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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: Michael M who wrote (47489)7/27/1999 1:41:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
>>>>>the citizens of DC must accept much of the blame themselves. They are the ones who trash the housing, they are they ones who dare their peers to achieve in school, they are the ones who commit the crimes and they are the ones who make the babies.<<<<<

>>>>>My view is that all the great museums, monuments and natural beauty in the world don't keep our national city from being a disgraceful place in human terms. If environmental authorities cared as much about human neighborhoods as the ones found in muddy puddles they'd have to kick some a** in DC.<<<<<

These two statements are antithetical, in my opinion. The first one posits that the people you mention should have an internal locus of control, that they are responsible for their own actions. I agree 100%, with the exception of young children.

The second posits an external locus of control, and I disagree. There are places in D.C. where the majority of citizens act responsibly, and they are fantastic. There are places where the citizens have surrendered, or never shouldered, their obligations, and they are horrible.
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