tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post112818837716430107..comments2023-06-05T12:15:30.783+01:00Comments on East Ethnia: "A thought experiment"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1128360316925162512005-10-03T18:25:00.000+01:002005-10-03T18:25:00.000+01:00It's an interesting argument, Darko. Of course it ...It's an interesting argument, Darko. Of course it might not be limited to abortion: maybe anything that improves people's conditions and gives them more control over their lives might have the effect of reducing sreet (if not "white-collar") crime.Eric Gordyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743744653177736119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1128353416889304752005-10-03T16:30:00.000+01:002005-10-03T16:30:00.000+01:00I found the remarks Bennett made abhorent. His pr...I found the remarks Bennett made abhorent. His presentation of such a thesis was idiotic.<BR/>However, for anyone out there who actually read (and didn't just buy the book a la Stephen Hawking's unread bestsellers), Steven Levitt's "Freakonomics", a similar proposal was made, albeit not confined to one race. When trying to come up with a logical answer to the question of why major crime decreased in NYC and other major cities in the 1980's and 1990's, Levitt proposed that it was <B>not</B> policy changes, additional police, or wether-related issues that cut crime down. It was easy access to legalized abortion, since the children that were born were (assumed) to be kids that parents wanted not children they "had" to have due to lack of availibility of legal pregnancy termination facilities. I'm not buying inot this completely, but Levitt's got a truckload of facts to back his proposal.<BR/>Plus, he doesn't sound like as callous jerk as Bennett did.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1128284558858621142005-10-02T21:22:00.000+01:002005-10-02T21:22:00.000+01:00Yes Gordy trying to ruin public education counts. ...Yes Gordy trying to ruin public education counts. I just joined Daily Kos, probably you know that 'kos' is the word for 'scythe' in most Slavic languages....<BR/>Anyway I never could stand that sanctimonious bastard Mr. Bennet. His mere existance stinks in the nostrils of God!Katja R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17813405984067905779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1128198361630744232005-10-01T21:26:00.000+01:002005-10-01T21:26:00.000+01:00Here it is....http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikt...Here it is....<BR/><BR/>http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2005/09/if_you_steriliz.htmlEric Gordyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743744653177736119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1128197758476419972005-10-01T21:15:00.000+01:002005-10-01T21:15:00.000+01:00Mjikthise has another charming thought experiment....Mjikthise has another charming thought experiment....Bora Zivkovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763808287050592569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1128192462350028892005-10-01T19:47:00.000+01:002005-10-01T19:47:00.000+01:00Does intervening in the regulatory process to dama...Does intervening in the regulatory process to damage public education count? Try here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/1/141149/235Eric Gordyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743744653177736119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1128188831945140312005-10-01T18:47:00.000+01:002005-10-01T18:47:00.000+01:00it was hilarious listening to the contortions of l...it was hilarious listening to the contortions of logic by Sean Hanity and Rush Limbaugh defending this statement. What ever happened to 'words have meanings!' j***! <BR/>Anyway this is hardly the first fall from Grace of Mr. Bennet, there was the matter of all that gambleing.<BR/>One wonders what other skeletons are rattleing about in his closets...Katja R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17813405984067905779noreply@blogger.com