On Nov 8, 2007, at 6:50 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Joanna is probably correct here, but still I think it best for
> political
> reasons always to emphasize systemic elements rather than individual
> criminality.
On some level I agree with you, but most people don't get this systemic stuff. They only get individual criminality. I say that from more than 20 years of experience in trying to talk systemically. People get bored. They want to hear about thugs and scumbags.
Doug