I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person.
I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.
Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.

