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[Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

Has the 911 tape been on the news? If not, funny cause lots of them are...

Rob - Va

On 7/27/09, Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net> wrote:
> It would be interesting to hear the 9-1-1 tape.  *Most* people who call in
> don't start off by giving descriptions of the people doing a crime.  They
> start with generics.  Then the dispatcher asks for specifics -- race,
> big/tall, short/small, etc.  Any distinctive characteristics (backpacks)?
>
> And I don't think "education" is the answer since it is always biased and
> has an inclination to teach more of what it is teaching against (DARE, for
> example).  The problem is children grow up with racist parents.  We could
> take them all away and put them in isolation <g>
>
> Or then again, it may never go away.  Are chickens racist?  If you put a
> "different" color in with a bunch of all one color chickens they are like as
> not to ravage the poor thing.
>
> Lynda
> "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."  Aldous Huxley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
>
>>snip<
>
>  They say that the answer to prejudice,racism and
>> bigotry, etc. is education.  Professor Gates makes me question that.
>> Of course, I am biased because I was once employed by a law enforcement
>> agency, but that's my two cents on the matter.
>>
>> Bev
>>
>>
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>> http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
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