Two great letters. I hope they represent a thus-far silent majority that is preparing to speak up. Loudly. Here are a couple of highlights that jumped out at me.
"I find the extant crime statistics to be misleading, as they conflate what I think are three distinct types of violence with differently-weighted causes and possible interventions: domestic/intimate-partner, transactional/acquaintance, and stranger. Public fear in a city like New York is about stranger violence; people know how to avoid the other forms by taking adequate precautions."
Exactly! Asians in San Francisco are being attacked and robbed by complete strangers not only on downtown streets but while working in their own yards and garages. Even inside their homes.
They feel safe nowhere.
"To many progressives, the state does the victim a favor by taking account of his grievance, for they perceive the purpose of the state to be a well-ordered society that grants rights to the individual. The libertarian individualist, on the other hand, believes that we grant (outsource, really) a legal monopoly on force/violence to the state (except in the case of self-defense) with the expectation that the state acts in a just and timely manner."
Exactly, again! That's not a way I would normally think about it, but the e-mail writer is right on target. I have definitely been feeling frustration that we as a society have decided on laws and funded the enforcement of those laws, and yet the enforcement seems to be overridden by the media political propaganda. We tell the state what we want and think is best, not the other way around.
Two great letters. I hope they represent a thus-far silent majority that is preparing to speak up. Loudly. Here are a couple of highlights that jumped out at me.
"I find the extant crime statistics to be misleading, as they conflate what I think are three distinct types of violence with differently-weighted causes and possible interventions: domestic/intimate-partner, transactional/acquaintance, and stranger. Public fear in a city like New York is about stranger violence; people know how to avoid the other forms by taking adequate precautions."
Exactly! Asians in San Francisco are being attacked and robbed by complete strangers not only on downtown streets but while working in their own yards and garages. Even inside their homes.
They feel safe nowhere.
"To many progressives, the state does the victim a favor by taking account of his grievance, for they perceive the purpose of the state to be a well-ordered society that grants rights to the individual. The libertarian individualist, on the other hand, believes that we grant (outsource, really) a legal monopoly on force/violence to the state (except in the case of self-defense) with the expectation that the state acts in a just and timely manner."
Exactly, again! That's not a way I would normally think about it, but the e-mail writer is right on target. I have definitely been feeling frustration that we as a society have decided on laws and funded the enforcement of those laws, and yet the enforcement seems to be overridden by the media political propaganda. We tell the state what we want and think is best, not the other way around.