[cuban leaf]

I completely lay the blame for what happened to Michael Brown at his feet. (Same goes with Trayvon Martin)

That being said, I’ve been thinking a lot about what is happening and I’ve tried to put myself in the shoes of an 18 year old black man who was born to a single mom, raised by his grandmother because his mom was a crackhead, or by a mom on welfare. I imagine my daily life, challenges, opportunities and events. And I have to say I don’t know that I would have the character - internal or learned - to prevent me from acting out like so many blacks from these areas do.

I’m not trying to say they are not culpable for their actionss But maybe, just maybe, their choices really do have more to do with environment than low character, The Bell Curve notwithstanding. And maybe we really CAN do something.

Unfortunately, none of my ideas are PC. They all involve “tough love”.

i.e. the author makes some very good points.

[ETL]

I’m not trying to say they are not culpable for their actions But maybe, just maybe, their choices really do have more to do with environment than low character

I'd put it at

environment: 10%, low character/evilness: 90%

There is no justification for acting like an animal, brutalizing innocent people.

[OldSmaj]

...i.e. the author makes some very good points.

Really?

I saw an obvious three points:

1- Throw money at the poor, downtrodden black man.

2- Throw more money at the poor, downtrodden black man.

3- Throw a boatload of money at the poor, downtrodden, black man.

Can no one see that the more freebies they get, the more they demand?

What in the hell more can we do?

We've gone the welfare queen route, been down the "affirmative action" road, created an entire ghetto economy that revolves around the USDA Food Stamp program, given them housing that they promptly squat in the middle of and take a crap, subsidized businesses to open in these depressed areas, which are promptly driven to bankruptcy by the plethora of shoplifting and thievery, provided free medical care, the resources of which are sucked up by the gunshot and knifing subjects, attempting to kill one another or if not the violence, the treatment of drug overdose and addiction, to the absolute point that there is no money left to provide a child an immunization shot...on and on and on...WHERE and WHEN does it end?!

[Kaslin]

You seem to be the only one who gets it.