What can be done about the gang problem in US?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
Kid, haha... i don't think that... Malcolm X and William Jennings Bryant on the other hand... or Louis Farrakhan and Mussolini... Stokely Carmichael and Andrew Jackson... look beyond the race...

Why do you say that Malcolm X didn't believe in equality for all people?

[Al B. Sure!]

umm... actually, in all seriousness, he didn't really... not until the Hadj... you got to realize that some of these black nationalists (though not really the ones i listed) can be very hateful... i once encountered one who insisted that all white gay people be slaughtered to prevent the spread of that '****** white man disease' to young black children.

[Al B. Sure!]

oh and the disease wasn't AIDs... it was homosexuality itself.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
umm... actually, in all seriousness, he didn't really... not until the Hadj... you got to realize that some of these black nationalists (though not really the ones i listed) can be very hateful... i once encountered one who insisted that all white gay people be slaughtered to prevent the spread of that '****** white man disease' to young black children.

The movement was for separation. That doesn't mean that most of them believed that only African American people deserved equality, just that African Americans needed to become independent in order to achieve equality.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
oh and the disease wasn't AIDs... it was homosexuality itself.

You seem to be caught up with homosexuality. Is that a very important issue for you?

[Al B. Sure!]

Kidicious:

i'm just saying... liberals seem to be the champions of gay rights while all the conservatives are against them... so where does that place those on the verge of slaughtering gay people?

[molly bloom]

Tell the gang members there are opportunities for killing people in Iraq. Give them 'hoods and turfs in Baghdad, Tikrit, Mosul, Qarbala, wherever, withdraw the occupying troops and let the Crips and Bloods get on with it.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
Kidicious:

i'm just saying... liberals seem to be the champions of gay rights while all the conservatives are against them... so where does that place those on the verge of slaughtering gay people?

An insignificant minority. Thank God!

[Drake Tungsten]

Lock-ins at youth rec-centers are the solution to gang violence, obviously.

[Al B. Sure!]

Drake:

yet an insignificant minority centered in the inner city...

[Berzerker]

It's no coincidence that gang recruitment began skyrocketing in the early to mid 80's when Congress and most of the states increased penalties for adults involved in the drug trade. Not surprisingly, many adults seeking to avoid the harsher penalties began recruiting minors exempt from the new laws to participate more in the drug trade.

Gang recruitment skyrocketed during alcohol prohibition... Too bad so many Americans can't learn from history...

[Al B. Sure!]

Berzerker:

then why are gangs down now?

[Sikander]

Originally posted by rah
In chicago this week they're starting to install bulletproof video cameras on top of street lights.
This will get entertaining.

Ooh, I sense a marketing opportunity for the camera-killer bullet!

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Pekka
You can also talk about other countries problems with gangs and violence related to it.

MikeH, But that's impossible. At least in the next 100 years it is.. I don't think US wants to become socialist .

damn straight