Comments on: Media and Dog-Bites-Man Crimes

By: SteveDinMD

SteveDinMD — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:11:34 +0000

DarkStar: Freedom does does not confer license to injure the public good, though this might run counter to your anarchist sentiments.

By: darkknight

darkknight — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:40:15 +0000

Shade, I’m curious, where did you get your stats on the racial breakdown of murders in 2003?

By: DarkStar

DarkStar — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:09:14 +0000

No, they probably all, or nearly all, did something wrong, but the courts had grown accustomed to operating under theories of â€œrightsâ€ that enabled a handful of delinquents to injure/inconvenience all.

Innocent until proven guilty.

Dude, you sound like a fascist under the guise of security.

By: SteveDinMD

SteveDinMD — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:27:44 +0000

To DarkStar: No, they probably all, or nearly all, did something wrong, but the courts had grown accustomed to operating under theories of “rights” that enabled a handful of delinquents to injure/inconvenience all. The Guiliani Administration fortunately came to the understanding that they could arrest more miscreants, and thereby interdict them in their depredations, than the idiot judges could cut loose. It was a practical, common sense solution to judicial lunacy.

By: DarkStar

DarkStar — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:33:14 +0000

Even if true, itâ€™s irrelevant. Those charged were interrupted in their depredations against quality of life, to the betterment of society.

The “bettermen of society” includes arresting people, more than 1/2 of whom, did nothing wrong?

That’s a police state and that’s for the betterment of society?

By: SteveDinMD

SteveDinMD — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:51:03 +0000

DarkStar: Crime rate was on the decline, already, during the last 2 years of Dinkinsâ€™ admnistration.

SteveDinMD: Perhaps, but the vast bulk of the reductions occurred during Guiliani’s administration.

DarkStar: Other cities saw similiar falls in the crime rate during the same period, without enacting â€œbroken windowsâ€ policies.

SteveDinMD: I’d be interested to know what cities you refer to. Reductions in New York City crime, alone, were responsible for more than 25% of the total reduction in U.S. crime during the Guiliani period. Many U.S. jurisdictions at the same time benefited from Republican “Truth in Sentencing” and “3 Strikes” legislation beginning in 1995.

DarkStar: About 55% of cases filed under the â€œbroken windowsâ€ enforcement were thrown out by the courts.

SteveDinMD: Even if true, it’s irrelevant. Those charged were interrupted in their depredations against quality of life, to the betterment of society.

DarkStar: Corresponding to #3, NYC saw a dramatic increase in civil liberties lawsuits field against the city and a dramatic rise in payouts.

SteveDinMD: I don’t know. This might be true. It might also be true that the payouts in question amounted to money well spent — a cost of business in the campaign to improve quality of life.

By: Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:18:01 +0000

Thank God for people like you with clear heads.

By: DarkStar

DarkStar — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:54:17 +0000

Why arenâ€™t the troubled cities taking the path of Rudy Guilianiâ€™s no bull$#^& law enforcement tactics, â€œBroken Windowsâ€ and immediate action on criminals?

Little known, actually, little PUBLICIZED fact about Guiliani’s broken window policies:

1. Crime rate was on the decline, already, during the last 2 years of Dinkins’ admnistration.

2. Other cities saw similiar falls in the crime rate during the same period, without enacting “broken windows” policies.

3. About 55% of cases filed under the “broken windows” enforcement were thrown out by the courts.

4. Corresponding to #3, NYC saw a dramatic increase in civil liberties lawsuits field against the city and a dramatic rise in payouts.

By: John

John — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:59:29 +0000

Tiffany, I recognize there are folks like you (good liberals). Implying that all or even most blacks think alike is obviously a farce. The problem comes from the fact that an image is painted of them based on the same reason people think all southerners are dumb, because as Jeff Foxworthy put it “Only the most obnoxiously ignorant among us get on television.” Thanks to mainstream media, the bulk of black leaders on television are there because they’re claiming someone is doing something racist. (they’re screaming the loudest) I home the blogs and less mainstream media formats will help with that but only time will tell.

By: DarkStar

DarkStar — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:03:33 +0000

Red, I read Elder, I don’t listen to the radio show.

Tiffany, on this, eye 2 eye.

By: littleguy

littleguy — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:57:44 +0000

LaShawn, I’m a white guy who’s just afraid to say things like you say. I’m afraid, except on my own blog or a forum like yours, to speak the truth. The maniac left wing African American establishment that runs towns like DC, Atlanta, East St. Louis, New Orleans, etc. are failing so horribly it makes me want to scream! Aren’t there any tradition bound, law and order black leaders left in America? Clearly the crime rate in DC is terrible and gets worse while cities like Orlando, Houston, Phoenix, Memphis, Jacksonville and other Sunbelt growth cities have had their crime rates plummet. In my state, very few cities have had anything but crime rates dropping (see “Florida’s crime rates lowest since 1971″ in any recent news story). Where are all the strong traditional black men and woman I hear and read about? Why isn’t someone walking up to the socialist loser of a mayor in Detroit and getting rid of him? Why aren’t the troubled cities taking the path of Rudy Guiliani’s no bull$#^& law enforcement tactics, “Broken Windows” and immediate action on criminals? What the hell is going on in DC? These people need to wake up!!!

By: Tiffany in Houston

Tiffany in Houston — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:50:55 +0000

Red -

Just a guess I suppose…LOL!!!!

By: RedBeard

RedBeard — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:46:00 +0000

Why would you assume that, Tiffany? Sounds just a bit like “lumping” to me.

By: Tiffany in Houston

Tiffany in Houston — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:09:05 +0000

DD -

I should clarify. I should have referencing dialogue with conservatives on this blog. My assumption is the majority of LBC readers are white based on the idealogies of the hostess and what she writes about.

By: dd

dd — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:12:38 +0000

Tiffany…If you don’t want people to lump all black people into one group and assume they all think the same I absolutely agree. Perhaps though you should also recognize how easy it can be for someone to do this based on your comment about why you have difficulty talking to conservatives and especially ‘white’ conservatives. Until we all start looking at ourselves first and how we have tendancies to generalize, I think the problem will persist. By the way, I am a white conservative and by no means do I think it would EVER be possible to assume that all black people think the same. I wouldn’t want anyone to do that to me, so I try to do the same. I absolutely respect your opinion and your right to have it. That’s fabulous!

Peace!
dd