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Old 11-22-2007, 04:28 PM   #150 (permalink)
dksuddeth
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Location: bedford, tx
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
The whole idea of this law seems to me indicative of something quite frightening: the failure of American cities. Is Jane Jacobs right about urban renewal and usage zoning? Why are things so different in America than they are elsewhere?
Because this would be America, and elsewhere would be elsewhere. For no difference than why is south africa different from norway. It's different, plain and simple. As far as the failure of american cities, the reason crime is rampant in the cities is because the people there refuse to be responsible for their own safety. They pawn it off to some sort of 'legitimate' agency, yet not a single one of these agencies is constitutionally obligated to provide for their safety.

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(e.g. Why is America's prison population per capita rivaled only by the likes of Russia?)
Because our government relentlessly pursues an unconstitution drug war.

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And now this? Leaving it to citizens to decide whether to use lethal force? This isn't a solution, it is an eye-opening experiment. There are a few others, I'm sure. Are there more coming down the pipe?
who better to decide that my life is in danger than me? nobody else is going to be there at the time. Should I wait until after i'm dead before it's decided that I should have been able to use lethal force?
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