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News Kids in Chicago go "wilding"

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pcgeek11 said:
Explained more than once. Keep hammering that nail.
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He responded to something you had stated. Something that was quoted multiple times in your back-n-forth with him.

You retort with, "nuhuh I never said that".

He directly quotes the post again where you said exactly that.

You deflect with, "nuhuh, I already explained it and YoU jUsT DoN't wAnT tO ExCePt mY eXpLaNaTiOn!"

Holy. Fucking. Christ. 🙄
 
Pohemi said:
He responded to something you had stated. Something that was quoted multiple times in your back-n-forth with him.

You retort with, "nuhuh I never said that".

He directly quotes the post again where you said exactly that.

You deflect with, "nuhuh, I already explained it and YoU jUsT DoN't wAnT tO ExCePt mY eXpLaNaTiOn!"

Holy. Fucking. Christ. 🙄
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I see you to do not understand the meaning of the word "IF".
 
Pohemi said:
He responded to something you had stated. Something that was quoted multiple times in your back-n-forth with him.

You retort with, "nuhuh I never said that".

He directly quotes the post again where you said exactly that.

You deflect with, "nuhuh, I already explained it and YoU jUsT DoN't wAnT tO ExCePt mY eXpLaNaTiOn!"

Holy. Fucking. Christ. 🙄
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Just like the crotch grab crap he spewed…was totally not racist then, either. *wink, wink*.
 
VirtualLarry said:
LOCK EM UP.

(Police/ FBI should have no problems pulling a warrant for searching the phone GPS/tower records of every teen within 200 ft. of that recorded incident, and then bringing them all in for questioning / polygraph.)

Edit: I see mandatory curfews for minors in that region soon.
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VirtualLarry said:
Just FYI, my comments earlier in the thread about "LOCK EM UP", were specifically and ONLY directed at those individuals recorded allegedly beating an older woman to the ground. I was NOT suggesting that the large masses of teens swarming around, but otherwise docile, should be locked up.
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Interesting clarification considering your post #3 (above, emphasis added).

pete6032 said:
Its been happening for years on end now in Chicago. Something is different this time. It's like the pandemic happened and everyone just threw in the towel and now that this behavior has been going on for so long it is now considered a "normal" part of city life. This type of wanton recklessness and disregard for society only happens in a few places and its heartbreaking to see such a beautiful city be the victim of it.
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I'm all for disease control during a pandemic, but hoodies and masks have emboldened people of many ages to criminal activity with low risk of consequences.
 
We've failed young people as a society. You can 100% turn around a criminal youth given enough time and patience. Easier to caste troubled teens aside and let the police deal with it or not.
 
A/// said:
We've failed young people as a society. You can 100% turn around a criminal youth given enough time and patience. Easier to caste troubled teens aside and let the police deal with it or not.
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Well, helping them negatively impacts shareholder value, but getting them into the prison industry can be profitable.
 
Captante said:
Yes they can. Hold the kids PARENTS legally responsible.

Make it so these scumbags pay the price for letting their offspring become a problem the rest of us have to fix for them.

My ex and I (and ALL my kids friends parents) managed to keep our kids in check and it required being involved in their lives, rather than smoking crack in the basement and going out drinking.




Safe to say that ANYONE still quoting the liars over at Fox as if they were a legit news reporting agency is clueless.

😕
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I have a super conservative friend (well he'd probably just be a normal republican in the US), but this is the sort of thing that always gets to me.

Suppose these kids dont have the support system? Suppose the parents is in as much deep water as their kids?

I get it. Its their own responsibility, land of possibilities, everyone can do it *if they want to*. Its a simple matter of boot straps. Right? If I can do it, everyone else can do it too. And therefor if you're *not* doing it you're a lazy bum.

Wrong.

That's just not the human condition. Its not.
Imagine going to the zoo, and instead of zoo animals its people animals. Subjected to the same conditions you are always going to get the same outcome.

Every. Single. Time.

And that is not a matter of opinion, its a statement of fact. There be massive amounts of literature on the subject in the form of sociology and psychology.

Bottom line, if you want to change the outcome here, you *HAVE* to change the input parameters. Its is the *ONLY* way. - Well thats not true, you can go the Trump way and create camps I guess (his proposal for dealing with homelessness if he's elected 2024).

edit: the only logical conclusion I can arrive at is that these "conservatives" is heavily emotional creatures, cause they're sure as hell not running on logic.
 
If the parents screw up the kid by being a mess themselves I DO have some sympathy for the kid BUT that 100% ends when they decide to act out by hurting others.

It's a shame that in America we only try to fix problems like this after the fact but that changes nothing in terms of results.

PLENTY of people grow up in tough circumstances with messed up or absent parents but somehow manage not to shoot up any schools or malls and those are the people that deserve help.
 
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Captante said:
If the parents screw up the kid by being a mess themselves I DO have some sympathy for the kid BUT that 100% ends when they decide to act out by hurting others.

It's a shame that in America we only try to fix problems like this after the fact but that changes nothing in terms of results.

PLENTY of people grow up in tough circumstances with messed up or absent parents but somehow manage not to shoot up any schools or malls and those are the people that deserve help.
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The fucking point is to help before anyone gets to that point. Or do you have a crystal ball that tells you in advance who is going be bad no matter what?

The fact that one of the most clueless posters here liked your post should cause you some reflection on what you wrote.
 
brycejones said:
The fucking point is to help before anyone gets to that point. Or do you have a crystal ball that tells you in advance who is going be bad no matter what?

The fact that one of the most clueless posters here liked your post should cause you some reflection on what you wrote.
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The fact that you had an angry knee-jerk reaction first should cause you to reflect on why exactly that's the case. (and frequently!)

Apologies but I'm not part of the local "echo-chamber" and never will be. 😉

(further my opinions are NOT based on other members "approval" or lack thereof)
 
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fskimospy said:
So it appears the police were aware of the attack and chose to do nothing, one policeman explaining that it happened because the wrong person won the mayor’s election. (Who is not in office yet)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1649110406835716097

Disband police unions.
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Yep. The crime wave affecting the cities isn't because of "soft on crime" elected officials or any similar narrative. It's because of politicized police unions that are holding the cities hostage and refusing to do their jobs until their preferred officials get elected.
 
brycejones said:
The fucking point is to help before anyone gets to that point. Or do you have a crystal ball that tells you in advance who is going be bad no matter what?

The fact that one of the most clueless posters here liked your post should cause you some reflection on what you wrote.
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I didn't see where you liked his post. 😀
 
Captante said:
I'm sure in your conscious mind it was! 😉

Okay here's "your" relevant reply.... That was a stupid question designed purely to provoke and you know it.

I never begrudge anyone a nice satisfying "troll-post" but at least own it!
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It’s a serious question if you say only the good ones should be helped how do you determine when they should be helped? How much suffering over what duration is enough for someone to be worthy of help?
 
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