William BENNETT Said What?

[FORD]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
No it is not.

Go look at the prisons.

You will see who does the crimes.

No, you'll see who is arrested for the crimes. Some of them are guilty, of course. Others merely "matched the description" (i.e. "they all look the same to me" in some redneck town)

In any event, you and Racist Bennett are confusing skin color with poverty. Clarence Thomas might sexually harrass your wife, but he's probably not gonna be busted for carjacking. Colin Powell can lie to the UN about non existent weapons, but I doubt he's going to be selling crack anytime soon.

[Guitar Shark]

I agree, it's really a poverty issue, not a race issue.

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Guitar Shark
I agree, it's really a poverty issue, not a race issue.

New Orleans is a prime example. One leads to another.

[steve]

Is it too late to abort William Bennett?

That said...Bennett had an opportunity to debate something of consequence...that of a very real correlation between the advent of birth control/family planning/abortions and crime rates going down...and he COULD HAVE made his point, that of the idea of allowing abortions as an answer to lower the crime rate is morally reprehensible...but to inject race in there was not valid.

There are way too many factors at hand as to why more blacks fill our jails...only 3/4 generations removed from slavery leads to...higher rates of poverty leads to...more crime...leads to...higher rates of convictions when one can't afford an attorney, etc, etc... not to mention, racism....which leads us right back to William Bennett.

[Nickdfresh]

And of course he wouldn't say "abort the fetuses of low socio-economic status (poor) people," because babies born to poor American whites are a valuable commodity. They're easy to get people to adopt...

So the abortion issue is really about 'white babies,' that's what most "good Christians" visualize being aborted...Yes, interesting "Culture of Life" we have.

[Warham]

I don't want any abortions PERIOD.

[DrMaddVibe]

I can think of a couple that should've been aborted!