Comments on: Bringing The Surge Home

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:58:04 +0000

This also seems kind of interesting to me. But also kind of ridiculous.

Maybe what we really need is a more sensible drug policy.

By: bellisaurius

bellisaurius — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:56:05 +0000

I actually kind of like the ideas. There's a certain acknowledgment of on the ground realities of how things work in the inner city.

The only problem is that we already do some of them. Companies hire a lot of private security, and many prisons are already privatized. Programs like Cease Fire intermediate with gangs and use financial incentives when possible.

By: Neocon

Neocon — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:03:07 +0000

So why not apply the same principle to street gangs in places like Los Angeles? We could pay gang members with public funds, arm them and train them in advanced fighting techniques. And all we would ask in return is that they stop shooting up their neighborhoods and be less public about dealing drugs. A great deal all around, no?

America has gone mad. Heres one for you. Why not pay liberals and conservatives a monthly pay check to stop hating each other. That would solve a lot more problems then paying gangs to sell drugs less obtrusively.

I do hope this post was in jest.