So many communities are experiencing unbridled crime.
Kids are engaging in this too easily.
While I don't know what is the solution, I have this model for the problem:
1. A sense of a personal moral bearing keeps you in check
-- When that isn't in place--
2. A fear that your community or family will abandon you
-- When that isn't in place--
3. The Law
We're at the level of The Law for many.
We need to solve the problem all the way back to #1.
Besides personal antidotes, can you show any legitimate statistics that show that crime is increasing?
In cities all across America, crime is decreasing.
@corlin
It depends upon which crime and the influence that crime has on society.
The smash-and-grab and random attacks are impacting my city and state. It might be due to the fluidity of news, but it is effecting my society.
@JebKFan @corlin
I find that the conservatives I know will always being their arguments with "in my experience..."
Nevertheless, San Francisco is getting an unfair rap for crime overall even though it has been improving or staying steady.
I think it is the type of crime.
Smash-and-Grab gangs scare the shit out of people. It's a violent mob. Nobody wants to shop where a violent mob might hurt you.
And, retailers are getting hurt badly. My wife is a retail exec. It's really bad.
@corlin @JebKFan
Are those issues that you call out at the heart of the problem?
Is the problem just in San Francisco?