Here here!!!1
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> When did the world become so simplistic - so black and white -
> so "you're either with me or against me?" These posts are getting
> more and more ridiculous over the past few days.
>
> This country was built on compromise - on diverse groups with
> differing views meeting somewhere in the middle on a range of
> issues. This is what sets us apart from so many other societies
> where there is a right way to think espoused by the government and a
> wrong way to think that can get you put in jail or even killed.
> Nobody has a patent on being right.
>
> Yet the political climate nationally, at the state and local level
> and even in places like this board is one of total disregard for
> others views. Republicans and Democrats in Congress don't even talk
> to each other and rather than disagreeing demonize each other
> personally - no wonder nothing gets done. The same thing happens
> here. Many people on both sides of the arguments, from political to
> redevelopment to pretty much any topic at all, totally and
> completely abuse and denegrate personally anyone who sees things
> differently from themselves. It is neither productive or fun.
>
> Case in point... Both Tom and Jim (and those in either camp) have
> very valid points regarding the shooting and how to address this.
> But everyone is too busy taking the opposing extremes and crapping
> on each other to take a step back and understand the perspectives
> each side brings and the validity of each argument.
>
> I don't agree with Jim Keady most of the time and did not vote for
> him, nor would I based on his views. That said, from anything
> credible I've ever heard or seen he is a principled guy who is
> trying to do what he believes is the right thing. And he is right
> when he links crime to the lack of productive activities for the
> kids in this town. In my opinion the long-term solution to our
> problems must be solved by trying to keep good kids from going bad.
> Rather than a productive argument, some of the things that have been
> written about him, particularly by Tom, on this board are beyond
> nasty, and border on ridiculous. Rather than take on his views he
> is being castigated as a person.
>
> That said, I virtually never agree with Tom on anything he says or
> writes. But in my opinion he is also right when he says that in
> this particular case the guy was scum. You don't commit this crime
> without being an evil person. A heavy police effort is also
> necessary to solve this problem in the short term. Because this
> situation is what it is, and there needs to be long-term solutions
> and short-term enforcement.
>
> Both are right. They are just solving different components of the
> problem. A problem that will never really be solved with either
> enforcement or recreation alone. And everyone is too busy saying
> nasty things about each other to really step back and see it.
>
> The (admittedly too long-winded) point is let's cut through the crap
> and vile comments and start actually reading beyond the author of
> the emails to the actual points being made. Maybe if we could dial
> back on the BS a little bit we'd actually find ways of making a
> difference in this town. Or we could all just write really nasty
> things about each other. Because that's all this has really become,
> isn't it.
>
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