And behind curtain number one, we find . . . Bill Cosby?

This morning I was listening to Curtis & Kuby on WABC from NYC. They were talking about the proposal to institute a curfew in New York City for minors after a certain time of night (midnight or so). And an interesting point was made: Conservatives are usually all for limited governement involvement, scaling down government influence in our lives. "Liberals" are for increased government presence and power.

What's interesting is this issue turned that conception on it's head, as Kuby noted. Most of the liberals calling in the show were against this, and the conservatives were for it! Kuby marked it as inconsistant.

For me, I think this would be a good thing. Because it's practical, and works for the good of the people. These kids are trouble waiting to happen, and sometimes not waiting (which is why we have a problem). If the cops can just send them home before the crazyness starts, then we'll have a safer society.

It seems to me now that this issue speaks to "prejudice" or "bigotry". Because we all know who the people are that this law targets: The young black male. Riding with his posse, packing heat and baggy jeans down to his knees. The "disenfranchised youth" that today's liberals are so careful to avoid calling "wrong", that Bill Cosby caught so much flack for calling a pox on society. I think that's the root of the issue, the switching of sides: liberals want to protect this MTV generation culture (regardless of how messed up it is) and conservatives want to see it destroyed, and those wasted lives cleaned up.