RT> BR> While I think you might have something here, I wonder why the
 RT> BR> effect isn't  consistent across all enclaves of minorities (thinking
 RT> BR> here  of orientals) - or  maybe I don't, since the orientals seem to
 RT> BR> have strong familial ties and work  together as extended families. 
 RT> Begorrah, you are on to something.  Family values (and by that I do't
 RT> mean just a mommy and a daddy) have been declining for years.  Many
 RT> kids today have absolutely no remorse for any trouble or pain that they
 RT> cause.  Thankfully, there are a great many of them who still do.
They're getting harder to find.  I work for a large police department, and a 
horrifying number of the juveniles we get for things like beating up old 
ladies to take their pocketbooks see no wrong in this, becuase the little old 
lady wasn't strong enough to hold onto it, therefore she didn't deserve to 
have it.  This isn't what my father taught me, and it isn't what I';ve taught 
my kids -but in many cases this IS what the putative parent(s) have taught 
the 
critters.
 RT> BR> The demise of the family almost always presages a rise in crime. 
 RT> BR> Perhaps the  most appropriate question to ask is where the family
 RT> BR> structure went in the  areas affected, and what we can do to
 RT> BR> encourage that the damage be undone - 
 RT> I may disagree with you with the definition of structure.  I don't
 RT> agree that it must be an opposite sex family.  The main thing is that
 RT> it is structured, strong and gives the correct values on intereacting
 RT> in society for the kids to live by.
I'm old enough and conservative enough to have a problem with some of the so-
called marriage arrangements - but I agree that stability and structure are 
key elements.
 RT> BR> ....not the race of the folks in
 RT> BR> the area, because the race isn't really  particularly interesting. 
 RT> Nor is it the main problem.
Never has been the main problem - just one of the more visible attributes.
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