If you have a point, don't be obtuse.

Oh, come off it. Don't come at me like that with your self-righteous bullshit.

Curfews have been enacted in malls across this country since at least the late 90s. And there's no actual evidence they help curbing the behavior you find so abhorrent. It's just supposedly good for retailers.

You don't care what these kids do. You just don't want it where you can see and hear it. NIMBY, right?

It's irresponsible.

I'm neither, and your repeatedly false claims constitute harassment.

I did read the article. This isn't a "gotcha" game to play. If you want meaningless points, go somewhere else.

I asked an honest question, no need to be rude.

Having parents chaperone kids belonging to a "shitty generation" isn't going to solve any problems.

Who do you think raised them?

There's always somebody who thinks the teens of the day are shitty with no respect for others. But as evergreen as that is, I think you're missing the bigger point.

Honestly, why should they respect their elders? I was a freshman at River Hill when Columbine happened. These kids have grown up in a world where not nearly enough of their parents and grandparents give a damn to give them a better world than that. Some of them are the same age as the children from Sandy Hook. My eldest has been running through active shooter drills since she was 3, and that both infuriates me and breaks my heart.

Drugs and gangs aren't anything new. They've always been there. They've stopped hiding because they want you to notice.

They're kids. What does "out of control" look like?

As a father of two, I say you're an abuser and an idiot.

People also need to be free to make mistakes and do things they'll regret later. It's how we learn.

And other people, even minors, have a right to exist in public. If you ask me, the only asshole here is you.

Yes, and that's always been the case. Every generation is going to be different from the one that came before.

It's a sociological term meaning somewhere other than the usual two spaces (i.e. home and school) where kids can exist.

People keep taking third spaces away from minors...