DC has a curfew for people under 18 - they have to be off the street by 11pm, and, in certain neighborhoods, 8pm.
Now, I'm at the age where I should be yelling at kids to get off my lawn, and I get that groups of teenagers are prone to getting into trouble (and can make grownups uncomfortable even when they don't). But it still rubs me the wrong way.
Kids should be held accountable for their actual conduct, not pre-judged merely for being young.
@mattblaze
I love that you'll act surprised when people rise to this provocactive statement.
You're objectively correct of course, but it'll be entertaining.
@mattblaze
People are going to argue with a teen curfew, and you know they will. Think we agree that it's an unnecessarily demeaning thing to do to kids and probably statistically unsupportable as a deterrent to the behavior it's supposed to address. Lose on all fronts.
Someone's going to argue anyway. I take solace that your responses are better than most, but you've got to know it's coming.
Matt Blaze
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