Freeway Trash (Dallas, Tyler, Mart: buying, high school, living)

[jfre81]

Even with prisoners, you have to pay people to look after them, and they don't work for prison wages.

[3shipguy]

What r u guys talking about? In Texas, that's not trash. It's art. Those weeds. They're called landscaping. Sheesh! Don't mess with Texas!

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by 3shipguy

What r u guys talking about? In Texas, that's not trash. It's art. Those weeds. They're called landscaping. Sheesh! Don't mess with Texas!

Andy Warhol made art out of trash too.

[3shipguy]

Or is it the other way around? Andy Warhol made trash out of art. Depends on if you are a fan, I guess.

[3shipguy]

No, no white homeless people with shopping carts here in Houston. Nope. Zilch. No siree bob. Just those Mexicans and their other minority bethrens.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Chicken_of_Bristol

WOW.

And then some people in Texas wonder why many in the US have a negative view of Texas?

So if I steal from Wal-Mart its ok?

Why the double standard?

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...er-1596685.php

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by ethanw

You're an iDIOT.. Shopping carts have nothing to do with race but rather bad behaviors. You can't associate any type of behaviors to a race. Let me guess, drugs=blacks, robbery=mexicans, terrorist=arabs, potheads=white ?????

Again think about it, this is really about a bad behavior and NOT race. A bad behavior can equally be in any race.

Actually, some behaviors can be associated with greater participation by certain races.

According to the CDC, the majority of meth users are white. - CDC - Methamphetamine Use - Risk - HIV/AIDS

The majority of crack users are black. - Cocaine Use: 2002 and 2003

Country music will have a greater following among white people while hip-hop will have a greater following among black people.

The majority of suicide bombers will be young Muslims.

The NBA is made up mostly of black players - 78%.

[ethanw]

You just described profiling, just another iDIOTIC concept.. Now we have a perfect formula. We profile some individuals or groups based on their race and we're automatically associating a specific behavior to that race. Just because statistics say so?

What if we keep statistics out of it?
What if we keep the race out of it?
And what if we look at the behavior rather than the race or skin color?

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

Actually, some behaviors can be associated with greater participation by certain races.

According to the CDC, the majority of meth users are white. - CDC - Methamphetamine Use - Risk - HIV/AIDS

The majority of crack users are black. - Cocaine Use: 2002 and 2003

Country music will have a greater following among white people while hip-hop will have a greater following among black people.

The majority of suicide bombers will be young Muslims.

The NBA is made up mostly of black players - 78%.

[theSUBlime]

Originally Posted by ethanw

You're an iDIOT.. Shopping carts have nothing to do with race but rather bad behaviors. You can't associate any type of behaviors to a race. Let me guess, drugs=blacks, robbery=mexicans, terrorist=arabs, potheads=white ?????

Again think about it, this is really about a bad behavior and NOT race. A bad behavior can equally be in any race.

ethanw's wife, is that you?

I'm just going to agree with you -- and that goes for everyone, not just minorities.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by ethanw

You just described profiling, just another iDIOTIC concept.. Now we have a perfect formula. We profile some individuals or groups based on their race and we're automatically associating a specific behavior to that race. Just because statistics say so?

What if we keep statistics out of it?
What if we keep the race out of it?
And what if we look at the behavior rather than the race or skin color?

And what if unicorn kisses cure cancer?

Sure you can pretend as though cultural differences don't exist, but they do. Even unicorn kisses won't change that.