[ClearCase_guy]

Reading between the lines, I see the message: Free Tookie!!!

[SteveMcKing]

"The gangs grew out of poverty and despair."

Correction - they grew out of despair.

What is this obsession about poor people being violent? I will tell you....

The upper middle class wants to distinguish itself as different and better. Thus, they promote nasty images of rednecks, racists, gangs, and a generally vile underclass.

It's BS. "Poor people" live good, modest, and disciplined lives. Somehow, not aspiring to money and shallow yuppie-dom has become a sign of degeneracy.

Well, now I have told you how that is.

[1stFreedom]

>>It was the day of Shaft and Superfly, and those things had an effect on us.

And people say movies have no effect on kids...

I remember committing several crimes after the movie "Colors" came out.. We wanted to be thugs...
(I was never caught either..)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

....his father left the family....

People are always talking about "root causes". Well, right there you see a root cause.

90% of the time when you talk to thugs you get the same story. Dad is not in the picture.

[technochick99]

Showing his age, he blames rap videos.

While they don't help the matter, they are not to blame.

[unixfox]

To kill him, his supporters say, is a crime; he is capable of great things.

So is Saddam Hussein.

KILL THEM BOTH ALREADY!