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- From: ice@socrates.umd.edu (Fredrik Nyman)
- Subject: Re: Protest
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.182704.10397@socrates.umd.edu>
- Organization: University of Maryland University College
- References: <1992Nov12.005343.15148@alw.nih.gov> <1992Nov13.184538.13667@hfsi.uucp> <62050@mimsy.umd.edu> <1992Nov15.193945.6720@socrates.umd.edu> <1992Nov16.153915.7303@clsi.COM>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:27:04 GMT
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- kevin@clsi.COM (Kevin Cameron) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov15.193945.6720@socrates.umd.edu>, ice@socrates.umd.edu (Fredrik Nyman) writes:
- >>
- >> In general, I feel that the current criminal problems the US suffers
- >> is caused more by a general lack of accountability than anything else.
-
- >Maybe it is caused by high levels of unemployment, poverty and poor education.
-
- >Who is accountable for that ? - maybe the voters ?
-
- Good point! Yes, unemployment, poverty and poor education are
- certainly major factors. My point was more along the lines that if
- no-one takes responsibility for hir actions, how can we expect others
- to do it?
-
- For the longest time, we have seen government officials ignore their
- constituents. Many of the very agencies whose missions are to help
- disadvantaged (HHS, HUD) have been plagued by scandals. The school
- boards, maybe particularly in DC, seem more concerned with its
- employees than the students. We, as voters, don't hold obviously
- incompetent officials responsible, but keep re-electing them.
-
- This isn't really just a DC issue; we see it everywhere; in federal
- and local government, in private companies. If someone is caught
- lying through his teeth, hir standard response seems to be "So I lied"
- and no-one makes a big deal out of it.
-
- Given this, it's unsurprising that crime is as bad as it is; no-one
- seems to *care* for the situation in the inner cities, particularly
- not those whose job it is to work on improving the situation.
-