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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the difference:

Of course violent crime is horrible, and of course blacks hate being victimized by criminals - but, one expects criminals to be criminals.

But when cops are the ones engaging in criminal behavior, it's not only the crime that's horrible, it's the betrayal as well that makes it even worse - that the people who are supposed to be protecting you are the ones victimizing you.[/quote]

And the fact that the number of black on black deaths exceeds by many times the number of those from police misconduct/brutality makes no difference?[/quote]

You shouldn't be shot and killed by your own government.[/quote]

No, but you should also - as a parent - be responsible for your own kids.  When parents lose control of their kids, the government takes over - social services or jail.  That's the way it goes, folks.

Of course, we can say that poverty is the root of all evil. But again, with social programs (WIC, Medicaid, Job Corps, migrant training, you name it), why do people stay within victim mode?

We've basically fucked ourselves by ignoring how to wean people off programs.

The answer isn't more government.  Instead, we need more transition services.  Furthermore, mandate sensitivity training for police.

But most importantly?  Parents NEED to be parents.  I don't care how goddamn poor you are.  Your kids come first.  There are more than a few success stories out there of people overcoming the odds.[/quote]

Wean people off programs onto WHAT, exactly?  Transition services to transition them to WHAT, exactly?

When employers aren't paying a living wage, how do you propose weaning anyone when they can't afford to feed themselves or put a roof over their heads on the paltry wages being paid?  When employers slash benefits left and right, how do you propose weaning anyone off of government benefits?  When corporations offshore American jobs just so that the CEO can make more profit for himself and his other rich buddies, how do you propose weaning anyone when the jobs aren't there?  When massive amounts of wealth are being extracted by the rich rather than going into circulation, causing economic growth to stagnate, how do you propose weaning anyone?

I'm all for weaning people off of governmetn programs but right now our culture of selfishness and corporate greed makes it very very difficult to do so.  It wouldn't be a weaning, it would be cutting people off and abandoning them altogether.  [/quote]

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