Dana, it's funny, I mean, sometimes your own slanted views really shine through.
How is this incident an issue for you? The cops weren't wrong. Right and wrong, legal and illegal should be their only thoughts. The dude got busted then some people threw a fit. Fine, you don't like the laws, either get them changed or go some place else. -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:36 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: French Protest It doesn't matter what I think. It's really common. Crack down on it, fine. But to start a crackdown beginning in an ethnic area that recently rioted is just stupid. The broken window theory in my humble opinion requires that you cite *all* the broken windows. Or if you can't or don't want to do that, at least avoid giving the impression that it's an excuse for bigotry. If they want to crackdown on turnstile jumping, hey, more power to them. Why didn't they start with the Latin Quarter, though? Dana > Do you think turnstyle jumping is OK? > Do you think striking a ticket taker who catches you is OK? > Do you think that rioting, attacking people, breaking things, setting > fire to things, and stealing things is OK? > > If not, then do you think that maybe, just maybe, it would be OK to > arrest people breaking these laws? > > And if they resist, to even use a little force to restore order? Cause > I do. > > And I would go back at 5:00PM, and tomorrow, and the next day, until > "they" (whoever they are) got the idea that they cannot act illegally > with impunity. > > I am a strong believer in the "Broken Windows" philosphy. If it is > wrong, stop it. If it is right, do it. Period. > > > On 3/28/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > not really. Rodney King was a while ago now and afaik the underlying > issues with the northern suburbs have not been addressed. I'm not > defending the riot -- just saying that it was totally predictable. > Turnstile jumping is, or at least was, quite common, and there were > less volatile places to crack down on it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
