I think it can be assumed that gangs and gang members support  violence?
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I think gangs condone violence, and further its prevalence in American society, but I'm not sure "support" is the right word.  Maybe.  Anyway, they are a little different than terrorists and need to be dealt with differently.  For starters, they are mostly comprised of younger individuals, usually minors.  These are citizens that can ideally be changed for the better before they are adult members of society.  And a lot of gangs want good things, they just go about it the wrong way. \nI am not saying no gangs are violent or that no gang member should be punished, I just don't quite agree with your statements.
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Gang territory markings.
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i think they do. some just feel like that's the only way they can get respect or feel wanted some how by hurting people. i use to date a gang member and he was very angry, but he did care about others. he felt unwanted before we started dating, (well that's his story), and he had a very bad child hood. so i guess it depends. could be the way that certain person was raised, but everyone has a heart somewhere inside!
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I think it would be true only if everyone could follow it. If we all respected each other and took time to understand each other's positions, there'd be a lot less violence in the world.
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Gangs are not a huge part of African-American culture.  Only 5% of all African-Americans are in them or truly effected by them.\n\nIt is way more exaggerated on T.V. perpetuated by sterotypes
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It certainly does. Aggression begets aggression. Violence raises Blood Pressure. Leading to more violence.\nChildren watching it think that is how they should react in real life. Like point a gun to get what you want.  READ :\nDoes violence on TV cause violence in real life? What should be done? \n\n     Thirty murders. Forty beatings. Do these sound like figures from a police report? Guess again. They are the number of violent \nacts that a group of South Carolina sixth-graders observed while watching one hour of prime-time television. \n\n     One hour. \n\n     Last December, the students conducted a survey of TV violence. Each student agreed to watch one hour of prime-time television \nfor four days and record the number of violent acts shown. Only murders and beatings were counted. \n\n     The results shocked many of the students. During the four-day period, they saw a total of 100 murders and hundreds of \nphysical assaults (attacks). One student counted three killings in a commercial for a new movie. \n\n     "I was blown away," Kristi Wannamaker, 12, told JS. "I never realized there was so much violence on television." \n\n     Kristi believes that there should be less violence on TV. But some of her classmates disagree. They say that violence makes TV \ninteresting, and should not be cut back. \n\n     "My friends watch violence and it doesn't affect them," Trevor Jay, 12, told JS. "Most people can handle it." \n\n     Why worry about violence on TV? Some people believe that television violence is partly responsible for the growing amount of \nviolence in America. They say that TV violence should be reduced. But other people disagree, saying that viewers have the right to \nchoose what they watch. What do you think? Does violence on TV influence real life? Should it be cut back? If so, how? \n\n     One thing is sure--TV violence is big. On any given night, you might catch a movie about a woman hiring someone to kill her \nhusband. Another channel might offer "real-life" police stories of arrests and shootings. A cartoon shows characters getting \nflattened against trees or squashed under rocks. Add the violence in music videos and movie ads and you get a lot of killing, \nbeating, and bashing going on. \nIS TV VIOLENCE HARMFUL? \n\n     Some experts think that so much violence is harmful. "There are so many studies showing a relationship between the violence \non TV and violence in people's lives," Diana Zuckerman, a psychologist, told JS. "TV is not just a reflection of what's happening in \nsociety, [it] is also creating violence." \n\n     How does this happen? "You get desensitized," explains Robert E. Gould, a professor of psychiatry and an officer of the \nNational Coalition on Television Violence. "The more violence you see, the less upset you become by it. It just becomes a part of \nyour daily life," Gould told JS. \n\n     What do television viewers think? In a recent survey, 80 percent of the people polled felt that television violence is harmful. \nAbout 72 percent thought that entertainment television (TV programs not including news) shows too much violence. \n\n     WHAT IMPACT ON KIDS? \n\n     How much violence do kids see on TV? According to a study done by the American Psychological Association (APA), a child \nwho watches four hours of television daily will witness 8,000 murders by the time he or she finishes elementary school. \n\n     This worries many experts. They say that young children between the ages of 2 and 5 cannot tell the difference between reality \nand fantasy life. So when they see violence on cartoons, they take it for real. \n\n     It can harm older children, too. A steady diet of violence gives them a skewed (distorted) picture of real life. They may begin to \nthink that violence is an acceptable way to deal with problems. \n\n     "When children watch TV, there's a t
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Violence only begets violence.\n \nI know that sometimes it seems the only way, or even the easiest way, but in the long run you will be doing yourself more damage than you know. \n\nTry more sensible solutions.  Reason, compromise, and remember to pick your battles well.  Ask yourself, is it even worth it.  \n\nLife is to short.\n\nLive well.
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For certain crimes, I believe it is beneficial.  I won't start a big rally here but if you look at countries and states that have capital punishment in place for violent crimes, their crime rates are incredibly lower than ours.  Eye for an eye......sorry.
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Well I think it depends on what type of gang you are in. If this gang is up to no good (stealing, fighting other gangs, violence, drugs,drinking, getting "jumped in", etc) then it is wrong not only just for girls but for ANYONE. If it's a good gang, such a getting together to help clean up litter, help the elderly etc. then of course there is nothing with that. If you are in a bad gang, I suggest you get help immediately and try to find a way to get out of it. It may seem fun now, but it could end up deadly.
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Gangs are made up of people. As such, the law cannot prevent people from freely associating. It is a democratic right in Canada just as it is in the United States. The law cannot intervene until a crime is actually committed. Canadians are just as upset about crime as the rest of the world and in fact, we have stricter gun laws and less crime per capita than most U.S. cities. I'm not trying to be anti-American, I'm only reacting to some of the comments posted. I want YOU to know that Toronto is doing everything in its power to prevent crime, whether by an individual or a gang. We do not let murderers and rapists off lightly. They are dealt with according to our laws and if they are deemed dangerous offenders, they are in for life, with no chance of parole. Look up the Paul Bernardo case. We have abolished the death penalty only because we don't think it is right to kill to prove that killing is wrong. Also, if it really is a deterrent, then why do so many people continue to murder? Before sending daggers up North, please find out what really goes on.
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this isn't exactly a sports questions\nand it's "crips" not "cripes"\nand the crips and bloods are only two of the most prolific(read big and violent) gangs in world today, although not so much now
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GANGS ARE GROUP OF FRIENDS  THAT COME FROM  BROKEN HOMES THEY STICK TOGETHER TO MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE.... THAT IS ALL THAT THEY KNOW  GANG BANGING..WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS STAY TO YOUR SELF AND DO NT LET THEM KNOW THAT  YOU ARE STUDDING THEM THE MORE YOU KNOW THE BETTER ..THEY DO NT LIKE WHEN OUTSIDERS LEARN THE AR .. NAMES OR AKA ..THEY ARE LIKE INMATES THEY STUDY YOU THEY KNOW WHEN YOU FE AIR THEM AND THAT IS A THRILL FOR THEM..START KEEPING LOG BOOK ON THEIR ACTIVATES  AND VIDEO OR PHOTOS THE MORE YOU KNOW THE LESS THEY WONT TO BE AROUND THEN GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GANG UNIT AND GIVE THEM THE INFO..LOOK IN YOUR PHONE BOOK  FOR THE AGENCY OF THE LAW THAT CAN HELP WITH THE INFO YOU COLLECTED..ALL YOU ARE DEALING WITH ARE BULLIES..GOOD LUCK STAY SAFE REMEMBER OUT OF SITE..THEY DO NT LIKE RATS..STUDY AND LEARNS ABOUT INMATES AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE GAME THAT THEY PLAY ..MANIPULATION...THEY HAVE A LOT OF HATE IN THEM SO TO HURT YOU MAKES THEM FEEL BETTER...
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Religion has been used as the justification for so much violence. But humans are naturally violent animals. Religion or no, we will always find something to squabble over.
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NO!!! Violence is never the answer. Find someone to talk to--someone you can trust. There will always be horrible people in the world-but only one you.Do not throw it all away on people who don't matter in the first place.
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Its a common gang name so it probably is.
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A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. Historically the term referred to both criminal groups and ordinary groups of friends, such as Our Gang. Some anthropologists believe that the gang structure is one of the most ancient forms of human organizations.\n\nSome commentators use "gang" to refer to small, informal, and disorganized "street gangs", while "syndicate" or "organized crime" are used to refer to larger, more powerful organizations, such as the Italian-American Mafia, which may control entire legitimate businesses as "fronts" for their illegal operations.\n\nThe word "gang" generally appears in a pejorative context, though within "the gang" itself members may adopt the phrase in proud identity or defiance
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In the USA gangs are gangs of people who are together for one reason or another. As long As YOU DO NOT COMMIT A CRIME what is their to fight about.\n\nIn other countries for instance in Central America, gangs kill, rape, steal etc from people all the time.\n\nThese people should be held accountable for their crimes. In Guatemala the police are afraid of them and they are just like mafia! What can be done about this problem. Kill them one by one until they become just gang members.