ravensfan69

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   by ravensfan69 3y ago

   > "Theft and violence reigns supreme in a lawless urban wasteland" > "How are these anecdotes relevant?" This is a tremendous leap in logic, but I am suggesting that Baltimore's problems can and do exist wholl
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   by ravensfan69 3y ago

   > What would that even mean? It would look, and maybe this is sheer coincidence, very much like our present situation
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   by ravensfan69 3y ago

   This was obvious hyperbole meant to express a deep frustration at having suffered at the hands of criminals in a city I care deeply about. People I love have been terrorized
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   by ravensfan69 3y ago

   It feels bizarre to make appeals to a foreign society with a history, culture, government, and demographics which are utterly alien to the situation in the west. We don't live in China. Are you so sure that our situation SHOULD be that
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   by ravensfan69 3y ago

   I live in Baltimore, in a pretty "good" part of town where most of the young professionals and Hopkins hospital staff live. I know 4 different people who've had cars stolen in the past 24 months. In 3 of these cases the perpe