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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 21:05:11 GMT
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jsproat@ioSAYNOTOSPAM.com
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Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:
> Maybe a greater percentage of minorities do crimes than the majority. I feel
> like I am a broken record here. Does it really matter, all of these issues?
Yes, it matters.
> It
> sounds like you are implying that minorities are just victims of one way or
> another. It is free choice to do crime, it is not forced on people. If you do
> the crime, you do the time. It is just that simple.
It's simple in a homogenous culture. But our society is anything but
homogenous. I'm not saying that crime is forced on anyone. But we are all,
to some degree, products of our environment.
I am *NOT* saying to not punish criminals. I am not saying to give money to
people to give them some fictional edge. I am saying that, statistically,
there is something (or some things) wrong. And it needs to be fixed at the
source. To ignore it is an exercise of criminal apathy.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
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