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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
Who do you think is buying the drugs? News flash: its not confined to those living in the areas that serve as distribution hubs. Its all walks of life, from all income levels, from all parts of the city. Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose. Get this notion that its all just junkies laying on lower wacker out of your head. I know plenty of people making 6 figures who dont think twice about pulling out coke at a party...somehow theyre not demonized though. Funny how that works.
We are all CHICAGO. These issues are not confined by imaginary neighborhood boundaries. This city needs to take a long hard cold look in the mirror for why it is the way it is, and that includes citizens at every level. It certainly is a convenient argument to just say "those people" lack morals, while creating, reinforcing, and benefiting from the conditions that arise from having an oppressed underclass. Bunch of people born on third base thinking they hit home runs. (and before I get the inevitable "but i grew up poor and pulled myself up by my bootstraps!"...congratulations. maybe it would also be helpful to be cognizant of the fact that not everyone was born with the same abilities).
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Oh cry me a river. Always with the sympathy. I don't care what walk of life you came from. These scum are shooting up toddlers and grandmas. Put them in jail and throw away the key. Your apologetic, introspective meditation on this issue does nothing to stop murders, it just enables it further.
If you guys want to carry this on we can do so in the Chicago Politics sub thread, as I'm sure this discussion is becoming off topic.