Quote:
Originally posted by bilmore
[imaginary dialog with child re: criminal justice]
|
Now, for a real dialog on the same topic.
Atticus's brother-in-law, driving with family up 101 on the Central Coast: "Hon, check that sign out. 'Pleasant Valley Prison, 25 miles.' Can't be too pleasant, can it, har har har."
Atticus's five-year-old niece, from back seat: "Daddy, what's a prison?"
BIL (thinking quickly): "Um, it's a big building where people who've done something bad have to live."
Niece (pensive): "If I do something bad, will I go to live in a prison?"
BIL (panicking): "No, sweetie. Only people who do something
really bad have to live in a prison."
[
Ten second silence.]
Niece: "Like pinching?"
[Scene.]
