-Caveat Lector- #8 for the 12th ---------- : Subject: Re: [CTRL] Republican Hate Rhetoric Turns Deadly : Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 5:43 PM : : According to the World Almanac & Book of Facts for 1998, p. 378, review of : the 1990 census, it's more like 6.66 / 1 (W = 199.7 million; B = 30.0 : million)(right about in the middle of what the article and you each : maintain for your respective ratios). This is not my issue. As far as I'm : concerned, we're all "Americans" and I so indicate whenever I'm queried : about my background: i.e., I select "other" then enter "American". I'm : not in that part of the census; to clarify, I'm in probably in "Other" (the : default miscellaneous catchall category), numbering almost 9.9 million. : Yet, does one population determine another (by 'population', I mean it : statistically, indicating number of structures or humans or beans or blades : of grass)? Can we extrapolate structures from census data? I won't : automatically assume so given I'm not an expert in that area (but it would : be interesting to research). : : My issue is selectively analysing data in order to arrive at a conclusion : the data really doesn't support. This lends to skewing the issue : (whatever) using skewed data. Further, a disproportionate amount of $$$, : time, effort, whathaveyou, gets allocated to a programme at the expense of : other (similar) programmes equally deserving. The problem arises when : someone decides what policy/politics will inflate headlines, performance : reports, local business revenues, polls, whathaveyou. I would much more : favour a traveling building group that combines with local volunteers and : as Americans, build what they need to build -- kinda like "Habitat for : Humanity" (as I understand it). So, when people learn that they aren't : going to win any contests by having sufficiently raised the ire of one : group or another, the problems just may stop. Any when they catch the : perpetrators, turn 'em over to the law -- which should be augmented by : citizens (a la "Neighbourhood Watch", e.g., program). When citizens in, : of, for communities exhibit a communal sense of responsibility for EACH : OTHER, I would guess all kinds of crime would drop -- without yielding said : responsibility to uniformed paramilitary types at $25 - ? thousand a year : per pop. : : If there is any governmental support for ANY reason, it should be equitably : distributed for the affected. What I get out of the articles is a desire : to brand a certain crime as being something other (maybe the same but : narrowly focused and therefore the only thing in focus) than it really was : -- generally; there may be some specific cases where the branding is : accurate. Am I more likely to assume I was robbed because I am *moneyed* : or because I happened to be in my wrong place at the robber's right time? : Was I a *target* because of my status or because of some plain old random : circumstance (i.e., I was available)? Of course, professional crooks have : always looked for the easiest mark to hit to minimise the hassle and : maximise the return. Do I require more protection than someone else : because I look, act, whatever, like a *target*? Again, when society : becomes equally everyone's business, then I shouldn't have to worry. Take : out the weeds and leave the flowers to do their thing, the roses and the : petunias and the bulbs and the whatevers getting what they each need with : respect to their equal, noncompetitive, desirability. : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~ : A<>E<>R : : The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking : new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust : + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + : Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed : + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + : In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material : is distributed without charge or profit to those who have : expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information : for non-profit research and educational purposes only. : : ---------- : : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : Subject: Re: [CTRL] Republican Hate Rhetoric Turns Deadly : : Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 4:15 PM : : : : -Caveat Lector- : : : : In a message dated 1/12/1999 5:03:45 PM, you wrote: : : : : << -Caveat Lector- : : : : The report allegedly says, "'We recognize ... that white churches are : burning : : nearly five times as often as black churches.'" : : : : But white people out number Black people *8 to 1*. : : : : More Black churches are being burned, proportionately. : : : : : : : : Best, : : : : : : HA : DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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