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So what is a "good enough" reason to treat innocent people as if they are guilty?
Twat. :banghead:
https://www.childrenscommissioner.org/adult/buzz/buzz.cfm?id=2026
http://www.freemosquitoringtone.org/
However I have been suitably twatted by everyone in the office who can hear it who are all very pissed off with me now
Indeed, i'm the same and about to turn 26...
And that was just for a couple of seconds.
Race and ethnicity have NOTHING whatsoever to do with criminality. The last person who thought all people of a specific race were criminals ended up shooting himself in the head in a concrete bunker.
There are a myriad of factors that determine if someone will commit a crime. Race is not one of them.
But neither is age?
It's not like someone who's committing crimes now will all of a sudden hit 25 and start not committing them anymore.
No, that doesn't happen. But people have to start somewhere, and it's rarely at 25. The vast majority of older criminals started committing minor offences when they were in their early teens. Some stopped, others continued when they got older.
Source on that? Your personal experience isn't counted as a source, by the way.
Neither is age.
You know, I have to steer clear of personal insult otherwise I get a PM from Jim, but man you are so fucking stupid sometimes.
That is exactly what happens. This device doesn't just work on people who are committing crimes, it works on anyone within the age range. It isn't prompted by people causing damage, it's used on people hanging around because they might cause damage.
It's entire reason for being is to be used against a sector of population without regard for actions.
That is discrimination of the worst kind.
I don't understand discrimination? That's rich coming from you.
And age does?
The majority of teen murders in London are by black youths on black youths...should we discriminate against black teens in London? What about white males? They of course are most like to be involved in child paedophilia. Fuck it, just disciminate everyone cos we're all criminals who want to mug old people...:rolleyes:
Bingo! Finally!
Of course it doesn't. Neither does age. Your suggesting that being young does?
Black people have the right not be judged as criminals, as do young people.
It's such a simple concept to grasp and yet here we have somebody that enforces or laws with very little understanding of that concept. That scares me.
Youre assuming that I think all young people are criminals, I assure you I don't! I get on well with the kids/teens I interact with, they repeatedly tell me they like me because I can talk to them like an equal, and i'll only do something to them if they're actually doing something, not because i'm against all kids.
I've given reasons as to why in some circumstances this device can be used to make someone's life a little better.
I've not claimed it to be a solution to all of societie's ills, and nor shall I!
And with that, i'll bow out the debate. Adieu :P
Well then, lets not treat them all as criminals.
:eek2:
I actually can't quite believe I just read that.
My personal opinion is that it's B, but in either case, going on with this "discussion" (which isn't really a discussion, when one or more of the sides is acting like a wall) is completely pointless.
I could only hear the 49 & younger one. Well, I couldn't hear it, but I could feel it, very uncomfortable. Could hear the under 50 one though.
God I must have bad hearing.
So if you lived in Brixton you would argue it is okay to discriminate against blacks and impose curfews on them, lest whitey gets mugged on his way home from the tube.
Right?
I fear for the civil service then. You might as well employ Dracula as caretaker of a blood bank...
You say that since some youths are known to commit crimes in certain areas it is okay to discriminate against all of them for our safety's sake.
Therefore the same must apply to black people in areas where blacks of all ages are responsible for a majority of crime.
This is something that has been put up to you throughout this thread and which you still refuse to acknowledge.
By approving of discrimination based on age you're also approving of discrimination based on gender, race and others. There are no two ways about it.