tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post114433076084868708..comments2024-01-08T05:50:04.098-05:00Comments on baxter sez: the duke boysAlison Piepmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1144635816652540082006-04-09T21:23:00.000-05:002006-04-09T21:23:00.000-05:00it's true. bo and luke were some pretty straight s...it's true. bo and luke were some pretty straight shooters, and i shouldn't've defamed 'em that way. i needed the pun, though.Alison Piepmeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1144617513200586372006-04-09T16:18:00.000-05:002006-04-09T16:18:00.000-05:00i read your post and thought 'the duke boys' refer...i read your post and thought 'the duke boys' referred to bo and luke. they always were racially sensitive, it was boss and the law that did the profiling.<BR/><BR/>Red Neck NellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1144428577985001482006-04-07T11:49:00.000-05:002006-04-07T11:49:00.000-05:00You do have to deal with a couple of issues though...You do have to deal with a couple of issues though:<BR/><BR/>1. Some neighborhoods do have "ghettoes" or "shady areas" where crime rates are much higher than in other places. [crime rates correlate with unemployment and poverty as well]<BR/><BR/>2. One socially labeled as 'white' has a superior standing within a community of socially labeled inferior 'blacks'. Research studies suggest that 'black on white crime' results in harsher sentencing and treatment than 'black on black' or even 'white on black crime'. This seems to have some deterent of blacks committing crime against blacks.<BR/><BR/>3. If you interact with people, you change the probability that crimes will be committed against you. So if you are seen as benefiting locals, they will probably be less likely to be treated badly by locals.<BR/><BR/>4. Your status as a male and work relationships-- if you worked at a gas station, I would expect more crime. If you are female, rape becomes more of an issue [which is gender more than power]. <BR/><BR/>5. Times you are in/out of public. If you walk in back allies at 3 a.m., you're much more likely to get crimes committed against you than if most of your activities happen when lots of people are about in mornings or the afternoon. <BR/><BR/>6. Age. There is a strong age-crime relationship. As you get older, the people you hang out with are less likely to be deviant. <BR/><BR/>7. Being a starving artist. Poor don't rob dirt poor. What's the point?<BR/><BR/>There are other variables, but the above seven conditions are meant to state your experiences may make your experiences non-random :)<BR/><BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1144390204072360012006-04-07T01:10:00.000-05:002006-04-07T01:10:00.000-05:00This is why it angers me so much when people warn ...This is why it angers me so much when people warn me against walking on the "sketchy" side of town or "the ghetto." I love to go jogging up St. Philips going north and make a circle back toward home by turning onto Spring St. People are so friendly over there, and people on the street always wave at me and say hello when I go past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com