tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post4977620097138153426..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: WreckersBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-91800449414322777672012-07-07T19:32:23.824-04:002012-07-07T19:32:23.824-04:00Wow, telling your kid to fight back, (instead of l...Wow, telling your kid to fight back, (instead of letting the child curl into a fetal ball and wait for outside help) is disturbing now?<br /><br />Damn, I have fallen into a parallel universe.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-49198903264259364852012-07-06T17:42:59.153-04:002012-07-06T17:42:59.153-04:00Couple years back, I got into a discussion with a ...Couple years back, I got into a discussion with a Person of Authority who tossed out the standard "it's racism" and "it's poverty" lines (the PoA was black and a card-carrying Member of the Aggrieved Class). I pointed out that America had spent nearly 6 trillion dollars on "poverty programs" since the mid-1960s, and since that obviously wasn't enough, what amount would he suggest was the right amount, and since he interacted with offenders on a regular basis - most of whom were black - did he see anything cultural in their background that might be having an impact on their behavior, or were all of them "victims of racism"?<br /><br />After informing me that I obviously did not understand "the way things were" he walked away. <br /><br />I've reached the point where I'm convinced there are cultural enclaves in our country that are hopelessly beyond salvation or redemption. Should we be fortunate enough to figure out how to turn that around, it will take generations to flush out the rot and repair the destruction. What I really worry about is what happens between here and there.Aliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-17838948889046538512012-07-06T16:12:39.270-04:002012-07-06T16:12:39.270-04:00This is a great post, and one dear to my heart. Th...This is a great post, and one dear to my heart. This hypothesis was suggested to me by fellow merchant mariner and captain who happens to be black, which is something rare in the US. He had said to me that concentration of people of a common low class is easy to identify when color and density are obvious, but ethnicity isn't as relevant as class in people of low behavior given the total numbers. I found the idea pretty plausible.Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-20894828805550026522012-07-06T12:51:41.753-04:002012-07-06T12:51:41.753-04:00Good post, good points!Good post, good points!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com