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Pure_Information !n9PP8q5SP. started this discussion 10 years ago #56,630
Information ScienceAnonymous B joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #729,811
When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killings in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple. Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. Yes, I can understand how people were shocked and outraged by the verdict in the Rodney King trial. But, my friends, there is simply no excuse for the mayhem that followed. To apologize or in any way to excuse what happened is wrong. It is a betrayal of all those people equally outraged and equally disadvantaged who did not loot, who did not riot, and who were, in many cases, victims of the rioting. No matter how much you may disagree with the verdict, the riots were wrong. If we as a society don’t condemn what is wrong, how can we teach our children what is right? But after condemning the riots, we do need to try to understand the underlying situation.In a nutshell, I believe the lawless social anarchy that we saw is directly related to the breakdown of the family structure, personal responsibility and social order in too many areas of our society. For the poor, the situation is compounded by a welfare ethos that impedes individual efforts to move ahead in society and hampers their ability to take advantage of the opportunities America offers. If we don’t succeed in addressing these fundamental problems and in restoring basic values, any attempt to fix what’s broken, will fail. One reason I believe we won’t fail is that we have come so far in the last 25 years. There’s no question that this country has had a terrible problem with race and racism. The evil of slavery has left a long and ugly legacy.
Mordor !n9PP8q5SP. joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #729,861
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> When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killings in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple. Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. Yes, I can understand how people were shocked and outraged by the verdict in the Rodney King trial. But, my friends, there is simply no excuse for the mayhem that followed. To apologize or in any way to excuse what happened is wrong. It is a betrayal of all those people equally outraged and equally disadvantaged who did not loot, who did not riot, and who were, in many cases, victims of the rioting. No matter how much you may disagree with the verdict, the riots were wrong. If we as a society don’t condemn what is wrong, how can we teach our children what is right? But after condemning the riots, we do need to try to understand the underlying situation.
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> In a nutshell, I believe the lawless social anarchy that we saw is directly related to the breakdown of the family structure, personal responsibility and social order in too many areas of our society. For the poor, the situation is compounded by a welfare ethos that impedes individual efforts to move ahead in society and hampers their ability to take advantage of the opportunities America offers. If we don’t succeed in addressing these fundamental problems and in restoring basic values, any attempt to fix what’s broken, will fail. One reason I believe we won’t fail is that we have come so far in the last 25 years. There’s no question that this country has had a terrible problem with race and racism. The evil of slavery has left a long and ugly legacy.
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> When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killings in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple. Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. Yes, I can understand how people were shocked and outraged by the verdict in the Rodney King trial. But, my friends, there is simply no excuse for the mayhem that followed. To apologize or in any way to excuse what happened is wrong. It is a betrayal of all those people equally outraged and equally disadvantaged who did not loot, who did not riot, and who were, in many cases, victims of the rioting. No matter how much you may disagree with the verdict, the riots were wrong. If we as a society don’t condemn what is wrong, how can we teach our children what is right? But after condemning the riots, we do need to try to understand the underlying situation.
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> In a nutshell, I believe the lawless social anarchy that we saw is directly related to the breakdown of the family structure, personal responsibility and social order in too many areas of our society. For the poor, the situation is compounded by a welfare ethos that impedes individual efforts to move ahead in society and hampers their ability to take advantage of the opportunities America offers. If we don’t succeed in addressing these fundamental problems and in restoring basic values, any attempt to fix what’s broken, will fail. One reason I believe we won’t fail is that we have come so far in the last 25 years. There’s no question that this country has had a terrible problem with race and racism. The evil of slavery has left a long and ugly legacy.
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