Tough Times in Boston

The Boston Globe reports:

In his fourth inaugural speech yesterday, Mayor Thomas M. Menino declared that the burden of fighting Boston's violent crime wave rests not only on police but on city residents, who, he said, must overcome fear and turn in neighbors engaged in illegal activity.


''Personal responsibility must be our mantra," the mayor said, ''from every single person on every single block. If you know someone who has an illegal gun, or you are witness to a crime, you must speak up and keep the specter of fear far away from our neighborhoods."

We thought "personal responsibility" was not waiting for the police to defend you.When words lose their meaning individuals will lose their freedom.