09-28-2006, 04:19 PM
Quote: The question to me is, can we fix the problem by tromping around in it, and arresting or killing the dope heads? I would think we need a multi-faceted approach renouncing crime, improving the neighborhood, and arresting the criminals.
I think this sentence shows you are thinking to easy about this (and such a) subject.
The criminal and 'dopeheads' are not born like that, they don't have a gene which says they will be dopeheads.
That is why the action taken to arrest these people, also influence the behavior of people.The war in Iraq had as a direct consequence that there was a huge increase in terrorism. Not because the people living there are inherently bad, but because the behavior of the west creates terrorism. Bush, Blair, Berlusconi and Balkenende know this, they are not stupid (well Bush and Berlusconi maybe yes) they did what they did for a reason. Terrorism is good for their reelections, the chance that these person themselves (or their family) will become victim is incredibly small, so what do they care. They just know that fear is good to get reelected.
(of course the Blair situation is very strange....his behavior was very Tory....so what will happen there I'm not sure)