Danger Lurks in Park Slope

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My wife was a little worried about my daughter.

"She's got to walk eight blocks alone, in the dark! That's dangerous."

"Where is she?" I asked.

"Park Slope."

"That is dangerous: at any moment, she could be co-opted into an anti-fracking demonstration, or enlisted in an underground raw-milk co-op!"

Comments

  1. Samson Corwell1:47 PM

    I never really understood why cooperatives and voluntary organizations are attacked by conservatives or liberals and compared to dictatorships or what not.

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    1. gcallah1:58 PM

      "I never really understood why cooperatives and voluntary organizations are attacked by conservatives or liberals and compared to dictatorships or what not."

      Who was doing that?

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    2. Samson Corwell7:11 PM

      I've seen it around. Criticism of McDonald's workers striking for higher wages comes to mind. Over on a political forum that I belong to some users made retorts about the free market, poking fun at an OP's thread on the subject. I occasionally pick on uneasy anti-union rhetoric from free marketeers even though unions are part of the free market process.

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    3. gcallah7:52 PM

      Oh yes, Sampson, absolutely: you are correct, it is around. I just wondered if you thought that's what I was doing. But it is clear you did not.

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  2. Bob Murphy11:40 PM

    I naturally agree with anyone worried about a young lady walking by herself at night. But, Park Slope is better than Crown Heights.

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