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| Posted On: | 01-Mar-2005 |
| From: | karen kotowski [karensue23.....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Roatan vs DC (What) |
Lara I hope more people read what you said...Roatan is a beautiful island and to mix apple and oranges when the issue is getting rid of the rotten ones...is more like it..Time after time this comes up and the only thing that is said " well there is crime every where and Roatan isnt any different..followed with... I would prefer Roatan over DC...Hello they have 10 inches of snow who wouldnt...Roatan is a wonderful island but could it be better? I applaud all of you that are taking a true effort in trying to face it straight on...I hope one meeting will not end this discussion..The future could be bright for all of you..Some of the laws should be looked into and decide what could be done to change them...just an idea Karen Lara Gartner wrote: Wow. "We all know these cities were designed to systematically fail." No we don't all know that - the statement is at best controversial and at worst an outright lie. Many of us live in "these cities" and love them. As stated again and again, crime, no matter where it happens, needs to be addressed. In Chicago, we definitely have our issues, but the city overall is very safe. I lived in a college town a tenth of the size of Chicago for four years and was mugged and had my purse stolen out of my dorm. I have lived in the heart of the city for 14 years, and have been fortunate enough to never experience crime here. A big part of that is due to community policing -- the police and the communities working together to react to crime quickly and help proactively stop it. Violent crime fluctuates in the city, but overall the last 10 years violent crime rates have gone down. Roatan is a fabulous place with caring people - maybe some sort of community policing would be a step. SABAS WHITTAKER wrote: I totally agree with you... however, I'd even go one step further. Comparing Roatan with any city in the USA is rather ridiculous. When we all know full well that after the 1930's and following WWII, these cities were designed to systematically fail. FDR's new deal was set to keep the poor, the minorities and the underprivileged from moving into the suburbs... it was rather racially motivated and inspired by greed. Following WWII the industry began to shrink and people were already poor, uneducated and turned to crime. As the years went by the inner city jobs continuously disappeared and prostitution and crime only got worse. The American inner cities then became a place for those living in the suburbs to go and get involved in illegal activities (Drugs, prostitution, extreme sexual fantasies, etc) and run back home to their quiet naive little wives, or blind-folded husbands and their manicured lawns to pretend being good old-fashioned spouses with crystal clear, 'deep Christian' values... 'to teach Sunday School the following morning.' We actually help fuel and nurture the crime now still ramped within these inner cities. Does anyone remember NYC's 42 Street during the last 3-4 decades? Mean while during all this, we sat from behind our little picket fences and pointed our fingers at the them and us, while we made comparisons "about those people." We did nothing about it, but to run further into the suburbs until it got out of hand. Only that suburbs then got bigger and city criminals learnt to drive. You asked about D.C.... well, I would never again try to enter an inner city club in D.C. where you practically have to be strip searched before you could get inside to try and have a good time. Once the bouncers finishes searching you it appearers as if you were out on a date with them, rather than with your girlfriend or your boy friend. (This actually happened as recent as 1999). Besides, not sure about the stats my friend, but not long ago the US, Army, Medical Core did their "battle field emergency medical training" in DC, because they had as many gun battles and gunshot wounds there as if it being a real war zone. So lets not get to carried away with numbers here. Then again... its not about comparing, because crime is bad no mater where it happens and a terrorized neighborhood is frightening be it weather you're in Roatan, or Baghdad. The important point is that we're all now working toward doing something about it and its going to work. I believe that if everyone throughout these American inner cities did exactly what you've done in these last seven days back then. They wouldn't had endure half of the problems they now experience. Heck, who knows, perhaps, politicians and other city leaders throughout the USA, should read messages placed on this bulletin and use this group as a model for people working together and accomplishing the task at hand. You are all an amazing and wonderful group of people... God bless you all. I invite you to check out my new site. www.sabaswhittaker.com Saludos Sabas http://www.roatanet.com ----------- To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ----------- Read only the mail you want - SpamGuard. http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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