Hugues Lagrange: "We do not support violence, we put up with incivility"

LE FIGARO. - What to think of the fortune of the term "incivility"?

Hugues LAGRANGE. -In the current context, the protection of the common good has taken on new importance. Civility, a particular variation of safety in ordinary life, such as air quality or the harmlessness of the food sold, is part of the common goods. Around 1980, in New York, the deterioration of the state of the city - overflowing trash cans, abandoned buildings - could leave the traveler with an unpleasant feeling. At that time, an article was published, “Broken Windows”, which basically states that the unrepaired broken tiles are a sign that the space is no longer the object of the benevolence of the inhabitants and that in short has disappeared. which allows you to move around your neighborhood without being on guard. The small ordinary inconveniences, the rubbish, the excessive noise, the untimely parking give the feeling that the kind neighbors have slipped away. Of course, we do not expect in town that

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