We’re too soft - Protecting officials

There are very few topics of conversation, especially between the generations, guaranteed to cause young eyes to glaze over as quickly as the collapse in respect for society’s authority figures.

The idea that a guard, a teacher, a nurse, or, say, a bus driver should be treated with a respect that acknowledges that they play a role sanctioned by the state in pursuit of the common good seems as quaint as the idea of pre-marital celibacy.