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13 Nov 07
16 Nov 07
Originally posted by eldragonflyIt is not an oversimplification, the other things you mentioned; illiteracy, poor parenting, child abuse, all can be traced to poverty, I defy you to prove me wrong.
Oversimplification. You seem to be using poverty as a root cause, instead of child abuse, illiteracy and lack of and/or poor parenting skills. You also seem to be ignoring the "ganster motif" as protrayed relentlessly by the media, at your own peril.
As far the "gangster motif", that was a problem with Americas early Irish immigrants, as well as Italians, and a number of other groups that were (listen for it... here it comes...) in dire straits (extremely POOR) when they arrived in this country, and a tough guy persona or culture developes as a coping mechanism.
Ignore it all you want, poverty is the root of most crime, not just my opinion by the way. Read a book for God's sake.
19 Nov 07
Originally posted by PocketKingsIrrelevant red herring PocketKings, i'm sure you can do better. And stop promoting this attitude that it's just plain dandy to go through life with having both eyes closed is a requisite ingredient.
If I were a mod, I would ban you just for the fun of it, just because I could. You're a waste of server space.
19 Nov 07
Originally posted by duecerYour tedious and spoonfed american ww2 propaganda isn't even worthy of a response. You should be ashamed. 😛
1) Okinawa was a free and independant state before being invaded by Japan.
2) we didn't start the war with Japan, but we did finish it, to the victor goes the spoils eh? In truth the Japanese government PAYS us to be there, we are a disposable army, which economically makes great sense for the Japanese.
3)To your own point, when military bases were set up o ...[text shortened]... from first hand experience, and not some cut and paste info which may or may not be accurate
19 Nov 07
Originally posted by duecerYou can live an easy middle/upper middle class lifestyle and be functionally illiterate, be a poor parent, and child abuse is also an equal opportunity offender. You must be insane.
It is not an oversimplification, the other things you mentioned; illiteracy, poor parenting, child abuse, all can be traced to poverty, I defy you to prove me wrong.
19 Nov 07
Originally posted by duecerWell you could either :
It is not an oversimplification, the other things you mentioned;
Ignore it all you want, poverty is the root of most crime, not just my opinion by the way. Read a book for god's sake.
1) provide some realworld proof, or
2) provide some realworld crime statitistics, or
3) define what crime is and what criminal behavior is.
That you choose to ignore the spectre of white collar crime and pc behavior seems rather questionable, that you choose to roll out this stereotypical blanket assertion that poverty is at the root of all crime idea is just a convenient and over-worked over-generalization.
Still you fail to define even what your strawman of poverty driven crime is , and of course what it is not.
22 Nov 07
Originally posted by slimjimSlim, Slim, Slim, don't you know that according to The, ah, Rev-er-end, ah, JaJaJaJackson-ah, blacks cannot be racist because, ah, blacks have no political or other, ah, Power over White People. Makes sense to me, but then i'm a freakin moron.
What that there are Black racists also? Get a life.
Granny.