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i've heard a lot of people blaming the end of money bail mopinko Jul 2021 #1
Need more jobs empedocles Jul 2021 #2
Someone murders a little girl, and the author's reaction is that the murderer is a victim? Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #3
I mean, if that's what you want to take away from this excerpt of a much longer piece, okay. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #4
An article which leads with such an absurdity is hard to take seriously. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #5
The author didn't use the word victim, and it's a common thing in crime theory to look at how and WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #6
When the author describes the murderer of the child as: Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #7
Would you apply it to a person who survives violence they can't control and who is stuck in an WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #8
No. The act of murdering a child defines them more than growing up in a lousy environment. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #9
It was a laugh line because at the time, that theory was working its way out of academia and into WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #10
I'll be curious to see how things change in Spielberg's upcoming remake. The trailer appears Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #15
He Quite Likely Was, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2021 #14
Perhaps such circumstances could be a factor in sentencing should the murderer be apprehanded. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #16
You Place Too Much Weight On A Rhetorical Trope, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2021 #18
I don't know if acknowledging and reacting to 77 shootings in 48 hours is "fear mongering"-- Wingus Dingus Jul 2021 #11
Not all white communities so increased policing as reassuring, either. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #12
Well, if I had anything approaching that level of danger where I live, Wingus Dingus Jul 2021 #19
We need universal basic income, free healthcare, more mental health support, housing subsidies lindysalsagal Jul 2021 #13
So how do they stop the violence right now? Marrah_Goodman Jul 2021 #17
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