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Originally Posted by PennBF
I give up..It is not possible to have reasonable discussions when some are in denial. If you read the paper on a regular basis you will note the high number of felonies and unfortunately a good portion are persons under the age of 65.
I don't intend to try to defend the number or the need for boundries and consequence's as when there is a strong indication of denials or need to
take a negative or argumental position regardless of facts then it is useless to try to have a serious debate. It does not take a lot of research to see the felonies documented in the paper with "The Villages" as location of residence. To deny this is to (a) indicate a lack of reading the paper on Mondays with the list of crimes and residence of the perosns and/or (b) denial that it happens and/or (c) just trying to argue for the sake of filling in down time. None of which deserves either an answer or further waste of time. 
PS: In some cases DUI is a felony and puts the others using the roads at risk. To downplay a DUI as though it is just a little infraction is sad as it is a very serious problem and I feel confident the average Law Enforcement Officer would not say it is just a minor violation of the law. |
Claiming folks are in denial is a cop out. You wanted to have conversation and an interchange of ideas, but when you are confronted with an opinion different than your own you "give up."
I agree--READ the paper, Monday's Daily Sun. The police blotter. I read it every Monday and have for the past six months. I have found that for the most part, the LARGE majority of crimes reported in the police blotter are committed by folks RESIDING outside TV. There were approximately forty arrests reported in last Monday's blotter (if someone still has a copy lying around, I would appreciate your input here) and I believe only two were arrests of TV
residents. That is representitive of what I have seen in the past six months, every Monday. I asked you politely where you got this info about all these felons living in TV and you have yet to provide the info except to claim "read the paper," which I do daily. You can bet I'll give a synopsis of next Monday's blotter.
You claim "To deny this is to (a) indicate a lack of reading the paper on Mondays with the list of crimes and residence of the perosns and/or (b) denial that it happens and/or (c) just trying to argue for the sake of filling in down time." You forgot
(d) You are just plain wrong but don't like it when someone has an opinion different from yours. Support your argument with evidence and I will happily admit I am wrong.
As to DUI, I think we both agree that it is a serious crime and I am certainly not down playing it, in fact, I am surprised that the problem is not bigger than reported in the Sun (I have left the squares at 9:30ish on many occasions and seen my share of those who I felt shouldn't be driving). The fact remains there was only one TV resident reported for DUI in the last police blotter. That is the only fact that we have--hardly a bunch of felons living in our midst that we need to "take away their amenity privileges."