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As a kid in the 80s I didn't respect authority because I read Enid Blyton books (written in the 40s), who taught me that the local police were at best benign, b
by isostatic 9y ago
As a kid in the 80s I didn't respect authority because I read Enid Blyton books (written in the 40s), who taught me that the local police were at best benign, but more likely incompetent.
- dazc 9y ago'...the local police were at best benign, but more likely incompetent.' True, but it didn't matter because the worst thing that could happen to you as a child would to be kidnapped by smugglers, tied up and left in a cave to die. Thankfully though, it was OK for kids to carry knives back then so you could always escape and run away...
- jacquesm 9y agoHeh. You just made me realize that the pocket knife I used to carry would probably land me in jail today if I was ever frisked. And back then nobody cared at all.