On October 9th one Phoenix Jones was arrested on assault charges for breaking up a fight outside.
Today we learn that he has been banned from working with children by the Oregon state Department of Social Health and Services.
Why is this a big deal?
Because Mr. Benjamin John Francis Foder, the real name of Phoenix Jones, makes his money during the day by teaching life skills to autistic children.
Needless to say he's been fired.
I'm glad this is a blog and not a newspaper, because as a blog, I don't have to remain neutral.
What's the world coming to?
A man makes his living helping people, and then goes on to spend his nights and free time helping even more people and how do we as a society reward him?
We catch him.
We strip him bare.
We mock him.
And we ostracize him.
We look at a good man, who devotes so much of his time to helping others and say "You're not normal, and we have to set you straight. Even if we have to trample you into submission."
And how does he respond?
"As a result of my new found free time I will be starting day patrols when I'm not looking for work. The real losers here are the kids that won't understand why I'm not able to see them anymore."
Phoenix rises.
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