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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (131744)	4/25/2012 11:52:33 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

So you'd limit your actions to yourself and not infringe on the freedoms of another - except that kid who can't get a taxi ride... Will Smith is gonna be upset. ;-) The taxi driver should pick up paying customers and, if they have a problem with that, they shouldn't be a taxi driver. No problem there. Bypassing a group of drunk kids is one thing, bypassing sober kids based solely on skin color and attire is another. I'd also add that context means a lot, too - not just skin color and clothes. Some impoverished, bankster / government drug product areas and are simply dangerous - regardless of skin color or attire. To err on the side of caution makes sense. As to reality, most people don't have a clue. Pharmaceuticals kill 106,000 people a year. That's a 911 body count every 11 days.

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (131744)	4/26/2012 8:19:10 AM
From: hdl	1 Recommendation Respond to of 132070

most of the people i know are extremely liberal. they are educated. they are clueless re conservative political philosophy. but, they act like it is dangerous to be in poor black neighborhoods or on subways with lots of poor blacks. they avoid those situations or use a lot of caution. the schools, neighborhoods for homes and second homes, beaches, etc. they choose are much more expensive than ones which have more blacks.