These hoodlums who are engaging in lawlessness are commiting evil. I cannot fathom what kind of horrible human being would murder, rape, pillage and steal from people in the midst of one of the greatest tragedies in American history. Could you imagine gangs raping women in the streets during 9-11, or people murdering doctors going to help the sailors on the sinking Arizona? Hitler would even find it apalling. I'm not using that as a material in my logic, but think about how evil you would have to be for freekin Hitler to look back and think- "that's messed up." It makes me want to cry to think that parts of our American cultural values have deteriorated so much that we produce "people" who could do things like this. Jesse Jackson was on t.v. the other day saying that "you need to understand how some of these very poor people live on a daily basis, some of these families only have one t.v." ONE TV! OH MY GOSH, SEND IN UNICEF, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE TV!!!!! He is a prime example of the warped values that influence the sadder aspects of our American culture.
"where have you gone Joe Dimaggio, our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you"

I have a very good idea who do these things during a disaster, and I'm well aware of my actions for saying this.

"The kind of people who will gripe at president Bush for being slow, then turn right around and spend the American people's, including mine, hard-earned tax money and donations on stripped girls and beer and hot dates. It's as though the refugees are saying, 'Screw you, America. Just give me money.' I'm not surprised this is happening, it always will, but it is deplorable in my view."

Source of quote: SilverWerewolf - 9/21/05

Peace.

I totally agree with you FreeMarketLover!! This is what I've been trying to say about our culture and no one cares.

Anchorage isn't the most decent place to live. They board up my old school every summer to keep it from getting vandalized.

Simply because you view Alaska as a frozen wasteland populated by Eskimos, FML, doesn't mean you can disregard the opinions of people who know first-hand what they're talking about.

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It's not even as bad as Toledo, Albequerqe, Lincoln, Louiville, Savannah, Little Rock. These are dinky ole places.

I don't doubt that.

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lol. Ooooh, 260,000 people.

Soooo.... I don't live in the biggest city in Alaska?

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How does Ted Stevens Intl. Airport manage to serve such a bustling Metropolis as yourselves?

Ask the tourists.

A gang, whether it be small or large is still a gang. It's not an issue of how much, how big, how fast, or how long. It's an issue regarding the downfall of humanity. I don't care if one city has more anything. Knowing that won't bring people back from the dead.

Like I said a several times before, since your neurons can't seem to process this information very well: It's not as bad as larger cities or other more well known cities. I know this. I never claimed it was, nor am I trying to.

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I think abortion is evil too. Why isn't it in this list?

They are all evil, except for the one your mother didn't have.

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I think abortion is evil too. Why isn't it in this list?

Oh dear. im not sure if you knew this or not, but believe it or not, there are actually OTHER threads on this.

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Originally posted by Euterpe:

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Originally posted by blankpaper:
I think abortion is evil too. Why isn't it in this list?

Because God hates you?

lol.

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Are you retarded?

no.

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we actually have a growing gang problem. I know it's not as bad as it is in cities like L.A. or New York, but it still exists here.

It's not even as bad as Toledo, Albequerqe, Lincoln, Louiville, Savannah, Little Rock. These are dinky ole places.

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I live in the biggest city in Alaska,

lol. Ooooh, 260,000 people. How does Ted Stevens Intl. Airport manage to serve such a bustling Metropolis as yourselves?

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Originally posted by blankpaper:
I think abortion is evil too. Why isn't it in this list?

Because God hates you?

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These hoodlums who are engaging in lawlessness are commiting evil. I cannot fathom what kind of horrible human being would murder, rape, pillage and steal from people in the midst of one of the greatest tragedies in American history. Could you imagine gangs raping women in the streets during 9-11, or people murdering doctors going to help the sailors on the sinking Arizona?

I think abortion is evil too. Why isn't it in this list?

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It is not comparable to the social structure of gang warfare in inner city America. They each happen to be called "gangs", but they are not the same thing.

Are you retarded?

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I live in the biggest city in Alaska, and we actually have a growing gang problem. I know it's not as bad as it is in cities like L.A. or New York, but it still exists here.

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Like I said, our gang problem is not as bad as it is in larger cities.

I kept telling you it's not the same thing, jack*ss.

It is not comparable to the social structure of gang warfare in inner city America. They each happen to be called "gangs", but they are not the same thing.

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This is what gangs are and do. You can read about it in a newspaper or hear about it in the news but untill the people that are being murdered go to the schools you volunteer at and the people being stabbed in the face are standing on the same street corner you walk by every day to go to lunch, I will continue to find your knowledge of gangs to be laughable.

I find your knowledge of me and my life laughable. Like I said, our gang problem is not as bad as it is in larger cities. We don't have drive-bys, but we have had numerous shootings at our malls that have killed a few people. In fact, my mother's best friend's son, someone I grew up with, was involved in gang violence and drugs. Just one month ago, he was shot to death and murdered in his own home, in front of his children. I know what gangs are and what they do. Our gangs are not anywhere near as horrible as other gangs. I know this, and I never claimed that they were. But there are young black men running our streets, pointing guns at each other. I don't care about people I walk by everyday, or people I see at a school. I care about the people I've known since I was born, who are either dead or in danger of being murdered, right here in Alaska.

I don't think faith based communities are neccesarily better than any other type. Community is key. Supporting eachother is key. You are right Blue.

Matter of fact, if you guys read my post in "commercializing the christ" you will probably be a little suprised by my views on the church.

Faith-based communites can be good. There is nothing wrong with them either. Just like any other community, the members support each other.

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A community is a group of people with similar interests.

So if you have multiple gangs/communities operating in a certain area while fighting with eachother, than you don't really have a single solid community in that area. You have multiple groups with conflicting interests. Multiple groups with conflicting interests do not produce community.

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I don't think communities are negative. But, they can be.

Do I have to copy and paste my previous response?
Very few thing are "always" anything. Schools aren't always good. Welfare isn't always good. Social security isn't always good. Hospitals aren't always good. Food isn't always good. Water isn't always good. Literature isn't always good.
But these things are generally good.

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I live in the biggest city in Alaska, and we actually have a growing gang problem. I know it's not as bad as it is in cities like L.A. or New York, but it still exists here. what makes you so sure my knowledge of gangs is so laughable?

I live in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. As far as I am concerned it is a smaller city. We have had two children killed by stray drive-by bullets in the past 5 months. This is troubling because a seperate girl was killed by a sray drive-by bullet while doing her homework last year and her murderer was just aquited. These are not the only collateral drive-by deaths or even the only children. Thses were just the ones doing their homework. five out of seven nights a week there is news of a murder on television and very few of them seem to be domestic. Seven nights a week(sometimes twice in a night) you hear about drug addicts stabbing normal citizens in the streets for meth or heroine money. Last one I remember, the person was stabbed in the face.
Whats my point?
This is nothing. thousands of people move to minneapolis every year from Chicago, Gary, New Orleans, Saint Louis to escape the crime. Minneapolis is virtualy crime free compared to what they are used to. In a city where three girls are shot to death annualy in drive by's while doing their homework, they feel safer than where they came from. This is what gangs are and do. You can read about it in a newspaper or hear about it in the news but untill the people that are being murdered go to the schools you volunteer at and the people being stabbed in the face are standing on the same street corner you walk by every day to go to lunch, I will continue to find your knowledge of gangs to be laughable.

Oh, and another thing...

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I cordially invite you to go around bashing community as a negative. See how many people take you seriously.

I don't think communities are negative. But, they can be. I'm just saying that good communities are not neccesary for making people who are good toward others. I worship Satan, but I still consider myself to be a good person. I wasn't raised in a good environment, I wasn't raised around good people, I wasn't taught good values, but if I were in New Orleans right now, I'd be helping as many people as I can, to the best of my abilities.

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But they shoot eachother in the face.

A community is a group of people with similar interests. If a group of people are interested in shooting people, they're a community of criminals.

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P.S.- You live in Alaska, don't talk about gangs unless you want to continue making me laugh.

I live in the biggest city in Alaska, and we actually have a growing gang problem. I know it's not as bad as it is in cities like L.A. or New York, but it still exists here. And what makes you so sure my knowledge of gangs is so laughable?

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Faith-based communities are not always good ones.

Very few thing are "always" anything. Schools aren't always good. Welfare isn't always good. Social security isn't always good. Hospitals aren't always good. Food isn't always good. Water isn't always good. Literature isn't always good.
But these things are generally good.
I cordially invite you to go around bashing community as a negative. See how many people take you seriously.
Gangs are ani-communitive. If there were only one gang per area and it worked together to help other gangs maybe it would be a community. But they shoot eachother in the face.

P.S.- You live in Alaska, don't talk about gangs unless you want to continue making me laugh.

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You are an idiot.

Why thank you. Moron.

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Community and education are what prevent this evil.

Not exactly. The gangs up here in Alaska, are a community. When one of them gets killed, the others gather together as a community and avenge their fallen friend's death. Education, might prevent this stuff. But types of community can vary vastly. Faith-based communities are not always good ones.