The playground comparison does seem quite apt. But since people have been injured (physically) there are those that would say that we are hardly playing a child's game. Still, if people believe they know who poses a danger it would seem that energy might be better spent trying to keep safe.
However, I am hardly an acceptable voice of responsibility or reason. Although I am trying to mend the worst of my ways.
I'm Ed, by the way. I live in 1107. What brings you to NYC and to Bellum? The south is much warmer and friendlier if I remember my own trips through there accurately.