I’m sure that many of us recall occasions when we were children and were tormented by aggressors and bullies. Often, supervisory adults rewarded the offensive behavior by “channeling” these individuals into positions of authority over the rest of us, their victims.
How far away?
They made them hall monitors, safety patrol, sports “leaders,” or other positions of sanctioned control. And, I suppose in many instances, this turned out to be generally good practice.
But, I can also correlate the fact that many of these mean muthaf****s grew up to become social predators, either of the extreme criminal type, or—if they managed to avoid a criminal record—cops and other forms of “lawful authority.” more…
