Tom, You wisely type a response to why this inane argument begins
anew..." I don't think it is unreasonable to ponder the size of the problem
we face. In fact, it would be downright negligent to fail to consider
the size."
And this is cold, uncompromisable truth.
Anyone who wants to dispute your statement are doing so because they
want to pick a fight.
What your failing to grasp here is the collective acknowledgment that
"we" agree.
What you grasp in your TCN JR essay you wrote that called for some guy
named RICO :-) to head the daunting task of curbing urban black
violence you fail to concede to this group.Back in the beginning of this
rather long winded and windmilling debate you went so far to prove a
point that you chided Councilman Keady for wanting to get some B-Ball
games going. Somehow this was always a polarized argument. Either it is
this way, or it's wrong.
Tom, I have bad news for you. Across our country there are lost
generations of black male and female youth. It is unknown what can save
these kids. They have no direction, no hope, no opportunities. or so
they believe, and the gangs have seized this misconception and have
built their ranks from these poor misguided kids. Thankfully there is no
Hitler amongst the gang leaders who could truly unify these wayward
youth, or we'd have Al Queda to deal with on the streets of our own country.
So sure Tom, before you climb the hill, assess it. If you can afford the
Texas Instrument that measures the heighth of a mountain, do it, if not
Tom, take a good long look at the mountain, come up with a plan, and
climb it.
Had anyone at all joined Jim Keady and there was a basketball league
meeting twice a week and 10-15-25 kids were playing, not only would that
provide a simple solution to no direction, no hope, no opportunities.but
it also may give that little 12 year old boy who has no idea that a
basketball in his hands is like as keyboard beneath you fingers. That
kid could be the next Bobby Verga. To take a step further is only 2 or
3 of the west side community leaders I have spoken with in the past year
had taken me up on the offer of using the Baronet Theatre as a
springboard for children's performing arts, how many more kids ,might
then get a chance to turn their backs on the Bloods and C rips?
Everyone should look out for and listen to The Bob Dylan Theme Time XMAS
XM radio show. It is available for download on ITunes and other places.
At one point Dylan says that if your feeling blue and don't know just
what to do you should get on with helping someone less fortunate than
you are. Bob says that no matter how low you are, there is sadly always
someone lower..Ask yourself what have you done?
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