Posted on April 1 at 12:41 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Nice try Gazattefan, but just because he mentioned race does not mean his comments are racist. Like it or not, he's right. It's about freedom- both personal and in the marketplace.
On Teens ticketed in gang incident
Posted on March 29 at 12:09 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Social Darwinism (which, incidentally, is not supported by Darwin's theories) was one of the major pillars of Fascism and Nazism.
In theory, I actually agree with you- the argument for lifeboat ethics is attractive, but the logical conclusion of such theories leads to systems that, in Darwin's own words, are "evil".
Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_darw...
for a fairly well written criticism of social Darwinism.
Read the seminal article from 1974 at http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/arti...
for a very compelling argument in support of your position. Personally, I think there are several large holes in the piece, but it is a very interesting read nevertheless.
On Four in custody after burglarizing beer depot
Posted on March 18 at 5 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
tjncj: "TPing, swimming in the pool after hours, speeding, underage drinking" are, frankly, on the same level as this. They did not "rob a liquor store" (well technically they did, but not in the way most people would imagine when they heard that phrase). The store is an attractive nuisance. They did what, if we’re honest with ourselves, most teenagers would do in the same situation. It’s an abandoned cache of booze- that would be attractive to any teenager, no matter how "good" you think they are.
As for the lesser crimes of your relatives: the ones swimming after hours broke into a secured property, just like these kids, the ones speeding are a hazard to everyone else on the road (unlike this which is essentially a victimless crime, since the owner won't be compensated for his lost inventory no matter who takes it- kids or the city), and as for the underage drinking: where did they get the booze?
The difference between these four boys and 90% of their classmates is that these four got caught. Kids are dumb. That is not an opinion, but a proven fact. Some of us are luckier than others, some are dumber than others, but every teenager will find themselves in these kinds of situations at some point, and most will, unfortunately, do the dumb thing. All we can hope for is that they:
1: Don’t do anything that can’t be fixed,
2: Know where the line between dumb and really, really dumb is, and
3: Learn from their mistakes.
Several of you have blown this way out of proportion.
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On Halbach arrested on 13 charges
Posted on July 1 at 9:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
So what are your feelings on scum?
It is truly amazing to me to see how judgemental so many of you are. Think whatever you want, but the people you call scum are still people. You could try a little compassion instead of so much hate.