XPost: phl.media, phl.misc, pa.politics   
   From: artclemons@aolSPAM.com   
      
   mcs wrote:   
      
   > Sometimes, incredibly enough you , I or everyone must admit there is a   
   > problem  for anything to be done about it. In many places across many   
   > time zones , even in this county people don't have to worry about   
   > crime like one has to do in this city.   
      
      
   One more time despite all of your claims, Philadelphia statistically is   
   safer than most big cities.  Its murder rate despite rising is still   
   lower than two or three years ago, and other violent crimes are still   
   down.  Crimes happen when people are concentrated, and even folks in   
   rural areas now have to lock their doors.  You point to the NorthEast   
   as some dangerous area yet its crime rate still hasn't risen to some   
   point that should trigger flight or to for example the levels of a   
   neighborhood like Mantua.  Your doom and gloom doesn't do anything for   
   the city or for the people within the city.  Just what crime prevention   
   techniques would you suggest, or how would you suggest that children   
   beating up other children be prevented.  Even 60 years ago, students   
   were subjected to violence by other students, and the one difference   
   between then and now, namely lots of guns sure isn't because the   
   Philadelphia police or the school police encourage gun posession by   
   students.   
      
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