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nelly33 -> RE: s'not my fault m'lud - its me upbringing (7/8/2009 9:20:32 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Loki45
Ahhh so much incorrectness. Where do I start?
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ORIGINAL: nelly33
first off, I wasn't defending drug dealing, but anybody who thinks that it isn't accepted as just another job in many inner cities is naive.
Yeah, it's 'accepted as just another job' by other DRUG DEALERS.
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ORIGINAL: nelly33
And to say selling crack is easier than working at McDonalds is also false.
Really? Why don't you talk to a drug dealer, then talk to a minimum wage worker at McDonald's and see who has the bigger 'paycheck' and who works longer hours.
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ORIGINAL: nelly33
I know mother's of small children that think snitching is wrong, it isn't just people involved in illegal activities that believe it.
Wanna know why the mother of small children thinks it's wrong? Because snitches get KILLED where she lives.
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ORIGINAL: nelly33
As for the dog-fighting thing and Michael Vick example, again, you can look at culture. Cock-fighting here in the US is illegal, and people can make the same argument that they did against Vick, that it is immoral, and wrong, etc ad nauseum. However, in many parts of South America, it is legal and a part of the culture. Are the people that practice cock-fighting down there wrong? You and I may think so, but to ask people down there, they would argue that you just are closed minded against their culture.
I'm sorry....I'm from NORTH AMERICA......you know...the United States. Last time I check, so was Michael Vick. So South American customs and laws do not matter here. If Vick wanted to be part of that "culture" he should move there.
Loki, I'm sorry, but you are wrong about these things. You are presuming to know a lot about how people in run down inner cities think. I'll address this point by point. In some places I have lived, drug dealing IS seen as just another job, by MANY people. This is a fact, and not an opinion. Obviously not the case everywhere in the world, but in inner city D.C., it is.
Secondly, you are under the false impression that drug dealers are wealthy. There are lookouts, people who sit on the stash, runners, etc. Often times these people are paid less than minimum wage for a days work. Obviously you don't know much about the inner workings of drug-dealing... not to say that's a bad thing lol.
As for snitching, you assume that you know why the mother's have their way of thinking? You can't assume why they think the way they do. Please don't assume you know why snitching is looked down upon. For many, it's because helping the police is seen as helping an oppressing force, among many other reasons.
My point about dog fighting is that there is more than one culture in the United States. Dog-fighting is part of that culture. The customs aren't just in S. America, they are just legal there.
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