Thank you VERY very much *shrug*.  That is EXACTLY what I was saying. :)

Shrug yes you are right about crime requiring personal choice, but factors also have a lot to do with peoples’ outcomes.
For Manerva,
“I’m so sick and tired of people getting away with twice the crime because “they’re a minority” and their “less fortunate” and have “less opportunity.” They CHOSE to be a thug.  They CHOSE to commit the crime.
(after being censored)
1.  I can almost hear you use one of the derogatory names for ‘minorities’
“we’ll leave that you to you”

2.  I guess we know who tickles Irtnog’s pickle.

1.  You ALMOST hear only what you want to hear.

2.  Obviously a non-derogatory statement

Morena, there are always reasons a person chooses to do what they do, but those reasons seldom equate into more than excuses.  Being a better person when it is not expected of you is hard, it’s painful, and it’s a fight one must continue fighting every single day.  But NOT doing so is still a choice, and regardless of the reasons leading up to that decision, there is only one person who can make it.  I think we’re all in agreement on this.

I am willing to bet there is a lot less racism actually being said than we might infer.  I know you two (Manerva and Morena) aren’t racist.  I’m not racist.  Dirk isn’t racist.  We’re all so worked up trying to ensure people know that we aren’t racist that we can come off a little strong, which makes us SOUND racist even though we are not.  So, Manerva, Morena, whaddaya say?  Truce?

I have but 1 question here.  Whom is the minority in the Valley at this time?

I don’t think at all that this has anything to do with the race of someone. Any race could have commited this crime so let’s leave that out, for goodness sake let’s pretend he is pink!!  I believe that yes, it is in each indivdual’s power to choose what actions they want to take, what they want to be in life, what they think is right. Everyone is brought up diffrent in life, they have certain people that they look up to, people that they want to be just like. Not all cases are good because what if the person they admire so much is a gang banger? or a drug dealer? a dancer?.. etc you get my point. What youth needs is enough peole who care and redirect their thinking in life. It is all just potential in the wrong direction.

Sigh.

naw screw dat they got da wrong person.. Thats my hommie juan and everyone who knows him knows he wasnt the one who shot at dem busters. He would have killed em if he was goin to put in work.. so the cops need to get a grip on what they THINK is right… cause juan was at home takein care of his kid at the time.. they just think its him cause that tranvestite ##### from the highschool said it was a bald dude and it was dark out and “IT” saw a shadow of his head. ANd she went and narked to the cops station and did a point out of who “IT” though the shooter was.. “IT” isnt right… they need to find another sureno to fu** with… viva la raza

Another member of Mensa heard from.

Apparently another “victim of circumstances”

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