Posted on 06/02/2004 8:22:10 PM PDT by Libloather
Last Known Address: 1047 N. Blinn Ave., Wilmington
I live in this town. I see looks like that everywhere. I really should check into the ramifications of selling my house "as is" and getting the hell out. It's pretty scary living here.
Maybe. My uncle lives in a nieghborhood that is going down the toilet here. The only difference is that the sh*t-rats are basic white trash. He's thinking about moving, and I don't blame him. I won't even go to visit him without the dog.
"2. Drugs - libertarians are wrong. Drugs ruin individuals, neighborhoods, communities. The lure of easy money means these thug/kids will have zero incentive to learn, study, and try to work a normal job. Plus drug addicts lose their humanity. "
The only reason drug dealers exist is because of drug laws. Making a good illegal creates a black market for that good, which artificially inflates the price and turns control over to bad people with no regulation. It is basic economics.
These violent gangs revolve around selling drugs. If you take away their source of income they will crumble.
I certainly don't advocate drugs, and most individuals will be hurt by using them. That choice should be left up to the individual.
"This is the crime problem of Mexico which is extremely violent moving over to the USA."
Hell, it's already here. Our lives are as much at risk from Mexican gangbangers as they are from mohammedan terrorists. It's a coin toss as to which one will hit my street first.
I fled Mexifornia 25 years ago, and never looked back. One of the main reasons I left was because of the Mexican gangs and the terror they unleash on a regular basis. It is far, far worse now, too. My 80-year old mother still lives there, and we've been trying to get her to leave, but she has always refused. However, I think we have finally convinced her (the woman down the street from her was assaulted in her home at 11:00 in the morning! Mom sees no future in staying there).
What's amazing is thinking the Mexican gang problem can be solved with "youth programs". These aren't youths. Just today:
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20040603-126125.shtml
Two men were arrested in connection with a gang-related stabbing of two men Friday night in Central El Paso, police said.
Inosencio Rosales, 23, of the 1300 block of St. Johns and Manuel Gallardo, 29, of the 4300 block of Clifton were arrested during the weekend for allegedly being part of a group that assaulted Ruben Castañeda and Roberto Chasco, both 21, in a confrontation at a house in the 3800 block of Yandell, police said.
(These are adults --- 29 years old is certainly an adult --- and it's common to read of 40 and older year old men doing drive by shootings and other gang related activites)
"Once these CentAm and Mexi gangsters get devil possessed it's for real. They get into a death cult mentality."
That's a fact.
I also think there is a deeper root cause than that: We have turned our backs on God and turned instead to government to solve our problems and provide for our needs when the bottom falls out of our lives.
Or get some control over who and what is coming over our borders, get a handle on immigration. Most of these drug dealers and smugglers exist is because the WOD as it's being fought is nothing but a big joke --- no problem at all for the Mexican cartels in getting their truck loads of narcotics over the border and any number of their drug dealers.
Yes these gangs are there families. However for many of them their families are part of the gangs. I have seen pictures of whole families down to the little bitty ones dressed in gang colors and flashing signs. These gangmembers go back to two or three generations.
They have another source of income --- they've usually got several children around whose mothers collect all kinds of welfare checks -- they can shack up with them and do just fine --- but do you really think they're going to pack up their bags and head back home to Mexico? Do you really think they're suddenly going to try to finish their educations, put on suits and look for jobs that require hard work? They'll find other crimes -- burglary, bank robbery, kidnap for ransom --- that's what they're doing back home in Mexico.
Yep. Be it ever so humble, there's no place like a crime ridden, gang infested neighborhood.
BTW, my Celebrate Diversity t-shirt arrived in the mail yesterday. If I ever get the urge to become a human target, I'll be wearing it around da 'hood.
Anyone who questions that ought to take a look at their tattoes. These people are looking to kill.
Similar situation exists in Maryland and DC. Much of the problem is the unwillingness of our government to deport these criminals. And in some areas police are ordered to give illegal aliens a pass.
The situation is not helped by the police scandals, such as in Baltimore where the top cop PC Kevin Clark was investigated for a "domestic dispute" ad, of course, cleared and his predecessor Edward Norris pleaded guilty to stealing police funds and filing false federal income-tax returns.
I lived in Western Washington from 1978 to 1998 and my community, also off of I-5, had no gangs, no gang problems, etc. It was a town named Mill Creek, 20 miles north of Seattle. If I lived in Tacoma, I would settle the problem by moving. Let the gangs live in Tacoma, and the regular people can live in the non-gang cities (and I can name many more..).
Open borders isn't good with Mexico falling apart as it is.
"Or get some control over who and what is coming over our borders, get a handle on immigration."
Of course. Ending the WOD while putting the military on the borders and deporting illegal aliens would be a three pronged slam dunk against violent crime.
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