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The whole idea of this law seems to me indicative of something quite frightening: the failure of American cities. Is Jane Jacobs right about urban renewal and usage zoning? Why are things so different in America than they are elsewhere? (e.g. Why is America's prison population per capita rivaled only by the likes of Russia?)
And now this? Leaving it to citizens to decide whether to use lethal force? This isn't a solution, it is an eye-opening experiment. There are a few others, I'm sure. Are there more coming down the pipe?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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