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To: elmatador who wrote (77479)	8/9/2011 2:10:50 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217917

Yes ElM, not everyone is even able to comprehend VVV. Chimps cannot. The rioters cannot though some could possibly be shown the philosophy and decide it's better than behaving like animals. They will find they have got something to lose when they get too annoying: < “There are a lot of young people who feel like they don’t have a stake in their society and because of that, they feel like they have nothing to lose > The welfare state encourages them to believe they have a simple right to life and luxuries. The welfare state is a big mistake. Bring back VVV. Mqurice

To: elmatador who wrote (77479)	8/9/2011 9:24:33 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217917

Rioting and looting are things that some subclasses of poor people do from time to time, when they can. "F- The Man, get it when you can." These are people with poor impulse control at best. They are not integrated into their society, they are not breaking something that belongs to them. If you see middle class people burning their own nice neighborhoods, that's when you should worry. Another worrisome thing would be a backlash from the middle class, which would tend to fascism. Not likely in the US. Poor people live in ghettos. Any business owner or property owner who has taken the risk of setting up in a ghetto, well, it's not good for them. In the US, the victims of race riots tend to be Asian entrepreneurs. Polarizing, yes. But the elites live in gated communities and work in glass towers, have armed guards, driving armored cars, far from the fray. They send their children to summer camp in private helicopters. Anyway, guns are cheap. Kalashnikovs are dirt cheap. Schools, libraries, hospitals, those are not cheap. So far, at least, the rioters don't seem to be burning down schools, libraries or hospitals.