Dan McLaughlin, upon hearing that people were complaining about being mocked for their ‘need’ to delay their law exams because of emotional trauma inflicted upon them by hearing about the Ferguson riots (NO. REALLY):
I remember when terrorists blew up my office, and our real estate lawyers spent that afternoon on the phone negotiating new space for us.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) December 16, 2014
Here’s my take on it. I expect children to act like, well, children: and yes, I’m calling a bunch of Ivy League law students ‘children,’ because I’m twice their age and they’re all acting half of theirs. But never mind that right now: kids will, in fact, be kids. Their teachers, on the other hand, should know better; and it’s in fact said teachers’ obligation to help make their students grow the heck up.
Because here’s the thing: eventually those kids will in fact go out into the big, bad world; and they will get smacked around. And nobody will care. Best to learn how to walk it off now.
Moe Lane