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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's be honest - dispense with the talk about "family freindly neighborhoods" "more police resources" blah blah.  The truth of the matter is that, although this was violence between folks from other neighborhoods, the upper SES White folks in Woodley Park are disturbed that they got a taste of something that normally occurs in other places in the District.

Fine.  I have no probelm with that.  But I expect you all to be equally as vocal in discussing things like the shooting near Ballou or the girl in SE who was accidentally shot a few weeks ago. I live in upper NW just east of 16th street and I am equally as disturbed by these incidents.  Here is the difference.  You are saying that "we don't want that crap in our neighborhood."  The rest of us are saying "To hell with that, we do not want that crap in our City!"  Many of us are cynical because many of you are giving the impression that you only give a hoot about your neighborhood.  May not be the intent, but that is the way it comes across. [/quote]

I think people have the right to care more about what happens in their neighborhood than across town.  People moved to that neighborhood for a reason, they don't want to be near high-crime areas, and so of course they don't like it when the crime comes to them.  If there was homegrown crime in that area, I'd bet the neighborhood would feel just as strongly and try to fix it.  Other parts of the city should care more about the crime in their neighborhoods and work to fix it.  Or leave, if they don't want to be in a crime-ridden neighborhood.[/quote]

I completely agree - why shouldn't people be more focused (e.g., in terms of discussing it on a message board) on what happens in their neighborhood?  It doesn't mean they don't care about issues in other places.  Most people don't have the time to tackle all the world's problems, so it makes sense they would focus on the ones that hit closest to home.  Also, this incident was related to an event at the zoo - I don't think it is crazy to think that it would trigger more interest/conversation than violence on other occasions.  [/quote]

"All the world's problems?  We are talking about neighborhoods a few miles from you in the same city!  Honestly, if there were criminals in Woodley Park targeting people in Woodley Park, I might agree with you.  But these were folks from the other part of the District targeting each other. Sure, Easter Monday got out of hand and it was blind luck that no one was killed.  But let's not act like Woodley Park has turned into Fort Apache the Bronx.  Despite this incident, it is STILL one of the safest places in the District and the one that least likely needs additional police resources.

That being said, I would not be against a ticket only event so long as there were no financial barriers to attendance. [/quote]

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