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Yeah esau the white man is a whole entire bitch.....but he has guns. There's a reason the gun is called "the great equalizer". How does a bitch made people conquer the whole world?........with guns. If you can't beat'em, shoot'em.

My thoughts on Thomas Sowell: Don't Feed the Trolls

No, but I may have ran into one.

Except the guy I'm dealing with. everyone else has kept it classy.

You are speaking of an instance where the father is telling his kids something. I clearly said, throughout their lives. They don't talk to the same people, go the same places, make the same friends. Unless your dad and uncle were Siamese twins, They experienced different things bud. Selective...

Never said this. moving on. cool story bro Because your uncle had influences that contradicted the teachings of his parents and your father had influences that reinforced it. No one has the same exact environment and experiences throughout their lives even if they live in the same house. If...

So you didn't say you gave your son instructions and then he went to school and contradicted those instructions?

So you are not saying that I am saying charles manson should not have gone to prison because his parents screwed him up? yes or no?

ummmmm If your son disregards your parental instructions you actually don't have any influence over him.

If you read everything I wrote in this thread and think this is the point I'm making then any further conversation will be unfruitful as you don't understand a word I said. Point being, the parents can't be responsible for the success if they can't be responsible for the failure.

Nope. Didn't say this either. I also wrote "if the parents don't do it, someone else has to". that's why I brought up Tariq and why I said my point wasn't limited to parents. If you weren't trying to be champion debater on the internet and were actually trying to understand the point made you...

When kids grow up to be successes it's ok to credit the parents. When kids grow up to be failures it's not ok to blame the parents. Why is this?

You're still stuck on parents. His parents didn't give him the foundation. The brothers on the block did. He didn't do anything on his own other than build on the foundation laid for him. He got gamed up and then went out and executed the plan given to him. He has nothing to execute if he...

And if there was no one in his life to tell him this life path was bad, that choice was the only choice he could have possibly made. We don't make decisions in isolation apart from any knowledge or understanding of alternatives.

everyone seems to be stuck on parents. My point isn't limited to the input of the parents. I brought up Tariq Nasheed getting the game from the hustlers on the block and not necessarily from his parents. You saw the disaster of your mothers spending habits and didn't want to repeat it. That's...

Nope, never said that. Let's not attack straw-men. A foundation is not a completed structure. It is a stable plane for the purpose of putting a structure on so it won't fall. You got that from your mother, your cousin didn't. You're both working with what you received from your environment and...

I don't think you're understanding my point. I never insinuated that your cousin has no responsibility. In fact, I said the opposite. What I have stated is the reason for why your cousin is in the state he is in. It will ultimately be his task to rectify his situation....But more than likely he...

being kicked out of the house is an experience. A negative experience, but one nonetheless. Those experiences can influence you in one way or the other. He never got a chance to be man as he was infantilized by his mother. You can't be something you were never taught to be. Something drastic...

And you became who you wanted to be due to the influences you had prior to becoming 18 ie...You mom(I'm sure there were others as well, both positive and negative). Would you argue if we took away the influence of you mom you would still make the same decisions? Was your mom the only positive...

If he's been allowed to be like that up until age 30 he's essentially done. The poor life habits have set in too deep and I agree with you that he may need a catastrophic life event to happen to him such as homelessness. Sometimes drastic measures may be necessary.