About those shootings.

[OldWiseGuy]

Yea. You said it was on them.

I think you're playing Jenga with my argument.

 

[Desk trauma]

lso we should be publically shaming the drug users and addicts that support these gangs and miscreants. We should be making the connection between their habits and the killings. News article should highlight this fact:

"Drug users complicit in weekend drug gang shootings".

More accurately: law makers who gave drug trade to criminals complicit in weekend gang shooting.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

More accurately: law makers who gave drug trade to criminals complicit in weekend gang shooting.

True. Guilt can go pretty deep into society.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

What's going on? Post are disappearing from my threads.

 

[Earatha]

Was it doing that one post per page thing? Because it was doing that to me too and I think it was a glitch.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Was it doing that one post per page thing? Because it was doing that to me too and I think it was a glitch.

Seems to be ok now.

 

[Non sequitur]

Should we get our undies in a wad over the spate of gangland shootings that are occurring in large cities like Chicago and Baltimore? Or should we stand back and let them solve this problem themselves through attrition?

"I don't mind shootings, as long as the right people get shot." -Dirty Harry.

Depends on what is entailed by getting "our undies in a wad".

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Depends on what is entailed by getting "our undies in a wad".

Making a bigger deal of it than it actually is.

 

[Non sequitur]

Making a bigger deal of it than it actually is.

Are gangland shootings not a big enough deal to be concerned about?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Are gangland shootings not a big enough deal to be concerned about?

Dirty Harry nailed it.

There are lots of problems that have simple solutions, but they are so profitable for those at the top that they are being milked for all they're worth. Why kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

 

[Non sequitur]

Dirty Harry nailed it.

There are lots of problems that have simple solutions, but they are so profitable for those at the top that they are being milked for all they're worth. Why kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

So, Dirty Harry not being concerned about what led to these things happening and why is a good thing?

 

[Moral Orel]

I was in a homeless gang once. Outsi-ide!

 

[OldWiseGuy]

So, Dirty Harry not being concerned about what led to these things happening and why is a good thing?

That wasn't Dirty Harry's job. The why left the station long ago.

In that regard why don't these drug gangs use that money to help their neighborhoods instead of getting them all hooked? Lot's of money comes in from the outside, from white people. If they were smart it could be a four-way win.

 

[Non sequitur]

That wasn't Dirty Harry's job. The why left the station long ago.

In that regard why don't these drug gangs use that money to help their neighborhoods instead of getting them all hooked? Lot's of money comes in from the outside, from white people. If they were smart it could be a four-way win.

Wasn't talking about his job, but concerned about it. I have many concerns about things that aren't my job.

That's a good question. Maybe we should look into what reasons (situational, choices, etc.) people would do things like that and assist in the things we can?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Wasn't talking about his job, but concerned about it. I have many concerns about things that aren't my job.

That's a good question. Maybe we should look into what reasons (situational, choices, etc.) people would do things like that and assist in the things we can?

Now we're getting somewhere. If the drug dealers would help their communities and reduce their violence the cops would likely back off from enforcement. Of course we would need them to raise their prices to help cover other costs associated with the users. We could actually make lemonade out of this lemon.

 

[Earatha]

Now we're getting somewhere. If the drug dealers would help their communities and reduce their violence the cops would likely back off from enforcement. Of course we would need them to raise their prices to help cover other costs associated with the users. We could actually make lemonade out of this lemon.

The cynic in me says that wouldn't happen. A large reason why weed is so illegal is because of Nixon, who amped up the war on drugs despite knowing pot was safe in order to villanize and disrupt the communities he didn't like.

 

[Non sequitur]

Now we're getting somewhere. If the drug dealers would help their communities and reduce their violence the cops would likely back off from enforcement. Of course we would need them to raise their prices to help cover other costs associated with the users. We could actually make lemonade out of this lemon.

Great!

How do we go about that, aside from endorsing more drug usage, killing them or giving them a print out of your list?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Great!

How do we go about that, aside from endorsing more drug usage, killing them or giving them a print out of your list?

I guess we're not getting somewhere after all.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

The cynic in me says that wouldn't happen. A large reason why weed is so illegal is because of Nixon, who amped up the war on drugs despite knowing pot was safe in order to villanize and disrupt the communities he didn't like.

Of course it won't happen. It was just a thought. These communities are lost and nothing will help. We are swimming toward a drowning person that we know will drown before we can get to him. We should just save our strength and watch from shore.

 

[Non sequitur]

I guess we're not getting somewhere after all.

That is indeed a sad thing.

Either endorsing more drug use or letting people kill each other seem like dark options.