http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2009 A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2009/comment-page-1#comment-3431 EmilyE Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archive/2018#comment-3431 Not to mention the fact that Bennett went on to say that would be a ridiculous and "reprehensible" idea. The transcript gives a great deal more context (he apparently was answering a caller's question about a book that proposes something similar). http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2009/comment-page-1#comment-3432 Jerry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archive/2018#comment-3432 To appreciate Bennett's comments would require a sense of humor and perhaps an attention span that let's one take in the whole statement, and not just the most amusing soundbites. I don't think the MSM has much of either of those two commodities. http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2009/comment-page-1#comment-3433 howard Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archive/2018#comment-3433 The real offense of Bennett's comments is the probable inaccuracy of them. Crime rates aren't usually determined by race as much as by other social factors.<br /><br />If he truly believes that crime rates are solely driven by race and that his hasty hypothesis is unequivocally true, he may in deed harbor a few racist tendencies that happened to slip out in this statement -- regardless of his trailing disclaimer.
If he truly believes that crime rates are solely driven by race and that his hasty hypothesis is unequivocally true, he may in deed harbor a few racist tendencies that happened to slip out in this statement — regardless of his trailing disclaimer.]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2009/comment-page-1#comment-3434 Funky Dung Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archive/2018#comment-3434 Um...I highly doubt that he believes that. In fact, I think he was mocking the idea, which appeared in Freakanomics. My comparison to Jonathan Swift is based on the assumption that he was being sarcastic, not serious. http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2009/comment-page-1#comment-3435 EmilyE Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archive/2018#comment-3435 A brief essay on the same point that you might find interesting:<br />http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/guest/05/lawler/bennett.html http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/guest/05/lawler/bennett.html]]>