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Could we also say - now criminals kill less each other, hence there are more criminals in the streets?
by zerr 8y ago
Could we also say - now criminals kill less each other, hence there are more criminals in the streets?
- cbzry 8y agoAnd we could also say that they use their influence and legality to spread their criminal identity through the use of art (like rap, graffiti, etc).
- addicted 8y agoIf additions to the biggest music genre, and a massive art genre, is the negative results of doing this then they should be doing a lot more of it.
- dec0dedab0de 8y agoYou could say the same thing about Frank Sinatra
- CalRobert 8y agoIf there's a fixed supply of "criminals", sure, but there's not. People change. In the right circumstances people who might otherwise be law-abiding commit crimes, and vice versa.
- sametmax 8y agoWhat is important, the number of criminals, or the number and nature of crimes ? I think the goal is to reduce the later, attacking the former was just a way to try to do that. Ecuador strat seems to work toward the second goal, just without tackling the first. Let's see if how this goes.
- JulianMorrison 8y agoWhat do you call someone who doesn't commit crimes any more? I submit that "criminal" is the wrong word, certainly when your focus is public order in the present day.
- zerr 8y agoKilling less or not killing at all (anymore) doesn't automatically make someone non-criminal - there are lots of other types of crimes.