The guy asked why I put mango in the fridge, and I said that it would go bad and referred back to our previous experiences with mold.
The guy mentioned that if you left ice cream out for a hundred years, that mold would grow on it, and we'd have to throw it out.
I agreed, but much like in our talks about bacteria, I wanted to push back from an absolutist view of mold, so I threw in, but some mold is good. Then, I gave the example of penicillin, the only good mold I know of.
And followed up with, but most molds are bad. The guy agreed and said that the police would catch them because they're bad.
I felt I had to throw in, but some police are bad. He replied, why are they bad?
Oh, man.
I came up with something like, some of them think that anything they do is not bad because no one ever tells them that it is bad. Then, he thought about it and said, the good police have to catch those police!
Indeed, they should. I didn't bring up their mafia-like code that prevents that.
I really do think that early heroizing of police does cause some problems (and creates work for parents). The guy is currently really into Paw Patrol. The leader, of course, is a police dog. (Also, as leader on a kid hero team, he has the least personality.)