tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post116137332691239573..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: Crime creeps closer...carmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1162254958375079282006-10-30T19:35:00.000-05:002006-10-30T19:35:00.000-05:00Brilliant piece of writing, Carmi. Do I see a boo...Brilliant piece of writing, Carmi. Do I see a book of essay's on the horizon?<BR/>Your piece made me think of the saying, "No man is an island."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1161747161655010582006-10-24T23:32:00.000-04:002006-10-24T23:32:00.000-04:00Crime can hit anywhere. We have become a people w...Crime can hit anywhere. We have become a people with no shame, declining moral values; many feeling entitled to whatever they want, not caring about consequences to their actions..... self-centered, narcissistic. <BR/><BR/>I don't think you can legislate the change in thinking; only a change of the heart can fix this.srphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751987787364198318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1161731492813253752006-10-24T19:11:00.000-04:002006-10-24T19:11:00.000-04:00We moved to our house in a sleepy little town near...We moved to our house in a sleepy little town nearly three years ago. The "city" where we lived was where my husband grew up. It was a small NE city, but as with time, crime found it irresistable too. There was a rape one street over from ours and that was the final straw. We left. It's sad really. Last week, that city lost it's first officer in over 30 years to the hands of a man with a bullet. He didn't even have a chance to react and probably didn't even know he was shot in the head. I hope that crime doesn't find us here as we are comfortable. But isn't that when it always hits? People have to be vigilant and educated. It is a pretty scarey world in which we live. It's true that this isn't my grandparents time, my parents time and eventually, someone will say that our time was the *good old days* too.Chattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708977648640747317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1161716943993536852006-10-24T15:09:00.000-04:002006-10-24T15:09:00.000-04:00Carmi,We live in the East End in a beautiful 110 y...Carmi,<BR/><BR/>We live in the East End in a beautiful 110 year old home. When we moved in it was what we could afford. We stayed not because of intertia, but there are two ways to change a neighbourhood. By staying or leaving. The same with our public school. We sent our kids to a really good pretensous preschool and then to our local "troubled" elementary school. We had caring teachers and again, I believe that our kids had a more positive influence on the disadvantaged kids than the bad kids had on them.<BR/><BR/>We live in a neighbourhood. We notice when a stranger is on a neighbours front porch. If someone looks like they are suspicious, we report them, or confront them. We share tools, gardening tips, and we know which kids belong to whom. <BR/><BR/>It used to be said that it takes a village to raise a child. In the case of London Ontario, it takes a neighbourhood to build a city.<BR/><BR/>Tom the bikerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1161715662319376922006-10-24T14:47:00.000-04:002006-10-24T14:47:00.000-04:00Very thought provoking. I wouldn't dare speak for ...Very thought provoking. I wouldn't dare speak for everyone. So this is my take. <BR/><BR/>9/11 has fostered a lot of festering, paranoia and blaming. For us, we see our president making us loathed the world over, making us feel even less safe. We see our president throwing the mid to lower income populace to the wolves while he shames us into submissive agreement and support (not all of us, I will add). All of this, from 911 to the actions of our administration fosters a greater feeling of danger and lack of well-being. It has exacerbated the tendency you wrote about above. IMO, this is the reason for the increase of lash-out-crime. Another contributing factor is the clannishness of certain ethnic backgrounds, bourne honestry from the separatism you spoke of. It all seems to self-perpetuate, and is reinforced by the sensationalism of our nightly news. I wish there were easy answers.<BR/><BR/>I am aware of it all, and I live my life as a sort of ambassador for kindness. I make eye contact, I say hello, I'm polite, I hold doors, I smile and wave at neighbors, and try to make a difference. And I vote carefully in elections. <BR/><BR/>So many factors holding it in place. Not sure how to unravel it all.<BR/>~SShephardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07318615370914088651noreply@blogger.com