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that said "Prohibit 14-18 year old blacks and dogs into the shop"

What a world we live in:

 
Yes if the kids didn't steal the sign would not have been needed.

I know the store in question. Have shopped there occasionally. That area of Melbourne has the first signs of young gang problems.
 
Prohibiting those specific kids into the shop makes sense to me. Prohibiting all black teens, while allowing teens from other ethnic groups I cannot support. People who had nothing to do with the actions of these specific teens should not be responsible for these kids actions; they likely have no authority over said teens. No one gets to pick their ethnicity, and no one has magical powers over all other members of their ethnicity.
 
Tigers! said:
Yes if the kids didn't steal the sign would not have been needed.

I know the store in question. Have shopped there occasionally. That area of Melbourne has the first signs of young gang problems.
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Maybe we should steal a page from the feminists' playbook and "Teach young black kids not to steal" as a way to solve the problem. ;)
 
thebeave said:
Tigers! said:
Yes if the kids didn't steal the sign would not have been needed.

I know the store in question. Have shopped there occasionally. That area of Melbourne has the first signs of young gang problems.
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Maybe we should steal a page from the feminists' playbook and "Teach young black kids not to steal" as a way to solve the problem. ;)
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To avoid the charge of racism just teach all children not to steal.
 
Tigers! said:
Yes if the kids didn't steal the sign would not have been needed.

I know the store in question. Have shopped there occasionally. That area of Melbourne has the first signs of young gang problems.
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So if I were black and walked into the store, I should be denied access because of the actions of other people I had nothing to do with? Do you even know what the word 'individualism' entails and how it ties into democratic societies? Or is it just easier to ban all black teens because 'hey, they all look the same right?'
 
LordKiran said:
Tigers! said:
Yes if the kids didn't steal the sign would not have been needed.

I know the store in question. Have shopped there occasionally. That area of Melbourne has the first signs of young gang problems.
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So if I were black and walked into the store, I should be denied access because of the actions of other people I had nothing to do with? Do you even know what the word 'individualism' entails and how it ties into democratic societies? Or is it just easier to ban all black teens because 'hey, they all look the same right?'
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Just teach all kids regardless of colour not to steal and there would not be this issue.
 
Tigers! said:
LordKiran said:
So if I were black and walked into the store, I should be denied access because of the actions of other people I had nothing to do with? Do you even know what the word 'individualism' entails and how it ties into democratic societies? Or is it just easier to ban all black teens because 'hey, they all look the same right?'
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Just teach all kids regardless of colour not to steal and there would not be this issue.
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Funny thing about lessons to children, they don't all take.
 
Tigers! said:
Just teach all kids regardless of colour not to steal and there would not be this issue.
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How the fuck is that a reply? The question was not how to make this issue go away, but whether this 'issue' is right or wrong?

How do you justify my being held responsible for the behavior of other people?

Can I be punished for other people's kids' behavior because I'm also a parent?
Or I'm the same race as they are? (Kids or parents)
Or for being the same nationality?
Religion?
Language?
 
Tigers! said:
LordKiran said:
So if I were black and walked into the store, I should be denied access because of the actions of other people I had nothing to do with? Do you even know what the word 'individualism' entails and how it ties into democratic societies? Or is it just easier to ban all black teens because 'hey, they all look the same right?'
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Just teach all kids regardless of colour not to steal and there would not be this issue.
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I think it more than likely that these kids were taught not to steal at some point in their lives, just like all kids of all colors. I was taught not to steal by my very white, very christian family, yet I stole a couple times as a kid, and even got caught once when I was in my early teens. That was the lesson that kept me from stealing again.
 
KeepTalking said:
Tigers! said:
Just teach all kids regardless of colour not to steal and there would not be this issue.
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I think it more than likely that these kids were taught not to steal at some point in their lives, just like all kids of all colors. I was taught not to steal by my very white, very christian family, yet I stole a couple times as a kid, and even got caught once when I was in my early teens. That was the lesson that kept me from stealing again.
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I had a kinda-sorta dad when I was younger and he on occasion encouraged petty theft of soda from soda fountains and mints. It seemed odd at the time because "Hey if you're going to steal at least make it worth the trouble you'd get in."
 
I was in a 711 in New Jersey last week. The cashier was complaining of thieving teenagers, who were all white. The first porn book I ever read was a hand me down from a junior high school heist regularly hit after school. Also all white.

Here in NYC, some stores limit the after school kids to two at a time. Judging from the video, that would make sense for that store.


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Horatio Parker said:
I was in a 711 in New Jersey last week. The cashier was complaining of thieving teenagers, who were all white. The first porn book I ever read was a hand me down from a junior high school heist regularly hit after school. Also all white.

Here in NYC, some stores limit the after school kids to two at a time. Judging from the video, that would make sense for that store.


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I saw that back in the 80s--many convenience stores had limits on the number of students allowed in at once.
 
Seems to be kind of a rite of passage for teenage girls to go through a shoplifting phase.

I was dating a girl many years ago, both in our very early twenties. On I think our third date, we stopped in a store to do some shopping. Got back in the car and she showed me the bracelet she had just stolen. I didn't say anything but never took her out again.
 
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