laws to be twisted to protect bad people.
Now instead we punish our children by making them stay at home and
live in fear of the predators.
We
refuse to chase down predators on our own and chose to allow only
police to do the job of catching them and trying to stop them. A
small handful of police in comparison to the amount of people in a
large area. Only a handful who may be at the other side of the
county, township, or city when they are needed.
We
as a society could never afford what it would cost to have a police
officer for every quarter square mile or less that would be needed
for protection.
Young
people or children today do not have the same opportunities we had.
We don't allow them to adventure on their own into the world to
discover. Rightfully so we can't when we know there are predatory
humans running free and protected.
Somehow
we as society need to make the lawmakers wake up and either change
the laws or write new laws to take away the protection of people who
do bad.
As
a boy I was taught that when you do bad, you lose your rights. Made
me angry as a child, yet also made sense. Makes more sense now that
I've been in society as an adult and raised children. Even my kids
understood this basic premiss.
We
can't rush out and just start taking everything into our own hands
simply because then we would be law breakers. But we must take back
our streets.
Right
now all I can think of is to start writing millions of letters to our
representatives and law makers.
One
letter on their desk will only be overlooked and forgotten. But
millions of letters will surely have to make them take notice and
give them the incentive to start doing something about the situation.
Legal
protests and demonstrations would possibly make them see that we are
all wanting them to act in our struggle to take back the streets and
freedoms. Make it possible as a society to protect ourselves and our
children from bad people who would do harm.
Not
to just go out and start hanging bad people or shooting them, but to
be free to use whatever is necessary to hold them until the police
can arrive without being thrown in jail for doing so.
This
is just something that is going through my mind. I sure hope that
maybe it will go through yours and you will pass it on to others so
we can find a way to take back our streets, roads and neighborhoods.
