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On 1/17/2018 6:36 PM, wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:02:38 -0700, casa de los sueños >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/17/2018 2:02 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 11:03:10 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Colour or country make no difference whatever to me. Personality is all!!!
>>>> Kindness seems to be a premium around here sometimes I don't care if you
>>>> are from Mars with 5 legs ... err you aren't are you???
>>>
>>> From my limited exposure to you all, I'd say that the Brits seem to be better suited for living together with non-whites. It might be because you guys were spread all over the world and got used to being in the minority.
>>>
>>
>> Fascinating theory, perhaps so.
>>
>>> Americans have no such history and black folks are reduced to screaming out "Black lives matter!" It's a shameful situation.
>>>
>>
>> And yet we beat the crap out of slavery, Jim Crow, segregated schools,
>> bussing, etc.
>>
>> The current angst is all cop-related, and that means it's all in
>> reaction to insanely high levels of crime in the hood.
>>
>> There are of course places where police forces act with /extreme/
>> passion against...wait for it...the HOMELESS.
>
> Growing up in NYC I've never seen cops harrassing the homeless....
> cops have much more important things to do.

Agreed.

It'd be like trying to get rid of pigeons...

> I have seen cops buying
> the homeless a meal and pointing them to a soup kitchen/shelter.

Nice!

> Many homeless have a cat and I've always given them cans of cat food.

They have dogs too.

But that's a great way to make their day better.