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My Name Is Daniel: He Could Have Been My Son. He Was Killed at 29

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Re: My Name Is Daniel: He Could Have Been My Son. He Was Killed at 29

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Yo, so what exactly is wrong with these guys? They are born in America and have so much support and they suck. Some of my friends grew up in rural Asia (yeah, the places of which people make fun of for lack of toilets or for poor English accents) and they freaking kick ass in America, becoming software engineers off loans they pay for themselves and shit like that.

And then these dudes are given free education and mentors and all they can come up with is getting shot in a car chase? Come on.

Re: My Name Is Daniel: He Could Have Been My Son. He Was Killed at 29

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Yo, so what exactly is wrong with these guys? They are born in America and have so much support and they suck. Some of my friends grew up in rural Asia (yeah, the places of which people make fun of for lack of toilets or for poor English accents) and they freaking kick ass in America, becoming software engineers off loans they pay for themselves and shit like that. And then these dudes are given free education and me…

Parental abuse and neglect is a hell of a thing to shake off.

Re: My Name Is Daniel: He Could Have Been My Son. He Was Killed at 29

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"You’re gonna teach me about the Holocaust, which never happened?" "Join your ancestors and die in an oven." Ok so, if the Holocaust didn't happen, how exactly did the teacher's ancestors "die in an oven"?

It's a plausible theory for the numbers to have been exaggerated.

Re: My Name Is Daniel: He Could Have Been My Son. He Was Killed at 29

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post #5

"You’re gonna teach me about the Holocaust, which never happened?" "Join your ancestors and die in an oven." Ok so, if the Holocaust didn't happen, how exactly did the teacher's ancestors "die in an oven"?

Being deliberately offensive doesn't require consistency.

Re: My Name Is Daniel: He Could Have Been My Son. He Was Killed at 29

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Yo, so what exactly is wrong with these guys? They are born in America and have so much support and they suck. Some of my friends grew up in rural Asia (yeah, the places of which people make fun of for lack of toilets or for poor English accents) and they freaking kick ass in America, becoming software engineers off loans they pay for themselves and shit like that. And then these dudes are given free education and me…

Yeah we have a lotttt of fuck ups here in the US. Some people's parents aren't really there for them and the kid just wants to beat their own drum.

When drugs are cheaply available, some people lose control of themselves biologically and become threats to everyone else and themselves.

It's probably a bit different from the type of upbringing that is "typical" in asia, with strict rules and expectations for the kid to lead a hard working and sober life?

Just my thoughts. This is generalizing both populations.

Re: My Name Is Daniel: He Could Have Been My Son. He Was Killed at 29

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Yo, so what exactly is wrong with these guys? They are born in America and have so much support and they suck. Some of my friends grew up in rural Asia (yeah, the places of which people make fun of for lack of toilets or for poor English accents) and they freaking kick ass in America, becoming software engineers off loans they pay for themselves and shit like that. And then these dudes are given free education and me…

The reason you are puzzled is because you have made the error of survivorship bias.
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