Does poverty cause crime?

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Ramo
Cali is

Not as a whole, only in certain aspects. But that applies to all races.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Kucinich
IIRC, he didn't make a statement about each individual, he made a TRUE statistical statement about a group. I see nothing saying that they are inherently inferior in that.

Ramo is referring to what I have said in previous threads, but yes, I still see every person as an individual.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Kucinich


You're being an idiot.

You're young, so I'll let you off with a word of advice. Don't enter into a name-calling exchange with me unless you're prepared for a very lengthy and vitriolic exchange with a foul old bastard who could bear grudges for an entire continent.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Caligastia


Ramo is referring to what I have said in previous threads, but yes, I still see every person as an individual.

Yet you still make posts suggesting that their race means they're more likely to be criminals. And you're significantly failing to back that up convincingly, yet still demand your stance to be equated to scientific rationalism.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Kucinich


stupid...

Because there are about 300 million individuals in the US, and about eight or nine orders of magnitude fewer groups?

Not sure I follow your logic here- are you suggesting that convenience is a justification for prejudice?

[SlowwHand]

Laz is the Boogie Man.
I wouldn't advise jacking with the Boogie Man.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp


Yet you still make posts suggesting that their race means they're more likely to be criminals. And you're significantly failing to back that up convincingly, yet still demand your stance to be equated to scientific rationalism.

I personally treat people as individuals. Should the police? Not entirely. If an individual fits a criminal profile they will be looked at more closely. It's called good police work.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
That's why I laugh at The Horse.
America's historical background is based on religion.
Australian's all know full well that their heredity is steeped in deceit and dishonor.

So soon he forgets Georgia.

[Pax]

You can't tell who is more likely to commit crimes based on police records because they are skewed by the focus areas of the police departments, the skill of the criminals to get away with the crime, the skill/ineptitude of the lawyers involved in criminal cases.
One thing you can tell is that all manner of people commit all kinds of crimes and the motivation usually comes from need or greed.

An effective deterrent to crime would be to take away the need and for the ones that commit crimes out of greed to make it so the punishment will make it not worth committing. These 2 things are obviously not happening.

[Japher]

For one thing, rich people commit PLENTY of crimes.

I didn't deny that, I just said they hide the bodies better.

For another, crime happens for one, fundamental reason: people think the reward is worth the chance of getting caught, and they don't feel a moral compulsion not to commit the crime.

If they could just buy the "reward" they wouldn't need to take the "chance"... the moral compulsion is a good point, but what drives a person to challenge their morals? Wants/Desires

[SlowwHand]

So Georgia is the source of your latest hard-on, Che?
Making the rounds like a little slut, aren't you?

[Sava]

America's historical background is based on religion.

It's also based on slavery... I'd rather be a country of criminals than a country of religious dumbasses.

[SlowwHand]

And the morally and ethically bankrupt words of Sava are certainly welcome in a poverty thread.
Fitting.

Run that mouth. Talk foolishly. It's expected.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
So Georgia is the source of your latest hard-on, Che?

Georgia is practically across the river. It's always on my mind.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Caligastia


I personally treat people as individuals. Should the police? Not entirely. If an individual fits a criminal profile they will be looked at more closely. It's called good police work.

I do hope you work in management. If you can even delegate your prejudices, you are truly destined for greatness.