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HiPointDem

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12. why the snark? i asked a civil question in a civil manner.

Reply to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #11)

Mon May 20, 2013, 05:13 PM

May 2013

if the best you can do is say 'it's in this book somewhere, go find it,' not much of a cite.

if it's such an acknowledged fact, it should be somewhere else on the internet. burden of proof is on you, you made the claim.

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The difference in economically devastated communities is that drugs are one of the few ways HiPointDem May 2013 #3

The question that leaps to my mind... davidthegnome May 2013 #5

not rambling at all. it's a huge picture with lots of aspects. when people become poorer, they HiPointDem May 2013 #8

One of the most ignored facts in this whole issue is the percentage of the population Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #4

I'd like to see the source for that claim, because in my hometown (which i have known intimately HiPointDem May 2013 #7

Writing from memory and can't find an online reference for you, but here is where I Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #9

"doesn't preclude the likeliness that it has dropped in someone else's". nor does it preclude the HiPointDem May 2013 #10

I'm not really concerned with your belief or lack thereof. I gave you the book, the book Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #11

why the snark? i asked a civil question in a civil manner. HiPointDem May 2013 #12

Dude, just returning the favor. Perhaps we have a lack of communication here. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #13

If you make a claim on the internet, it's up to you to provide some evidence. Scientific research HiPointDem May 2013 #14

I did, you have no interest in learning. Not my problem. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #15

i have no interest in buying an expensive book to find a cite that may or may not exist. you HiPointDem May 2013 #16

du rec. nt xchrom May 2013 #2

Yes, I see it as an excuse to go after minorities and the poor.. ananda May 2013 #6