Foolishness Averted

The Los Angeles City Council managed to avoid complete foolishness by rejecting a proposal for a ban on violence as a way to commemorate the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The proposed 40 hour ban on murder and violence was quickly identified as silliness. Why would a murderer respect a call for 40 hours of peace (which was the goal) if the general laws against murder fail to work as a deterrent? The concept created by Los Angeles author and political commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson sought to gradually bring an end to violence. "If this works, then the next logical thing is: If a city like Los Angeles can go 40 hours without one homicide, then why not 40 days?" said Hutchinson. By some fortune the members of the City Council were not fooled into thinking that just asking would work where the law and law enforcement has failed. For the complete story check out LA Times.