Re: walter, don't you think it's time we talked?

<< The point is that these sociopaths have absolutely no respect for women, no
matter how well-meaning they are. She did not go into a tough neighborhood,
she had brought the punks into a recently yuppiefied section to do labor in
construction to develop a skill.>>

 Obviously not in a well-planned manner, & not with a recruitment program to
choose those who would benefit. The plan was bound to fizzle.

<<That was something that was completely lost on their addled simplistic
criminal brains. They had written themselves off as hopeless their entire
lives. >>

Exactly. In order for this to happen, their parents, teachers, friends, and
community had to write them off first. With some exceptions, people are not
born with a "write-me-off" gene.

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)