Chicago Shooting stats

[unsung]

i think gang violence is related to social infrastructure ... here in ontario ... we had minimal gang violence up until the conservatives started cutting all the social programs ... consequences were that after school programs for youth were cut ... single parents had to work more hours to make ends meet ...etc ... then we started putting money back into the social safety net and gang violence has subsided again ... although the police won't officially say it to be the case - many officers believe after school programs for youth and better community involvement has made a difference ...

Ah, blame the taxpayer, it's their fault because they don't want to fund behavior programs to keep people from being animals.

[catefrances]

... although the police won't officially say it to be the case - many officers believe after school programs for youth and better community involvement has made a difference ...

makes sense to me. kids get bored they do stupid shit... some it can be innocent but some can end up being illegal. theyre not wild animals.. they do need to be supervised and they do need structure.. especially if thats somewhat lacking in the home or where ever. these programmes are a good good thing and should be supported... where ever in the world they are.

[unsung]

Yes, they do need to be supervised. That is the job of the parents, not the taxpayers.

[catefrances]

Yes, they do need to be supervised. That is the job of the parents, not the taxpayers.

and how do parents supervise their kids AND work to support them?? cant be two places at once. and besides we all know it takes a village to raise a child so...

[Blockhead]

Yes, they do need to be supervised. That is the job of the parents, not the taxpayers.

and how do parents supervise their kids AND work to support them?? cant be two places at once. and besides we all know it takes a village to raise a child so...

Can't tell if this is a serious post or not???

[polaris_x]

whether one wants to look at human development indexes or crime stats ... it is evident that countries that employ a socialized approach are more successful than countries that don't ...

i think a big problem many americans have is equating their dysfunctional corporately controlled gov't as meaning gov't is bad ... sure, if i had your gov't - i would say it sucks balls too but it doesn't mean the concept of gov't and social programs are bad ...

[catefrances]

Yes, they do need to be supervised. That is the job of the parents, not the taxpayers.

and how do parents supervise their kids AND work to support them?? cant be two places at once. and besides we all know it takes a village to raise a child so...

Can't tell if this is a serious post or not???

was there one of these...> or one of these...> no? then it is a serious post. which part arent you grasping?

[shadowcast]

Yes, they do need to be supervised. That is the job of the parents, not the taxpayers.

I think you meant to say parent as over 75% of innner city black youths only have one parent. Mostly it's the mother.

70 percent of African American children are born to unmarried mothers, and [...] at least 80 percent of all African American children can now expect to spend at least a significant part of their childhood years living apart from their fathers

I will stand by this being the major part of the problem.

[shadowcast]

Rahm's press conference highlights yesterday.

http://www.suntimes.com/12847955-761/af ... -help.html

[Jason P]

whether one wants to look at human development indexes or crime stats ... it is evident that countries that employ a socialized approach are more successful than countries that don't ...

i think a big problem many americans have is equating their dysfunctional corporately controlled gov't as meaning gov't is bad ... sure, if i had your gov't - i would say it sucks balls too but it doesn't mean the concept of gov't and social programs are bad ...

I don't know if you noticed, but we are broke down here. We tax the poor through a lotto system that is supposed to help the schools (and then we tax the lucky person that wins).

Send us some loonies and kokonees, pretty please.

[polaris_x]

I don't know if you noticed, but we are broke down here. We tax the poor through a lotto system that is supposed to help the schools (and then we tax the lucky person that wins).

Send us some loonies and kokonees, pretty please.

kokonee!?? ... really!? ...

you guys are poor because you guys are continually getting raped by the big corporations ... i know you guys are programmed to think that pro business is good for everyone but that simply isn't the case ... trickle down economics is the biggest myth and fraud perpetrated on the american people! ...

[unsung]

Yes, they do need to be supervised. That is the job of the parents, not the taxpayers.

and how do parents supervise their kids AND work to support them?? cant be two places at once. and besides we all know it takes a village to raise a child so...

My parents worked, I did ok. Not one person from any village was needed to help me. What's the real issue?

[unsung]

Rahm's press conference highlights yesterday.

http://www.suntimes.com/12847955-761/af ... -help.html

More catering to the gangs, imagine that. Want it fixed? Wipe them out. I'd feel safer walking unarmed in a real jungle than parts of Chicago.

[81]

My parents worked, I did ok. Not one person from any village was needed to help me. What's the real issue?

#fact

[catefrances]

Yes, they do need to be supervised. That is the job of the parents, not the taxpayers.

and how do parents supervise their kids AND work to support them?? cant be two places at once. and besides we all know it takes a village to raise a child so...

My parents worked, I did ok. Not one person from any village was needed to help me. What's the real issue?

thats awesome that you did ok. i did too as a latch key kid. but not all kids are the same. theyre not robots. not all kids live in the same circumstances. i fully acknowledge that not all kids were as fortunate as i was growing up and not everyone is as fortunate as i am now.