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I spent a lot of time in Asia - where the general public demands a great deal more respect for private and public property, not to mention public servants. Here's part of an email exchange with a pal who similarly lived among the "barbarians" of the east.
'I’m always astonished at the lack of respect for private and public property on display regularly in the “civilized" west.
'As soon as one takes a hammer to a concrete post, or wall, (public or private) to produce projectiles to hurl at police, or just f around, one gets arrested, put in jail, then a beating, and then a fine - a la Singapore with the admonition from a benign, but firm civil government that this act of good will and leniency extends to first-time offenders only.
'The object is deterrence, not punishment.
'Draw clear lines so individuals can make better decisions. The chap in the video needs all four incentives, not just one. Far too easy to forget just a punch in the face. Bring in the Sikh and administer 3-30 across the back, jail time and the fine.
'Gandhi threw the British out of India by making salt and his own clothes. But of course he was serious. MLK changed America by remaining actively and aggressively peaceful in the face of the most incendiary provocations. Ditto.
'Turns out the 79 phones at the LA riots have been traced back to Brentwood etc, folks flying 3-4 times a year - bored rich kids cosplaying people of principle destroying the property and lives of the lawful and industrious.
'Meanwhile, the president of Mexico’s senate displayed a map indicating where the wall should be built.- somewhere north of San Francisco.
'I say return Martha’s Vineyard, Toronto, and Vancouver to the original owners now. Time to put our money where our mouths are.
Good times!