TrickyRicky
Senior Member
What was it I said in another thread? Oh yeah, you can't change people. I know it's hard to accept.
All we can do is strive to build strong communities. The trouble with crime is not that it is on average dangerous to the population (even in the worst neighbourhoods in the world people who are involved in crime are the minority) it's that it psychologically undermines the desire and ability of people to strengthen the community. There is some kind of psychological inflection or tipping point where crime causes people to become apathetic or even worse to abandon their communities.
Thankfully the psychological impact of this crime is so low relative to the strength of the community that there will be virtually no long-term impact. I wish all of our communities in the city were so lucky.
We can focus all day on who is at fault or who are the bad guys or who should we fear but ultimately the real concern is this psychological balance of accounts between strengthening and weakening in a community.
All we can do is strive to build strong communities. The trouble with crime is not that it is on average dangerous to the population (even in the worst neighbourhoods in the world people who are involved in crime are the minority) it's that it psychologically undermines the desire and ability of people to strengthen the community. There is some kind of psychological inflection or tipping point where crime causes people to become apathetic or even worse to abandon their communities.
Thankfully the psychological impact of this crime is so low relative to the strength of the community that there will be virtually no long-term impact. I wish all of our communities in the city were so lucky.
We can focus all day on who is at fault or who are the bad guys or who should we fear but ultimately the real concern is this psychological balance of accounts between strengthening and weakening in a community.