The Lexicographer's Rules

“Our inner cities have been balkanised, garrisoned and criminalized by the politicians. Bitter feuds have ensued over decades and there is a long list of scores to be settled. Drug dons have entered the fray, complicating what was already a very dangerous situation. Add to this a national culture of fractiousness, divisiveness, and poor conflict resolution skills. There are communities where hate and animosity are drilled into the heads of young minds every day: The youth are told of all the ills, which have been done against their community by ‘those people.’ The natural human tendency is for revenge. “Now add to this a dancehall culture which reinforces the view that only a bwoy, a Fassy or a P— would not want to ‘defend his own,’ to ‘settle a matter once and for all.’ When the unemployed, unschooled, unchurched youth spend hours day and night chanting the lyrics of hate and vengeance, then how can you truly have peace between poor, black ghetto youth, divided originally by the politicians? So the politicians started the fire and have been fuelling it, but the dancehall artistes come and pour more oil on the fire.” (Source Link)

The number of syphilis cases reported by gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles County increased 62 percent in 2002, representing 360 new cases.

“In Broward County, the abuse hot line received a report on March 4, 2000, that Nicholas Bahamundi and his six siblings were unsupervised and living in filthy conditions. By law, workers must see at-risk children within 24 hours of receiving a maltreatment report. The caseworker said she could not find the home. The visit finally occurred two months later, on May 3, 2000. Nicholas had drowned in the family’s pool, which was green with slime. The house was a disaster, full of feces, rotting meat on the kitchen counter. Nicholas’ six siblings were removed and now live with their maternal grandmother in Hollywood. Lori Bahamundi, the children’s mother, said she and her husband are good parents and are doing everything they can to regain custody of their children.” (Source Link)

Nearly two-thirds of China’s quarter million annual suicides are commited using insecticides and rat poison. While 90 to 95 percent of suicides in the West suffered significant mental illness at the time of attempting suicide, around a third of those in China did not.

MS-13 is the name of a Salvadoran gang which operates in 28 American states. It is sometimes also called “Mara Salvatrucha,” a slang term for guerrilla fighters.