From: Ralph Lewis (rlewis@csulb.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 23 1998 - 11:23:01 MDT
Of course a smart person might opt to live in a safe area and avoid high crime
areas. BUT public policy appears to wish to have equal opportunity crime
fostered by such mindless policies as Section 8 housing, demand that all
areas have low income housing units, school busing, public transportation, etc.
Best Ralph
>ya know, one of the most exasperating things about this list to ME, is
>that (only some) people who call themsleves futurists, find this way of
>using the oldest thinking in the book... this is the old "if only
>criminals have guns" argument, but neatly turned into an emotional ploy
>for wanna-be techno-better-thans.. being a superhuman techno-geek is a
>good thing, but it sure doesn't seem to qualify much emotional IQ...
>Listen - shooting a gun at someone, in itself, is a lame, neanderthal
>thing to do, whether you are being attacked or not. A smart person, an
>ADVANCED person, or if you like and EXTROPIC person, would have either
>PREPARED themselves (so they don't get in that kind of circumstance) or
>have a better game plan than that... messy - old fashioned - crude...
>
>
Ralph Lewis, Professor of Management and Human Resources
College of Business
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
rlewis@csulb.edu http://www.csulb.edu/~rlewis
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