Yes, there are despicable people in gangs but there are also despicable people in politics, health care, the stock market, and every other profession. So think before you judge or stereotype all gang members or any group of people for that matter. By the way, i was never a bad person, I just grew up in a place where being friendly and smiling at everyone is a good way to get killed. So before you speak on something you should really at least have some idea of what you're talking about. Since I could relate to them in ways most of the workers there cannot these kids trust me and see what I have done with my life, they know anything is possible for them. I have helped many of these "kids" go on to lead a much better, more valuable life, and contribute to society in ways you could never dream of. What do I do now, since I can obviously contribute nothing to society in your words oklima? Well first i worked for a few years with children between ages 5-12 who come from broken homes or mental illnesses and now I work for the state in our state's maximum security lock-up for the most violent offenders in our state between ages of 14-21. Majoring in Political Science and Minoring in Philosophy. I realized at age 24 that people I was working with who were also going to college were no more intelligent than me and in many cases were many levels below. I thought I could not go to college and after high school worked low pay jobs as a cook, waiter, etc. While it is true that I was kicked out of every school in the San Diego district for fighting and my teacher had to come to my house, I am still not a bad person. Oh yeah, my family moved when I was almost 18 to a different state where there are no gangs. I did not have many options and if you grew up where I did then you would have a completely different view. Every person I grew up with since birth were all in the same gang, so I had been around it my entire life. I grew up in a gang infested area of San Diego and was in a mexican gang, jumped in at age 14. And I never isolated poverty as a stand a lone reason, so I don't know why your turning what i said into something i you claim that "gangsters are aggressive parasites who contribute NOTHING to society, and should be dealt with accordingly" but what experience do you have with gang members or even any gangs themselves? Probably none. But don't put words in my mouth or in the mouth of someone who doesn't know what their talking about just to justify your opinion.I am not talking about poverty alone. I'll respond too each comment separately. Originally I was responding too a few certain comments made here, and if you would like to talk about all the other aspects surrounding the issue let's do it. I'm generalizing criminal activities, and not discussing MS-13 so get it straight. I think it's pretty easy for many others too judge and assume things based on stereotypes. I'm saying that in a lot of cases these people grow up under circumstances which force them to make wrong decisions to keep living, or too keep living normal lives. There have been, and will be people all over the world who commit terrible crimes against humanity. I'm gonna say this once because I'm getting really tired of people picking at fragments of what I write and assuming they made a valid point, when they missed the "MSG" altogether.
OK let me clear this up for you, and hopefully you read every word and understand its context. Either way I like his shows and the man is either crazy or pretty damned brave. I know the situations he puts himself in (especially when he goes to a war) are real and have real danger but when he visits gangs I often wonder if he has some sort of body guards with him. A while ago I watched some of the one's done by Ross Kemp and really enjoyed those (as much as one can enjoy watching a doc on this topic and these people) but I doubt it is easy to get people to do what Ross does, even if they make it look like he is in more danger than he really is. But I just find that far to often I start watching one of these docs and it feels like I have seen it before and having seen so many of them the violence and total lack of humanity in these people is no longer shocking to me (could be my own fault for watching so many of them) but I do think part of the problem is as I already said that they are all made using the same format. Not saying the problems and issues are not important because they obviously are as to many of these kids start life and grow up under horrible conditions where their role models are drug dealers and murders. Maybe I am getting old and cynical or I have just seen to many of these types of documentaries because they all seem the same to me, just change the name of the gang and or leader and follow the usual script.