Causes of Crime

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I use to think it was only Democrats who whined and played the victim. Then Obama was elected. I've now concluded that whoever doesn't control the Presidency whines that their guy isn't in charge, thinking that everything would somehow be peachy-keen if their guys was in charge. Boo-frickety-hoo.

Whines? Remember all the dire predictions of "death panels", "FEMA death camps", secret Islamo-Communist, anti-Colonial fascist Black Panther plots to destroy America and exterminate white people? The "double-dip" that was supposed to come any minute now and leave us all utterly destitute and cannibalizing our own children to survive?

I'd say some folks do a whole lot more than whine when they don't get their way. I'd say some people straight up lose their friggin' minds when they lose an election..........

Dave

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by ZeroJunk

No matter what the subject it is always what somebody else is doing to you.

Most rich people are parasites.

They have working some kind of angle or scam to get rich off the fruits of someone elses labor. And as a general rule the richer they are the bigger parasite they are. There are exceptions of course, but they are rare. They are about as common as camels that can make it through the eye of a needle.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Whines? Remember all the dire predictions of "death panels", "FEMA death camps", secret Islamo-Communist, anti-Colonial fascist Black Panther plots to destroy America and exterminate white people? The "double-dip" that was supposed to come any minute now and leave us all utterly destitute and cannibalizing our own children to survive?

I'd say some folks do a whole lot more than whine when they don't get their way. I'd say some people straight up lose their friggin' minds when they lose an election..........

Dave

... or a grand jury ruling that displeases them.

I would characterize a lot of what you describe as propaganda rather than whining (perhaps a distinction without a difference). Here's the all-time queen of political whining though, IMO (Patsy Schroeder, D-CO). I'd stick pencils in my ears not to have to listen to her high-pitched whining:



When one is out of power, they whine. I think it's one of the fundamental rules of politics.

[piece-itpete]

I find specifically mentioning slavery in relation to Obama distasteful.

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

.. The only thing the government was guilty of, at any point, was trusting a pack of wolves to behave nicely in from of a pile of fresh meat.
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Government are morons?

Originally Posted by donquixote99

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But Zero is offering us 50%. I have to call that unexpectedly generous.

Funny, PLENTY of filthy rich Dems out there. Pretending the Dems are all working folks is fun though.

Btw, shop, shop, shop closing fees! You can save a ton.

Pete

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I had a friend in high school who came from a nice family, his Dad an engineer and his mom a nurse. Decent, hardworking folk. At some point, I figured out that Joe had a bizarre trait; He enjoyed being in trouble. He'd do stupid things just to make his parents mad. So, I stopped hanging out with him. Good thing I did, too. 'Cuz a little while later, he discovered the joys of being chased by the cops.

Then one night he fatally shot two gas station employees after robbing them, because "...witnesses are a pain in the ass.".

Joe never took a penny in "entitlements", he was just a sick bastard.

Dave

But he wanted something the attendants had because he felt personally entitled to it.

And, perhaps, possessed no empathy.

But the prior is more determinative because I've known lots of empathetic criminals... (i.e., "I'm sorry. This isn't personal," etc...) They just wanted the stuff more than they felt wrong for taking it.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I find specifically mentioning slavery in relation to Obama distasteful.


Pete

Like Ben Carson?

[piece-itpete]

I thought that was 'allowed' but....

Pete

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I thought that was 'allowed' but....

Pete

I was referring to Ben's wacknut assertion that the ACA was comparable to slavery.

We saw a Carson in '16 bumper sticker out here in lilly white Orange county, California on a brand new Audi SUV the other day. The driver was mos' definitely melanin deficient. Maybe Zack Galifianakis can interview Ben? 'Tea with Ben Carson' .

[Ike Bana]

OK...let's accept Zeke's premise that black culture is crime central in this country.

If that's the case, suggesting that it's because black folks think they're extra-special and have a right to everything, is simply fucking moronic regardless of how many expert sociologists have decided it is so.

But if somebody wants to suggest it's because of raging institutional racism since 1865 and I'll go along with that.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

But if somebody wants to suggest it's because of raging institutional racism since 1865 and I'll go along with that.

Well you either have to believe it's that, or you have to believe that black people are just more predisposed to being criminals, which is racist as Hell.

I mean what else is there?