tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4336242440067883715..comments2024-03-28T13:46:08.524-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: ‘We all pay the cost’ of city violenceNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42614797288566075002020-01-22T18:57:11.551-06:002020-01-22T18:57:11.551-06:00St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, and New Orleans had...St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, and New Orleans had the four highest murder rates in 2018. Chicago was twelfth on the list of the top twenty most violent big cities (250,000 or more), ranking just behind Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Buffalo. <br /><br />I was not familiar with the African proverb: ”Until lions write their own history, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunters.” But it sounds a lot like the much-repeated: "History belongs to the victors." Same general idea.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52375741738115987922020-01-22T16:29:41.868-06:002020-01-22T16:29:41.868-06:00It may be correct that "the structural driver...It may be correct that "the structural driver is a resource issue," but not entirely. I've felt safe in cities full of poor people. In the words of Seneca, "It's not the man who has too little, but one who craves more that is poor." Or as Adam Smith, writing in hard scrabble Scotland observed, "In the country of France the wearing of leathern shoes hath become a necessary of life." Bringing the sentiment up to date one might substitute the latest I phone or Air Jordan's.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42841502782984579002020-01-22T11:57:03.182-06:002020-01-22T11:57:03.182-06:00I get mighty tired of conservatives whose only res...I get mighty tired of conservatives whose only response to the crime problem is "personal responsibility," meaning "it's not my problem." These people never want to hold affluent white businessmen, financiers, etc., personally responsible for the harm they cause, which in many cases is orders of magnitude greater than that of street crime.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66511758055164797552020-01-22T10:50:35.262-06:002020-01-22T10:50:35.262-06:00I don't think we all pay for the violence prev...I don't think we all pay for the violence prevalent in certain neighborhoods, certainly not to the extent the people in those neighborhoods pay. I suppose Dr. Voisin can make a dollar and cents argument that the violence impinges on the City's ability to borrow, raises tax and insurance rates, increases expenses for police and fire protection, etc. But only the paranoid in "safe" neighborhoods have to worry about their personal safety as much as those in "violent" areas, not to speak of the inferior education opportunities, inadequate commercial and public services, and the shame of feeling confined to a ghetto.<br /><br />Were any substantial number of middle and upper class whites exposed to the conditions among the enclaves of the needy, there would be a tremendous push to rectify the situation that might go beyond demanding long prison sentences for those who are as much victims as perpetrators.<br /><br /><br />john tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.com