Seniors

neighbors and tormented animals. I was new to the neighborhood, and horrified that all the adults in the neighborhood seemed to walk in fear of the kid and his mother, a rather obnoxious drunk. The father was long gone. One day, as I was out walking, I saw the kid and his friend, and realized they were tormenting a kitten. I rescued it, and explained to the two tormentors that, if I saw or heard of them tormenting another animal, they would receive the same (not that I would actually do such a thing). Then I rousted the mother, and explained that I, unlike the other neighbors, was not intimidated by her and her offspring, and would not hesitate to call in all appropriate authorities, including whatever Child Protective Services was back then. For the time I was there, there were no further incidents.

This was decades before all the nutbars were armed to the teeth, a time when one person saying, "ENOUGH", could have an impact. These days, CPS would probably be called on me for threatening them.