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not for the slaves it wasn't.the possibilities here in america for a black person are astronomical compared to the same person in africa..
Solaris said:Are you really that big of an asshole??
Your justifying slavery by using an anti racist rap singer, is a disgrace to him and all black people.
not for the slaves it wasn't.
Why not just open the borders then you can help black people without having to get them here as slaves first.
I think what you have said qualifies for a ban.
Its disgusting.
Whose fault is that?Very true. If you want to fight crime, fight the roots, fight poverty. Today 37 million Americans live in poverty, is that acceptable in a industrialized country?
Let me get this straight, you are saying crime is caused by black people and not poverty?MiccyNarc said:Whose fault is that?
Poverty by race statistics:
Can you explain, this is about the same as most large cities in the US.And for those that say poverty causes crime:
http://www.netstate.com/states/alma/wv_alma.htm
I'm saying crime is caused by human nature.Let me get this straight, you are saying crime is caused by black people and not poverty?
Which came first? Chicken (crime) or the egg (poverty)?Poverty by race statistics:
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Stats_incpov.html
See any correlation?
West Virginia (a state) is one of the poorest in the nation. It also has one of the lowest crime rates in the nation.Can you explain, this is about the same as most large cities in the US.
john121 said:i believe poverty can be a factor in causing crime, BUT- the people who are in poverty do have the strength to rise above the path to crime and make something of themselves, work hard and get a good education.
if anyone wants an example, my g/f came from a broken home as well as a poor home. She herself admits this, BUT- she also got out there, worked her butt off through high school to get a scholarship to got to college and get an associate's degree. Now she works two jobs, has an apartment and is looking for a better job. She has also rejected food stamps even though she probably could have qualified for them in the beginning simply because she felt like she could do it on her own. Guess what? she did make it on her own without any help at all.
If she can turn her life around and make it by herself than anyone can. This is what I expect from anyone who has lived in a lower class home and I don't think it's too much. If recieving food stamps bad? no, but they are there to help you get back on your feet and support yourself, that is what the system was created for.
You really can't look at a sample like that and come to that conclusion because of the large gap between the wealthy and poor. The averages are really misleading, you would need to look at the statistics of each metro area. Look at statistics below.MiccyNarc said:West Virginia (a state) is one of the poorest in the nation. It also has one of the lowest crime rates in the nation.
Statistics disagree:Poverty does not equal crime.
Have you ever been poor? I mean, poor, where you are making 7K a year and have 2 children to support. Have you ever lived in an area diseased with drug addiction? Were you born in to a family of where you didn't know your father, all you had was a crack head mother? If you haven't let me say this, you don't have a ****ing clue as to what you are talking about. Yes, these people might be low life scum right now as you so eloquently put it; but to say it is all their fault shows how out of touch you are with reality. I posted statistics that back me up, that poverty and crime go hand in hand. You have this mentality where you think that just because you came out well other people have the same exact opportunites as you; reality check, they don't.MiccyNarc said:I still can't believe you make the statement "if you're poor you commit crimes".
What a load of bull. Maybe these people are poor because they are low life scum that can't keep a decent job. They also commit crimes, because they are low life scum.
I'm not saying that all poor people are all lowlife scum. But all those who commit crimes are lowlife scum, and a good number of them happen to be poor.
Or maybe they are poor because they commit crimes.
Again, what came first? The chicken or the egg?
Why don't these people get their act together instead of killing others? What does killing others have to do with getting them money?
You can't prove that poverty causes crime. I still haven't heard a rational explanation for that. How is it our fault they are poor?
Yeah, great jobs such as making 5.15 an hour at your local burger king. But let me guess, these people can work 80 hours a week and make double that.MiccyNarc said:Precisely. Even if you don't have an education, there are plenty of jobs that any idiot can do (including run for President!) that won't result in someone getting killed (well except for running for President :-\)
My dad was without a job for a year and a half, with a wife and 2 kids to support.Have you ever been poor? I mean, poor, where you are making 7K a year and have 2 children to support.
I hope you aren't saying drug addiction is an excuse for crime and poverty.Have you ever lived in an area diseased with drug addiction?
No, I haven't.Were you born in to a family of where you didn't know your father, all you had was a crack head mother?
I know people who have been in all of these situations, and who have recovered from those circumstances, moved on, and made something productive out of their lives.If you haven't let me say this, you don't have a ****ing clue as to what you are talking about
I never said the poor were low life scum. Those who commit crimes are low life scum. And yes, they have a CHOICE whether or not to commit that crime.Yes, these people might be low life scum right now as you so eloquently put it; but to say it is all their fault shows how out of touch you are with reality.
Chicken or egg?I posted statistics that back me up, that poverty and crime go hand in hand.
Huh, I never realized that. Thank you for pointing that out! It's always nice when people tell me new facts about myself that they've gathered from a few posts on the internet. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy deep down inside.You have this mentality where you think that just because you came out well other people have the same exact opportunites as you;
No kidding! Really? *shock*reality check, they don't.
Oh noes! They aren't comfortable! So this gives them the excuse to go out and commit crime? And how is it my fault that the only job they can get is at Burger King?Yeah, great jobs such as making 5.15 an hour at your local burger king. But let me guess, these people can work 80 hours a week and make double that.
Really??? He didn't get any benefits what so ever? Where did you get your money from at the time?My dad was without a job for a year and a half, with a wife and 2 kids to support.
Does that count? Might I add we are all living comfortably now because he found work.
I'm saying drug abuse is a plague. You, however, would have no understanding of this as you never lived in a community that was devestated by drug addiction. It is people like you that say, hey, why don't they just quite? :angel:I hope you aren't saying drug addiction is an excuse for crime and poverty.
No, I haven't.
Translation: No, I haven't.I know people who have been in all of these situations, and who have recovered from those circumstances, moved on, and made something productive out of their lives.
Again, you are completely out of touch with reality. When you give someone the option of stealing and living well to going to a 5.15 /hr job where you have to work 80 hours a week to survive which choice to you think they will take? Why do you think drugs is such a huge problem in poor areas, let me help you out. Because instead of going to work to a dead end job a lot of these kids, where everyone around them is doing extremely well selling drugs, would much rather have those new sneakers and a nice car along with respect. But again, you wouldn't know much about that, its just much easier to say they are low life scum.I never said the poor were low life scum. Those who commit crimes are low life scum. And yes, they have a CHOICE whether or not to commit that crime.
Poverty does not remove free will. It is their fault if they commit a crime.
Again, its a poverty issue. Poverty, as well as crime, have been around since beginning of time.Chicken or egg?
Hate to break it to you, but it's not the black and white issue you are making it out to be.
How was I wrong, care to point it out?Huh, I never realized that. Thank you for pointing that out! It's always nice when people tell me new facts about myself that they've gathered from a few posts on the internet. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy deep down inside.
Again, you don't know jack shit. it is easy to say people can work 5.15 /hr jobs as long as you aren't the one that has to do. Who's fault is it? Well why don't you start by looking at how much funding a school gets depending on the income level the houses around it are. You are a complete idiot if you honstly believe a kid born in Bronx to drug addiction will come out as well off as a kid raised with 2 parents in the suburbs of orange county.Oh noes! They aren't comfortable! So this gives them the excuse to go out and commit crime? And how is it my fault that the only job they can get is at Burger King?
Solaris said:Are you really that big of an asshole??
Your justifying slavery by using an anti racist rap singer, is a disgrace to him and all black people.
not for the slaves it wasn't.
Why not just open the borders then you can help black people without having to get them here as slaves first.
I think what you have said qualifies for a ban.
Its disgusting.
You are also so out of touch with reality that its kind of depressing to know people in this country actually think that way. First off, very few blacks are actually asking for something in return for slavery; most have moved on. However, it is 100% true that the poverty of today's blacks is directly related to slavery and other civil rights issues that didn't stop until just 4 decades ago; which means most of today's blacks were directly affected by it. It is foolish for you to think that slave traders in the 1800s breeding the dumbest slaves they could find to whites in 1960 forcing blacks to live in poverty has absolutely nothing to do with what is going on today.T.H.C.138 said:you sir are foolish...I think your derogatory comments towards me deserve a ban..
I wasn't justifying slavery itself...I was talking about TODAY..if it wasn't for the bad things of the past the good things of today wouldn't be possible..
what would tupac have done if he had been born in africa?
that is the point I was trying to make..
people care too much about 200+ years ago and not enough about today
the grasshopper and the ants...sort of..
you enslaved my ancestors so now you owe me so I don't have to work I can just blame "the man" for all my problems...
racial equality at its finest!
and BTW if you can't see any truth in that you must be very blind and/or close minded
if it wasn't for slavery my woman wouldn't have been here for me to meet
and also many of my friends wouldn't be here either...
slavery sucked but lets try to look at the benefits NOW and quit dwelling IN the past
learn from it then leave it be instead of dragging it out everyday like it was fresh and new
T.H.C.138 said:you sir are foolish...I think your derogatory comments towards me deserve a ban..
I wasn't justifying slavery itself...I was talking about TODAY..if it wasn't for the bad things of the past the good things of today wouldn't be possible..
what would tupac have done if he had been born in africa?
that is the point I was trying to make..
people care too much about 200+ years ago and not enough about today
the grasshopper and the ants...sort of..
you enslaved my ancestors so now you owe me so I don't have to work I can just blame "the man" for all my problems...
racial equality at its finest!
and BTW if you can't see any truth in that you must be very blind and/or close minded
if it wasn't for slavery my woman wouldn't have been here for me to meet
and also many of my friends wouldn't be here either...
slavery sucked but lets try to look at the benefits NOW and quit dwelling IN the past
learn from it then leave it be instead of dragging it out everyday like it was fresh and new
T.H.C.138 said:if it wasn't for slavery my woman wouldn't have been here for me to meet
Still waiting for examples you racist prick. (Yes, you just directly related blacks to criminals, your little disclaimer doesn't mean shit)T.H.C.138 said:walk outside your house and go hang out with these criminals...not blacks...but criminals..you will hear it..
I am soo glad you are prepared..what would we have done otherwise?
pick the worst aspect of any post and twist until it fits...oh wait thats what has been going on..
T.H.C.138 said:thugs come in all different flavors,its not a race thing for me..I am predjudiced,yes I am...but against thugs not skin colors
even if you aren't a "thug" why glorify it? why glorify the CRIMINAL?
Still waiting for examples.T.H.C.138 said:apparently some of us have poor eyesight
and whats with the hostility? "racist prick"?
grow up
Your go out and talk to black people post wont cut it as an example, I've had many black friends in my day, some better off than me, others not doing as well but still doing all they could and others addicted to drugs and others that were 'criminals' as you describe them; I have never heard any of them glorify murder like you said they would. So I am still waiting for examples.T.H.C.138 said:re-read previous post
especially the last part..
thank you!
He pretty much worked odd jobs during that time period.Really??? He didn't get any benefits what so ever? Where did you get your money from at the time?
I've already asked you, have you been in these circumstances? If not, STFU with the "better-than-thou" attitude.is a plague. You, however, would have no understanding of this as you never lived in a community that was devestated by drug addiction. It is people like you that say, hey, why don't they just quite?
Have you?Translation: No, I haven't.
. . .Again, you are completely out of touch with reality.
#1. There's a difference between stealing and killing/other violent crimes (which is what I'm mostly referring to with the crime stats)When you give someone the option of stealing and living well to going to a 5.15 /hr job where you have to work 80 hours a week to survive which choice to you think they will take?
How does poverty cause violent crime? How does poverty cause rape?Again, its a poverty issue. Poverty, as well as crime, have been around since beginning of time.
Your statement was completely wrong. There's no other way of putting it.How was I wrong, care to point it out?
I've worked for less than slave wages before, I'm still alive.Again, you don't know jack shit. it is easy to say people can work 5.15 /hr jobs as long as you aren't the one that has to do.
Quote me where I said that would be the case, please.You are a complete idiot if you honstly believe a kid born in Bronx to drug addiction will come out as well off as a kid raised with 2 parents in the suburbs of orange county.