--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dan if you read the front page article about gangs today, it makes
> clear the answer is crime fighting (police, evidence gathering,
> etc.).
> In the recent debate my point of view was that gangs are fought
with
> cops, not recreation.
>
> I'm not going to ask for any apologies, but I take the article as
> vindication so I don't need any.
>
> Even if someone doesn't agree with me, I don't think there can be a
> denial that the article agrees with me.
>
Oh Grand Poobah how about this quote from the same article:
"Rodgers said poverty is a substantial factor behind formation of
gangs and their activity."
That's Lt. Col. Rodgers of NJSP.
No one, not even this town's favorite punching bag, suggested that
crime fighting is not part of the equation. What was said (as if you
forgot) was that the roots are not just criminal. The roots are not
just criminal. I think Lt. Col. Rodgers statement above is an
admission of that fact. Poverty and other social problems lay a
breeding ground where gang and other criminal activity can take root.
The article agrees with you and Keady, but more with Keady.
We can lock them up but we can't lock up everyone. Just as with
international terrorism there must be an immediate police response,
but if there is any long-term solution, it must lie in trying to cure
or mitigate the circumstances which allow it to flourish.
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