11.07.2005
Students Finger Mayor
Some parents think Plattsburgh, NY was created to baby-sit their demon spawn.
They send their kids here to college to get them far away from home. Whatever their rude, vandalizing offspring do here is out of sight and ergo should be out of mind -- at least the minds of the parents.
Of course, students can become a little rowdy, but for a few there is no limit to their actions, how far they will go to aggravate, or even hurt, someone else. And when they get away with it, it’s like an invitation for others to join in the “fun.”
For example, years ago a few college-age “young adults” came to town and they ended up causing serious trouble. They weren’t PU students but their actions fell into the same category of “youthful indiscretion.” They were walking right into traffic, endangering themselves and the drivers. At that time there used to be a neighborhood watch patrol, volunteer citizens contacting the police when they spotted trouble. The neighborhood watch patrol tried to get the guys out of the street before someone was hurt. For their good citizenship, a couple of the volunteers were rewarded with beatings. Those who meted out those beatings got off easy in court. (The neighborhood watch no longer patrols. Gee, wonder why?)
This semester the mayor decided to try to control some of the disquiet and damage by notifying parents when their kid had been arrested. One mother was upset with the Burghomeister when she was informed of her overgrown brat’s actions. She said that her son was just young, he would grow out of it, how dare you tell me about his arrest.
The majority of students at Plattsburgh U stay out of trouble. It’s just a troublesome minority of PU students who like to tear down street signs, steal property, smash windows, and screw in the bushes in someone’s front yard. Of course, all of this seems to be not a big deal -- until it happens to you, your property is stolen or destroyed, you find vomit all over your front steps and a passed out stranger in your bed.
In response, a few students have shown displeasure towards the crackdown by a making a particular gesture at the mayor: the middle finger salute. Obviously a sign of maturity.
Wait until these assholes graduate, get jobs, become full-fledged property owners with mounting debt hanging over their heads. They’ll be the first ones to call the cops and complain to the mayor when a few kids perpetrate a bit of mischief like smash the picture window to their new home or key the hell out of their new car. And what will happen to those young vandals? Simple: their Moms and Dads will send them to college way up there in Plattsburgh.
The cycle goes on…
# posted by Stan Spire @ 2:31 AM 
