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Father of three gunned down for $17 in Oakland

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JonathanYoung said:
I understand what you're saying, but one can have no opportunities and still not go around killing other people. I get this sort of response often whenever I discuss this issue with my friends. My response to them is that black people are not the only people to have been oppressed in American or even world society. Chinese people were legally banned from entering this country, were basically used as slaves to build the railroads, and yet you do not see poor Chinese people going around robbing and stealing.

Obviously I am simplifying things here, but these are all truths in our society. I also want to make clear that this isn't just a race issue. It just happens that a lot of "that" demographic in Oakland is black, it doesn't mean all black people are like that.
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Inner city issues are complex, and won't be solved with more guns, or less guns, or more welfare, or less welfare. Honestly, they need to be more than props for pushing political agendas before we can make any progress, IMHO.
 
Rainsford said:
Inner city issues are complex, and won't be solved with more guns, or less guns, or more welfare, or less welfare. Honestly, they need to be more than props for pushing political agendas before we can make any progress, IMHO.
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Actually I could clean up Oakland with a company of Rangers and no embedded media in about a week, and 90% of residents would appreciate it.😛 Some people just need to go bro. Whole place is intimidated by a small minority.
 
JonathanYoung said:
No, I understand why you are responding this way... it's because of the way I posted my OP. Actually, I have so much pent up frustration that sometimes I wish that someone of that demo would start some shit with me so I can unload on him.
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You need to find something else to get relieve your frustration bro. Sex, a punching bag, shooting range, saying "woosah" or whatever... The last thing you want to do is go looking for trouble because you tend to find it.
 
If these young men and women were working, making a "living" wage, we wouldn't have them running around causing trouble.

Hell, they would be part of the American Dream.

But, no!

They have to be paid $7.50/hr.

-John
 
Zorkorist said:
If these young men and women were working, making a "living" wage, we wouldn't have them running around causing trouble.

Hell, they would be part of the American Dream.

But, no!

They have to be paid $7.50/hr.

-John
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Can't tell if you're seriously, but they are not working because of price floors on wages. Idiot.
 
xj0hnx said:
You're right $7.50 an hour is WAY too much to pay a crackhead to flip burgers.
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Absolutely right. When there are decent people out there, that only want to work, and make their way, $7.50/hr is just a burden that they must overcome, rather than working, feeling good, and making money.

-John
 
If I wasn't clear, your crack-head, makes the same minimum wage, as someone who cares.

And that is wrong.

The only way to fix it, is to abolish the minimum wage.

-John
 
Then the unemployment office starts giving out benefits based on $1/hr.

Then, America's engine starts whirring again.

-John
 
JS80 said:
John, you are rivaling Nemesis in incoherent posts
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no sirs he got a bit more practicening to acveva that milstain

Froms yus post abive. somton donut semes right .

Can't tell if you're seriously, but they are not working because of price floors on wages. Idiot
 
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Zebo said:
Actually I could clean up Oakland with a company of Rangers and no embedded media in about a week, and 90% of residents would appreciate it. Some people just need to go bro. Whole place is intimidated by a small minority.
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Do you even have a stinkin clue what you are talking about?

The issue isn`t a small minority....
It`s larger than you know.
In fact those whbo you think would thank you would dso just the opposite.
All you would do is make things much worse!
 
JS80 said:
Ugh. Why can't we just ban guns? Then there would be no gun violence like this.
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Good plan Ray...then we can shift to violence like this:


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Yeah, that's much better.
 
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