From: ChinaOwnsAmerica@dimwit.net   
      
   "Art Clemons"  wrote in message   
   news:S1ydncfqpcTsNLGiXTWJhw@comcast.com...   
   > mcs wrote:   
   >   
   > > Its apparent the best the news media or administrators can do is watch   
   > > as murder after murder in last few months have produced very few   
   > > suspects.   
   >   
   > You're being silly.  The murder rate is up, but the murder rate is up   
   > around much of the urban US.  Rushing to find suspects also leads to   
   > problems, you might want to research the Lex Street Murders for a   
   > sample of what can happen when police rush to solve a case.  I am in   
   > favor of catching the guilty, but just busting anyone is unjust and   
   > doesn't really prevent future crime either. Obvious evidence leads to   
   > an arrest in Philly, and cases that take longer will have to take   
   > longer.  The other point to consider about your complaints about not   
   > being able to find a prostitute in Kensington is that the same   
   > neighborhood had a rising murder rate before the high police presence   
   > began, and the city does seem to put more police officers where the   
   > number of crimes go up.  Now if police were closer to being psychic   
   > they could predict where crimes would happen and show up two minutes   
   > before to prevent the crime in question.  Sadly, I don't know of any   
   > psychic cops with better arrest records.   
   >   
   > OK, you don't like Philadelphia, the best solution for you then is to   
   > avoid it if you can.  Your health complaints are noted, of course, the   
   > only way to really decrease air pollution in Philadelphia is to shut   
   > down the sources, and as you must know, all too much of it does not   
   > come from Philadelphia sources.  Now if you've got a magic solution,   
   > give your spell or do your incantation and solve the problem, but quite   
   > frankly the city of Philadelphia can do little about most of the air   
   > pollution sources, it's already lost most of its industry.   
      
   Sheesh, you're being silly.   
      
   Just call our personal cop when we lived in Philly. He came by on 2/3 of our   
   calls to the cops:   
      
   Incident #1   
      
   "Let me ask you a question. Were they black? Well, there you go. I could   
   fill out a report, but it wouldn't do any good."   
      
   Incident #2   
      
   "Let me ask you a question. Were they hispanic? Well, there you go. I could   
   fill out a report, but it wouldn't do any good."   
      
   Crime problem solved!   
      
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