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Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 7 Sep 1999 20:31:01 GMT
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JSPROAT@IOnospam.COM
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Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:
> > Ignorace is a *good* platform from which to argue. You'll never lose ground
> > from there.
> Just because there is
> a greater percentage of minorities committing crimes that have capitol offenses
> and them getting convicted, than the majority (i.e. white males) who do the
> same, and those sentences being carried out, does not make it wrong.
> Maybe I am misinterpreting what you are saying. Are you saying it is wrong to
> punish minorities, or not?
What I'm saying is, is there are factors at work, probably unfair factors,
which favor putting minorities under the syringe. They may be social
factors, judicial factors, whatever. These need to be ferreted out and
rectified.
> > > I am not happy with disparages in punishment,
> > > lowering of standards simply because of race, sex, etc. That is what I am
> > > talking about.
> > Ah, but the topic was not in changing punishment, but rather the startling
> > disparagy in the demographics of execution.
> Again, what are you saying, more minorities are being executed? Maybe because
> more minorities are committing the crimes.
But *why* are more minorities committing crimes? Is it just that more
minorities being convicted? Is it just that more minorities are having
charges brought against them? Or is it because minorities are more
inherently evil? What is the cause?
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
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