Thursday, November 20, 2008

Curfew for Teens: They Scare Me

The business leaders of the Ucity Loop want to impose a 10 P.M. curfew for anyone 16 or younger. This of course is an absolutely brilliant move because as we all know teenagers have no disposable income. Oh wait, they do have disposable income. So I guess we want them gone because they are the primary suspects in crimes. What? The only suspect in the shooting of a police officer on the loop was 41 years old. So why do they want the curfew?

As far as I can tell people are afraid of teenagers. Teenagers scare honest hardworking adults away from the businesses of the loop. The economy is in recession, but I know lets blame the youth of the nation for the downturn in business. Curfews seem like the perfect solution since the sole reason for their existence is to give the police a reason to harass teenagers.

Many people blame the influx of teens in the loop on The Galleria's decision to ban kids from the mall. Now lets ban them from the loop. They shouldn't go to the parks that often have an earlier curfew than the surrounding community. Don't let them slowly drive their cars up and down the street. If you are U-city, what ever you do, don't put basketball courts in the community recreation center. If parents would just do their job and keep the kids at home in front of the T.V. society would be much better for it.

Of course, then the parents would have to stay home as well and couldn't go out to spend money at these sensitive businesses. So maybe the parents should go out. Leave the kids in the house. Make sure you give them a pack of condoms and an ashtray for their blunts.

Teenagers are scary.

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