Very compelling post - I also remember that hymn from grade school - worked well at guitar mass - “We are one in the….”
A very good book on the evolution of Christian churches away from the New Testament and toward the political right is The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory by Tim Alberta. The writer grew up with a preacher father and traveled the country in recent years to visit churches and see what has happened there - it’s an amazing and disconcerting story.
Formatting note. I'm using substack app on Android with dark mode. I didn't see any dividers between sections. Just noticed a slightly longer break between paragraphs.
The rate per 100,000 of murders committed by Blacks is also "disproportianate". Depending on location by 10, 20, 30 times.
Murders do not kill because Mommie denied them another cookie.
The murderers get the attention for only one reason - they are still alive to interview. There are no victims to defend, interview, and make fame and money off of. IF THERE WERE, you would, I'll bet, be covering their lives.
“Murders do not kill because Mommie denied them another cookie.”
— No, but death row prisoners are disproportionately sexually abused, physical abused, and neglected as children.
“The murderers get the attention for only one reason - they are still alive to interview. There are no victims to defend, interview, and make fame and money off of. IF THERE WERE, you would, I'll bet, be covering their lives.”
— If this is your opinion of me, I’m not sure why you subscribe. I’d be happy to give you a refund.
Almost every homicide victim is survived by family members, friends, co-workers, and others who can represent them: those people are "alive to interview." These survivors advocate passionately in memory of those they have lost.
Some become directly involved in politics, like Lucy McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was murdered by an armed stranger. Others, like John Walsh, Fred Guttenberg, and Jazmin Cazares may endorse candidates or become spokespeople for policies or causes based on their personal stories of loss.
The dead cannot speak for themselves, but there are many to speak for them.
Just as a side note on your other point, if I understand what you're suggesting I would point out there's no "color gene" linked to violent crime. There is a fairly well understood correlation between poverty and criminality. Where there is more poverty, there is more crime, which is why the world's poorest, most unstable countries are the most dangerous.
Within the world's nations, the poorest populations are responsible for most violent crimes. In our country, for example, those below the federal poverty line commit crimes at more than double the rate of those above it.
In the US Black people represent 13.5% of the population but more than 20% of the population below the federal poverty line. "Color" doesn't create criminal impulses or opportunities, but the pathologies of poverty do appear to have an impact.
Very compelling post - I also remember that hymn from grade school - worked well at guitar mass - “We are one in the….”
A very good book on the evolution of Christian churches away from the New Testament and toward the political right is The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory by Tim Alberta. The writer grew up with a preacher father and traveled the country in recent years to visit churches and see what has happened there - it’s an amazing and disconcerting story.
Formatting note. I'm using substack app on Android with dark mode. I didn't see any dividers between sections. Just noticed a slightly longer break between paragraphs.
The rate per 100,000 of murders committed by Blacks is also "disproportianate". Depending on location by 10, 20, 30 times.
Murders do not kill because Mommie denied them another cookie.
The murderers get the attention for only one reason - they are still alive to interview. There are no victims to defend, interview, and make fame and money off of. IF THERE WERE, you would, I'll bet, be covering their lives.
“Murders do not kill because Mommie denied them another cookie.”
— No, but death row prisoners are disproportionately sexually abused, physical abused, and neglected as children.
“The murderers get the attention for only one reason - they are still alive to interview. There are no victims to defend, interview, and make fame and money off of. IF THERE WERE, you would, I'll bet, be covering their lives.”
— If this is your opinion of me, I’m not sure why you subscribe. I’d be happy to give you a refund.
Radley, I love the way you don't play these dumb games.
We could use so much more of your cut-the-bs attitude in this world.
Almost every homicide victim is survived by family members, friends, co-workers, and others who can represent them: those people are "alive to interview." These survivors advocate passionately in memory of those they have lost.
Some become directly involved in politics, like Lucy McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was murdered by an armed stranger. Others, like John Walsh, Fred Guttenberg, and Jazmin Cazares may endorse candidates or become spokespeople for policies or causes based on their personal stories of loss.
The dead cannot speak for themselves, but there are many to speak for them.
Just as a side note on your other point, if I understand what you're suggesting I would point out there's no "color gene" linked to violent crime. There is a fairly well understood correlation between poverty and criminality. Where there is more poverty, there is more crime, which is why the world's poorest, most unstable countries are the most dangerous.
Within the world's nations, the poorest populations are responsible for most violent crimes. In our country, for example, those below the federal poverty line commit crimes at more than double the rate of those above it.
In the US Black people represent 13.5% of the population but more than 20% of the population below the federal poverty line. "Color" doesn't create criminal impulses or opportunities, but the pathologies of poverty do appear to have an impact.
I never said that.
But the crime RATE statistics are accurate. I think it is "culture" which is a lot more than poverty.