Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia – and so many urban centers - are reminders that the “Thin Blue Line” is good enough for a civilized, law-abiding, population. It is easily overwhelmed when enough people no longer internalize the premises of civilized behavior and the rest of us forget why they are important. Then Kipling’s “Gods of the Copybook Headings” comes to life and Dark Ages emerge.
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