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To: quehubo who wrote (126553)	12/6/2009 6:45:27 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542597

Psychopaths with absolutely no concern about the pain they inflict on others. Plenty of that on Wall Street and Washington too, it's not something unique to poor neighborhoods. The number of assholes who have hurt millions in some cases in the pursuit of wealth and power is an even larger crime than inner city struggles. But wishing that everyone would just be nicer is circular reasoning that goes nowhere. If no one was violent, there would be no war. If no one was greedy, there would be no theft and fraud. But that's human nature and it doesn't change much. We can shape public policies that cope with it better, or stick with the nonsense we have now.

To: quehubo who wrote (126553)	12/6/2009 6:54:32 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 542597

People who believe in Jesus, be they black or white or purple, regularly fail to ask "What would Jesus do." And in fact we've had some misconstruction about what Jesus might do (or rather some interesting cases of projection) - such as when you might be expected to "Kill a commie for Christ". You don't need religion at all- you merely need people who will ask themselves "Would I like this done to me?" Most religions have something like that, but let's not bother with religion, as it gets so messy, let's just try to get people to ask that simple question "Would I like this done to me?" That's all we need. Although we still need education and employment. Almost everyone has a moral compass- it's just some people's compasses say "Yeah- kill the infidel" or "They're going to hell- I don't have to care about them" or even "Everyone is watching me and approving of this rape, so this is a great thing to do." It doesn't take a psychopath to do terrible things- we train our soldiers to kill and inflict pain, and since we tell them it's ok, they do it. You see a similar thing in the inner city. These people are not all psychopaths or sociopaths- don't kid yourself. There's a lot more going on that that. Your view is far too simplistic.