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[Sage]

Azn... it's Monday... what did you tell him?

If you still haven't decided yet, please look at what the above members have posted... and remember, they have at least a decade more experience in life than you and I combined... so please, listen to them, sometimes it seems like adults don't know anything, but I've learned that they are usually right- also note that they're still alive, neon-duke being in his mid-30s, while if you join a gang you'll be lucky to see past your teen years.

 

[Duke]

Hey, anybody have any word from AznAbyss? It's been a bit since he last posted

I hope things are working out for him.

 

[AznAbyss86]

things are alright but today my fren me the leaders number and told me that he wanted me to talk to him......i wonder what that means........

 

[Duke]

DOn't know what that means... but remember you don't have to join just because they may want you to.

Tell them you think they're cool, but that you don't want to make that commitment in case you might let them down. Tell them if you were going to join any gang it would be their gang, but that you just don't think it would work out for you. They shouldn't have a problem with it. Not every potential member is going to be a match.

Then take the time and effort you would put into being a gang member, and put it into yourself instead. The benefits will be a lot better in the long run. Don't do something you will regret later just because you can't think of anything better right this moment.

Keep us posted, man. We're with you. You've got 6,000 people right here to talk to.

 

[AznAbyss86]

aight thanx...and i meant that thigns are alright but today my fren gave me the phone # of the leader and told me to call him bcuz he wanted to talk to me...

 

[Duke]

Heh, I understood your first post, but you said you didn't know what it meeant that the leader wanted to talk to you. I was agreeing I didn't know what that meant either.

Glad things are cool at the moment.

 

[Jordan]

Please, AznAbyss, don't do it. Although others who have already posted have done a much better job at explaining what a mistake it would be than I could, I can't reinforce their words enough. Don't disappoint me, this community, or the innocent, unsuspecting people who you could hurt so badly if you joined the gang.

 

[AznAbyss86]

well this guy i got real tyte with and real quik kinda talked me out of when we dipped out of skool on monday....we went to go hit a black and some jacks but when we got to mc' donalds i told him and he said he wouldn't do it and that he thinks its a really big mistake.....basically said what everyone here already has.....and i told him i prolly wont but that i still might although its very slim that i will....and he said that it would be best if i didn't and he'll teach me how to drive stick on his car......(92' mustang GT with some mods on it) and told him i prolly wouldn't so then i guess i practically know my answer......

 

[whitez]

thats good to hear

 

[vat_man]

Sorry - you went to go and hit a black?

Might be a cultural gap thing, but am I reading this correctly as a racially based unprovoked attack?

 

[AznAbyss86]

nooooooooooooooooooooo, i dont fight for no reason a black is otherwise known as a black & mild.....

 

[whitez]

i still dont get it

 

[AznAbyss86]

a black and mild is like a cigar or somethign i dont what it qualify's as but thet smell good

 

[MazKid]

either do I...when I go to Popeye's it's spicy or mild...never heard of black or mild...

 

[MazKid]

hmmm...it's still odd

 

[AznAbyss86]

a black and mild is something u smoke.........not eat unless u wanna get ****ed up....

 

[vat_man]

Um - so you were going to get smokes, is that right?

 

[AznAbyss86]

well not going to get i had em with me were going to smoke...

 

[Sage]

I am totally confused...

Sorry, I live a very mild life compared to what you are talking about... I actually feed animals in the backyard and use words like "cute" (*gasp!*)... Wow, I'm suddenly feeling very lucky that I'm not an urban dweller...

Good to hear though that you probably won't join.

 

[vat_man]

Okay - that didn't exactly come out in the initial reading.

 

[Sage]

Azn, please read your "Bad Habit" thread... hopefully I've added a little something that will help you.

 

[AznAbyss86]

i have a question..... how come everyone made such an effort to keep me from joining the gang? Is it that ur afraid i might be the unknown figure in the dark there to show u the spark( the spark when the gun fires) or is that u really care about what happens to me? If its bcuz u accually care about....how can u care about a huy u've never met and might not ever meet? i mean nothing by this post its just a question...

 

[vat_man]

I think it's the old compassion thing - everyone in the forum shares a common interest (cars and/or GT3), and, believe it or not, people don't want to see other people go off the rails.

Call it benevolence.

 

[Duke]

Since I make it a point to stay away from somplace where I might get randomly shot, I have to say it is because we care about you.

We see somebody who's got decisions to face. We see somebody who can pick one way and get along, or pick another and get in trouble. We see somebody that deserves a few minutes of our time to share our advice.

Doesn't matter that I'll never meet you in real life. Why should it?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's why you don't need to join a gang to find identity and support.

 

[MazKid]

Hell the main reason I'm helping is cause I've seen what happens to kids that smoke and join gangs...they lose thier life, maybe not literally, but mentally they are brainwashed with this false theory that gangs are good or that smoking is good. Come on, just look at me. While I'm not part of the incrowd at all at school, I do my best to just make it through school without any problems. If I joined a gang I woulda been killed already, I'm small and fairly weak, and smoking would serieously screw me up.

So you like RX-7s? Well, just start studying RX-7s and start working on them, then you can become an RX-7 specialist(like my dad)and open up a garage and make money, then you can make a life out of it. I'm going to become a Mazda mechanic, I'm already able to fix cars(to a certain aspect, no major work, but I can fix a lot)and I'm really going to try and make a career out of it. Just do that, stay with something and just learn everything there is to learn about it, and pretty soon you can make a job and a life out of it...

 

[Sertsa]

It's a caring, community thing. So, yeah, we care about you. That and we've all been through rough times and don't want to see you make a decision that will very likely completely destroy your life.

And hey, your friend that thinks it would be a big mistake, too is not only going to let you drive his Mustang, but teach you to use the stick while doing it. Now that's cool.

 

[1X83Z]

I don't know if we care about you (hear me out) as much as we care about your welfare. We care when we know we can help somebody make the right call. Which we did. Cause you made the right call.

 

[Tom M]

Originally posted by AznAbyss86
i have a question..... how come everyone made such an effort to keep me from joining the gang? Is it that ur afraid i might be the unknown figure in the dark there to show u the spark( the spark when the gun fires) or is that u really care about what happens to me? If its bcuz u accually care about....how can u care about a huy u've never met and might not ever meet? i mean nothing by this post its just a question...

It's basic human nature for people to care for one another, no matter what one person is willing to admit. It sounds corny, but if we all work together, the world will be a better place to live in. I still haven't given up on that thought, and in life I do as much as I can to make that realization come true.

 

[ebo#1]

I find this question to be a serious issue. My father is a teacher and he teaches kids in the city. Most of them are involved in gangs. First, the graduation rate in the school (high school) is definitely below 50%. There is at least one arrest per day and kids get killed every year. I know what happens in gangs. I know people who are in gangs. I just don't want you to fall between the cracks. Cause no matter what, you will have your family to fall back on. You said they don't trust you, but that doesn't mean they don't love you. Open up to them. Talk about it. Make the right choice.

 

[AznAbyss86]

Originally posted by Sertsa
It's a caring, community thing. So, yeah, we care about you. That and we've all been through rough times and don't want to see you make a decision that will very likely completely destroy your life.

And hey, your friend that thinks it would be a big mistake, too is not only going to let you drive his Mustang, but teach you to use the stick while doing it. Now that's cool.

its not even that he's going to let me drive his car or teach me to drive stick, but the real reason that he was the one that made me kinda lean in a different direction about the gang is bcuz in the short time that i've really talked to him (about 2 or so weeks) i mean i mihgt have said hey whats to him in the hall but now i really talk to him....l.in the 2 weeks that i've known him he has really given me good advise on what to do and he has told me alot of stuff i wouldn't even tell to some of my close frenz.............this guy in one guy i reallt trust.....and that may not sound big but i dont trust very many people bcuz of some events i've already been through but to me it is...i really only trust to people.....him and this other guy.....and i'm sorry if i do not have time to respond to this thread for a while bcuz righbt now i am sick once agian and i think i have mono again.....or it could be bcuz of smoking but i dont know....all i knoe is that tomorrow i am going to tell my dad that i am still sick (bcuz i doubt very much i will be better by then) and that i need to go see my doctor...so well for a while i'm going to have to say good bye but i will be back with in a week or so...... the only reason i'm on now is bcuz my parents r at work and i'm home alone so i felt i needed to what u all reaplied to what i wrote b4 well ...........peace