A Defence of Eugenics

[dotinthesky]

I stopped at the supermarket on my way home. Coming out, I nearly tripped over a toddler. Her father, a curly-haired figure with beady eyes and a five-o'clock shadow, apologised for her. I said it was no problem and fell behind them. When the little girl turned the wrong corner, her father said "come over here, you stupid cow."

"Silly?" She asked. She made some noises that she didn't want to walk anymore.

"You are a lazy cow. Now come over here. You are a pain in the ass." He picked her up. "Now look what you've done, I have to carry the beer with my other hand." He was carrying a container with six cans of beer.

I was speechless. Mind, she didn't seem phased at all. She kept chattering to him as if it was all very normal.

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Re: Except in the good ol' USA perhaps...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

There has been a spate of violence in London related to knives - on top of the already present ones - which leaves me very weary of confronting anyone like that (even if they are carrying a toddler.) The truth is that people won't change their behaviour because a stranger called them on it in the street - who am I after all? But I wish there was something else I could have done - it's so easy to just keep walking...