tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post6349213183250960016..comments2023-11-15T15:11:00.318-05:00Comments on Zandar Versus The Stupid: The French ConnectionZandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396826133150556766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-24531931557582268842015-01-11T14:33:39.596-05:002015-01-11T14:33:39.596-05:00It's a bit early to say that the "broken ...It's a bit early to say that the "broken windows" theory doesn't work - but one wonders whether the NYPD rank and file got told that the work slowdown was having the opposite effect of that intended.RepubAnonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-11429528647898847422015-01-11T14:30:18.066-05:002015-01-11T14:30:18.066-05:00There is some data suggesting that the NYPD should...There is some data suggesting that the NYPD should be targeting rich kids:<br /><br />What she found in a 1999 study and several more since, however, was a surprise. Using a variety of data that included families with median household incomes of about $150,000, she found that the <b><i>adolescents in higher-income families had higher rates of substance abuse of all kinds than those in lower-income ones</i></b>. This makes a certain amount of sense, since they can afford the drugs, the vehicles to go buy them and the fake IDs that help with the procurement of Stoli and Jägermeister.<br /><br />But there was more. The more affluent suburban youth stole from their parents more often than city youth with less money and were more likely to experience clinically significant levels of depression, anxiety and physical ailments that seemed to stem from those mental conditions. These things began emerging as early as seventh grade.<br /><br />Source: New York Times, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/business/growing-up-on-easy-street-has-its-own-dangers.html" rel="nofollow">Growing Up on Easy Street Has Its Own Dangers</a> (Emphasis added)<br /><br /><br /><br />If you want to talk about problems stemming from a sense of entitlement, start with the rich and powerful (and their children). That seems to be the primary source of the problem.RepubAnonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-24197377246407176172015-01-11T11:20:19.424-05:002015-01-11T11:20:19.424-05:00Ahem. So, Mr NYPD, you stopped doing your job and ...Ahem. So, Mr NYPD, you stopped doing your job and things went ok, if not actually got better. Remind me again why we pay you? S8noreply@blogger.com