Causes of Crime

[Oerets]

Some of the biggest crooks were born with a silver spoon in their mouth. But when entitlement is mentioned the first thought is to the other end of the social spectrum.


What the WASP need to understand is the entitlements they were born with in this country. Ones that the simple fact of being born white entitles you to in this country. This that are taken for granted without a thought too.

Barney

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by icenine

According to the Cleveland Media Group crime is hereditary:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index...s_history.html

If true, that would suggest the that the things to do are eugenic breeding, or even genetic engineering....

“A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by icenine

According to the Cleveland Media Group crime is hereditary:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index...s_history.html

That wasn't at all the point of that article. If anything, it makes the argument of nurture over nature.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by finnbow

That wasn't at all the point of that article. If anything, it makes the argument of nurture over nature.

I don't recall it containing either nature or nurture arguments. It just reported some family history.

Is it nature or nurture? Yes.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

I don't recall it containing either nature or nurture arguments. It just reported some family history.

Is it nature or nurture? Yes.

That is nurture (i.e., the environment in which a child is raised, as opposed to his genes).

There has been ample research on the negative impacts of domestic violence upon children in the home.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...adb_story.html

[ZeroJunk]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I just don't buy that anyone goes into a life of crime.........simply because his mother fed him on food stamps. To my mind it's a ridiculous notion, regardless of who wrote however many pages about it.

And the obvious attempt of American rightists to tie criminal behavior to "entitlements" in such a broad sense is nothing more than mass manipulation with a purely political end in mind.

Dave

One could argue that the expansion of entitlements was political.

If they did not overwhelmingly vote Democrat the entitlements would be reined in.

In the long run they are unsustainable.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by ZeroJunk

One could argue that the expansion of entitlements was political.

If they did not overwhelmingly vote Democrat the entitlements would be reined in.

In the long run they are unsustainable.

Spend a few days at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin and it may change your opinions about entitlements. It's an awesomely inspiring place.

The passage of "entitlement" legislation was indeed political, as is every single piece of legislation. That doesn't make it wrong/bad.

"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members."

- Mahatma Ghandi

[ZeroJunk]

Ones that the simple fact of being born white entitles you to in this country

If your parents have stuff you inherit it. If your relatives own or are in high positions in small business which is where most job creation is they hire their relatives' and friends kids.

If you quit school or even finish and don't learn anything of value to any employer whose fault is that. Oh, the schools of course.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Spend a few days at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin and it may change your opinions about entitlements. It's an awesomely inspiring place.

The passage of "entitlement" legislation was indeed political, as is every single piece of legislation. That doesn't make it wrong/bad.

"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members."

- Mahatma Ghandi

Also any nation's greatest asset iis its citizens, would not be a wise move to husband that asset?

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by ZeroJunk

One could argue that the expansion of entitlements was political.

If they did not overwhelmingly vote Democrat the entitlements would be reined in.

In the long run they are unsustainable.

Someone needs to tell the Dutch, the Danes and the Swedes that they are doing the impossible.