I was writing a post for today’s blog on
the issue of raising puppies, but had paused to enjoy the evening with my wife
and left it unattended.
I awoke this
morning to read that the San Francisco Giants won the series in Detroit, with an
unprecedented clean sweep (winning four games in a row). Win or lose, it seems setting random fires
following a major sports championship has become a trend. Shortly after clinching the win fans in the
Bay Area began starting fires and climbing buses. Not to be confused with the destruction Vancouver
Canuck fans did in 2011 when they lost the Stanley Cup Final and so were,
therefore, understandably upset. 
The so called
‘celebration’ for the Giants was rowdy, so then noticeably less destructive, as
well as somehow condoned. A spokesman
for the local police had said,
“We’re
going to help the partiers party…as long as they’re lawful and having fun, we’re
all for it.”
I guess torching buses and busting windows
falls into the range of who-would-have-seen-this-coming department as the
authorities absolve themselves from being too complacent to a developing
situation. Then, perhaps, comparatively
speaking with ordinary day-to-day criminal activity this was acceptable lawful behavior for San Francisco…I mean, it wasn’t
like anyone was killed dude.
Learn as I do, victory or defeat seems to inspire
reckless behavior; as well, it appears, is more common today. Where all you need in order to be destructive,
is a platinum plated excuse to relieve you of personal responsibility. 
1 comment:
Give them an inch, they'll take a mile. Sometimes I think about whether situations such as the one you just described reach an unnecessary point because people are unaware of the unspoken boundaries everyone shouldn't cross, or because people are aware of those boundaries but ignore them. That way they can blame bad behavior on "you said we were allowed to have fun...". Or maybe it's either one, depending on the person. Anyway, it should be obvious that when law enforcement helps you party, it does not include letting go of rowdy energy, conscious and repressed,via torching city buses while screaming at the top of your lungs "let's burn this mother down..in the name of the Giants!". I mean hello...
-Melissa
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