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Unknow Joined Fri 10/06/06 Posts: 4066	Mon 11/10/08 06:31 PM Edited by Unknow on Mon 11/10/08 06:35 PM
well Im just sayin....if you've ever been to the ghetto..this is a horrible problem. do you send your children to school and pray they dont get SHOT daily? i dont, thank god, I got lucky somewhere and got offa the streets a long time ago. if you want to fix the problems that result from poverty....start in the ghetto. BUT if you think giving them help through welfare....OR coutning on the prison system to take care of the crime on the streets....well we have been relying on this for years..its NOT working, dont put more money into a broken system. these people dont have TIME for education. they need to freaking have a dependable decent paying job...and then maybe there will be hope for their children. and society. I would love to hear the meaning ghetto. NO google just yours. Where Im from one of the better schools is in the poorest area.

cutelildevilsmom Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 8862	Mon 11/10/08 06:40 PM
To me the ghetto is the projects where drugs,poverty and hopelessness rule and the streets are hardcore.where decent people live in fear of gangs and drive by shootings.

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Mon 11/10/08 06:42 PM
To me the ghetto is the projects where drugs,poverty and hopelessness rule and the streets are hardcore.where decent people live in fear of gangs and drive by shootings. The place that you don't to at night.

cutelildevilsmom Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 8862	Mon 11/10/08 06:43 PM
To me the ghetto is the projects where drugs,poverty and hopelessness rule and the streets are hardcore.where decent people live in fear of gangs and drive by shootings. The place that you don't to at night. No one comes to my bed at night..I sleep in a ghetto bed ..

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Mon 11/10/08 06:45 PM
To me the ghetto is the projects where drugs,poverty and hopelessness rule and the streets are hardcore.where decent people live in fear of gangs and drive by shootings. The place that you don't to at night. No one comes to my bed at night..I sleep in a ghetto bed .. And it's going to be a cold winter. Here's a tissue. It's going to be okay.

catwoman96 Joined Thu 08/14/08 Posts: 5848	Mon 11/10/08 06:47 PM
To me the ghetto is the projects where drugs,poverty and hopelessness rule and the streets are hardcore.where decent people live in fear of gangs and drive by shootings. ^^^^ yup this is my def of the ghetto. a person cant turn their back for a sec cause who knows whos behind them and what they want. gang colors walk the streets. children prostitute themselves for you. cops dont care about who robbed who...its who got shot or who is going to shoot at them. and maybe there are some DECENT schhols (meaning they have the money/teachers/curriculium to give to the students....BUT still they require security guards on constant duty and walk through a metal detector to get inside the school. where a child lives more in fear....than in hope for the future. where a woman is protected by who she knows and who she blows. no matter how old she is. its a viscious cyclic trap...very HARD to get out. education aint working. and neither are the cops.

Unknow Joined Fri 10/06/06 Posts: 4066	Mon 11/10/08 07:00 PM Edited by Unknow on Mon 11/10/08 07:01 PM
Wow touched all bases. The ghetto is that were you picture the poor?

cutelildevilsmom Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 8862	Mon 11/10/08 07:00 PM
Until the streets are taken back by the decent people,until the broken trust between the cops and the residents of poor areas is restored,I don't see education helping when you can make more money selling heroin then a real job.

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Mon 11/10/08 07:02 PM
Wow touched all bases. The ghetto is that were you picture the poor? Where one pictures the poor is different then asking about the ghetto. The poor are everywhere.

catwoman96 Joined Thu 08/14/08 Posts: 5848	Mon 11/10/08 07:04 PM
Wow touched all bases. The ghetto is that were you picture the poor? Where one pictures the poor is different then asking about the ghetto. The poor are everywhere. exactly. a person selling drugs and stealing from his neighbors...isnt exactly poor. im talking about much more than poverty. for example.... ya want to eat and take your biotch out to eat...go to the corner and sling a rock. this is the ghetto.

Unknow Joined Fri 10/06/06 Posts: 4066	Mon 11/10/08 07:08 PM
Until the streets are taken back by the decent people,until the broken trust between the cops and the residents of poor areas is restored,I don't see education helping when you can make more money selling heroin then a real job. Some people believe that's a fight you cant when. That legalization is the answer. Does the war on drugs work? Thats a whole new story by its own.I guess what I was trying convey is that problems of the poor stretch far beyond that!

Unknow Joined Fri 10/06/06 Posts: 4066	Mon 11/10/08 07:12 PM
Wow touched all bases. The ghetto is that were you picture the poor? Where one pictures the poor is different then asking about the ghetto. The poor are everywhere. exactly. a person selling drugs and stealing from his neighbors...isnt exactly poor. im talking about much more than poverty. for example.... ya want to eat and take your biotch out to eat...go to the corner and sling a rock. this is the ghetto. Your humor is self centered. Let us all enjoy

catwoman96 Joined Thu 08/14/08 Posts: 5848	Mon 11/10/08 07:12 PM Edited by catwoman96 on Mon 11/10/08 07:15 PM
Until the streets are taken back by the decent people,until the broken trust between the cops and the residents of poor areas is restored,I don't see education helping when you can make more money selling heroin then a real job. Some people believe that's a fight you cant when. That legalization is the answer. Does the war on drugs work? Thats a whole new story by its own.I guess what I was trying convey is that problems of the poor stretch far beyond that! legalization is not the answer..plenty of controlled "legal if u got a script" substances being sold like CANDY on the streets right now. and these people, lemme tell ya, are more worried about getting their pill than food. they would even shoot your house up if they knew you had enopgh PSHT inside. is this going to be fixed by legalizing heroin or crack/cocaine?? i doubt it. just would create more problems. availability of good decent jobs is the only answer. u make more money dealing than by working. and if you work the GOV system while dealing...well the only thing left to do is to sit back and get wasted..

quiet_2008 Joined Sat 08/30/08 Posts: 11138	Mon 11/10/08 07:20 PM
"ghetto" refers to an area where minorities are forced to live based on social or economic pressure. It comes from the Italian word meaning "foundry" which is where the Jews were forced to live in Venice under Mussolini everything else ascribed to it is culturally connotational and specific to America

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Mon 11/10/08 07:21 PM Edited by Winx on Mon 11/10/08 07:23 PM
Well, if you all are talking about drug problems, let's talk about more drug rehabs. Addicts rarely have health insurance so they can hardly get into a rehab. Then there's the waiting lists. They are months long. The VA here has had their monies cut back so much and the waiting list is long so the vets only get 2 wks. of rehab and that's like getting a long detox. So...if we're going to the ghetto where drugs are more common and we offer them jobs, methinks that they need to get into rehab first. If they will accept. Which actually boils down to the fact that they don't have insurance for it. Just my 2 cents.

Unknow Joined Fri 10/06/06 Posts: 4066	Mon 11/10/08 07:22 PM
Until the streets are taken back by the decent people,until the broken trust between the cops and the residents of poor areas is restored,I don't see education helping when you can make more money selling heroin then a real job. Some people believe that's a fight you cant when. That legalization is the answer. Does the war on drugs work? Thats a whole new story by its own.I guess what I was trying convey is that problems of the poor stretch far beyond that! legalization is not the answer..plenty of controlled "legal if u got a script" substances being sold like CANDY on the streets right now. and these people, lemme tell ya, are more worried about getting their pill than food. they would even shoot your house up if they knew you had enopgh PSHT inside. is this going to be fixed by legalizing heroin or crack/cocaine?? i doubt it. just would create more problems. availability of good decent jobs is the only answer. u make more money dealing than by working. and if you work the GOV system while dealing...well the only thing left to do is to sit back and get wasted.. In my eyes alcohol is the worst drug when abused. It legal and don't need a script

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Mon 11/10/08 07:22 PM Edited by Winx on Mon 11/10/08 07:23 PM
Oops.

catwoman96 Joined Thu 08/14/08 Posts: 5848	Mon 11/10/08 07:25 PM
Until the streets are taken back by the decent people,until the broken trust between the cops and the residents of poor areas is restored,I don't see education helping when you can make more money selling heroin then a real job. Some people believe that's a fight you cant when. That legalization is the answer. Does the war on drugs work? Thats a whole new story by its own.I guess what I was trying convey is that problems of the poor stretch far beyond that! legalization is not the answer..plenty of controlled "legal if u got a script" substances being sold like CANDY on the streets right now. and these people, lemme tell ya, are more worried about getting their pill than food. they would even shoot your house up if they knew you had enopgh PSHT inside. is this going to be fixed by legalizing heroin or crack/cocaine?? i doubt it. just would create more problems. availability of good decent jobs is the only answer. u make more money dealing than by working. and if you work the GOV system while dealing...well the only thing left to do is to sit back and get wasted.. In my eyes alcohol is the worst drug when abused. It legal and don't need a script alcohol is cheap. and sure its dangerous. and it KILLLS. eats your body from the inside. an alcholic is different from a heroin or crack addict though., people dont usually kill for alcohol. like i said its cheap.

catwoman96 Joined Thu 08/14/08 Posts: 5848	Mon 11/10/08 07:26 PM
"ghetto" refers to an area where minorities are forced to live based on social or economic pressure. It comes from the Italian word meaning "foundry" which is where the Jews were forced to live in Venice under Mussolini everything else ascribed to it is culturally connotational and specific to America eeek he goggled it!! didntcha? minorities? wtf is a minority anyhow today?????

catwoman96 Joined Thu 08/14/08 Posts: 5848	Mon 11/10/08 07:28 PM
Well, if you all are talking about drug problems, let's talk about more drug rehabs. Addicts rarely have health insurance so they can hardly get into a rehab. Then there's the waiting lists. They are months long. The VA here has had their monies cut back so much and the waiting list is long so the vets only get 2 wks. of rehab and that's like getting a long detox. So...if we're going to the ghetto where drugs are more common and we offer them jobs, methinks that they need to get into rehab first. If they will accept. Which actually boils down to the fact that they don't have insurance for it. Just my 2 cents. nope...once your hooked on drugs...its hard to get off (hence the cycle) if your addiction hits eal hard...you'll be seen in the er. you can TREAT somebodys drug problem (psych, MORE MEDS 9benzos. methadone) but raelly...is that solving anything??? most of these treatments arent very effective. thing is TEACH TO SAY NOOOOOOOOO who the crap listens though????