Like most readers, I’m sure, I greatly enjoyed the posts by Charlie and Ian on the latest in Ferguson. I suppose I have two thoughts, which I can state very briefly.

1) If you tell people, over and over, that the police are racist and out to get them, somebody may at some point believe you.

2) People are responsible for their actions, true.

I wrote about exactly this in December, here.

Two more points, just because I have a minor head of steam.

3) Stop lying about the police. You’re entitled to lie, legally, but the lying may have consequences.

4) Police lives matter.

One more thought:

5) Having Charlie and Ian around is sort of like getting to go to Oxford and St. John’s, indirectly.

A final final thought:

6) In the ’90s, conservatives made the following point: “Liberals deny up and down that violent rock lyrics or rap lyrics have any effect whatsoever on young people. At the same time, they say that the sight of Joe Camel on a billboard will set the young-uns a-smokin’ immediately.”