"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 11/24/2013 6:10 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Consider the numbers and the types of crimes. While there may be the
>>> occasional well bred and wealthy killer, far more of the killers have
>>> a disadvantaged background, little money, bad parents, bad
>>> neighbourhoods and bad choices. Seriously, look at class pictures of
>>> kids in preppy private schools and compare them with a class picture
>>> from an inner city school. Consider the odds of kids in those two
>>> pictures being convicted or or a victim of a violent crime.
>>>
>>
>>
>> So, what's your point? I didn't say all, I said some, and *some* very
>> privileged preppy kids do turn out bad...like the Menendez Brothers,
>> Philip Markoff...just to name a couple.
>>
> \
> I would have thought that my point was pretty obvious..... that there are
> a small number or violent crimes committed by the supposedly well bred.
> You can name a small number of them because their being rich and their
> being the exceptional case makes headlines. Meanwhile, many thousands of
> murders are committed by the more or less disenfranchised. You may hear of
> one or two preppy murders per year in the US. Meanwhile there are close to
> 400 murders in Detroit alone. Internationally there is a pretty high
> corelation between poverty and murder rates.
>
> Exceptions do not make the rule, but feel free to live in denial.


I would have thought that my point was pretty obvious too, but you chose to
take exception, so feel free to argue the point with yourself.

Cheri