More from Toledo

I've been checking in with the guys over at Toledo Talk, a local message board.

Some interesting comments, and some moonbattery.

There are gangs all over Toledo.

The Nazis inflamed a smaller problem into a massive riot.

The Nazis should stay in their own world.

If there are gang problems in Toledo, then maybe showing the world how bad it is, is a good thing. It seemed like the Nazis did Toledo a favor.

Yes, there is a HUGE PROBLEM problem in the area...that should have been given more attention back in June-July...

I for one, was 100 percent positive there would be VIOLENCE ...the NAZI'S coming to Toledo, in my opinion, was an excuse for the VIOLENCE today...
posted by MARIELORA at 04:57 P.M. EST on Sat Oct 15, 2005 #

Here we have someone giving saying that there was an excuse for violence. There is no excuse for violence, except to quash violence. Peaceful people everywhere know that criminal violence is unacceptable.

Roberta said:

"To more than a few people who live in that neighborhood, yesterday was the day their city's police protected Nazis, but used tear gas to keep residents off their own streets."

Roberta really needs a civics lesson. Yeah, the police protect marchers who go to the trouble of getting permits and lawfully assembling. It is part of our heritage to allow dissenting groups to march and protest. It is not part of our heritage to allow criminals to disrupt those protests.

Sometimes people amaze me. The good citizens of Toledo should immediately demand that city government clean up the neighborhoods. It won't happen tomorrow, but it is something they can get started on tomorrow.

Oh, and teach a little civics down at the community center.