I grew up in a neighborhood I absolutely loved. Pretty houses, kept up lawns, everyone was friends. One family moved in, and the neighborhood went to chaos. They were major drug traffickers, and they brought gangs to the side of town I lived in. The older kids around the neighborhood got involved in the gang stuff, and I always wondered why some of their parents were always yelling at them?
Anyway, this girl that lived down the street, Kura, her older brother Tsuzu got involved in it, and their mother ended up getting shot to death one night in her home because her brother had become a target of some rival gang.
I don't believe in gangs, I don't believe one human being is superior or another. We were all born equal, and no matter how much of a reputation you have behind your name, or how much I have behind mine, you are no better than me, and I no better than you. If you think you can stop on one person and demand a certain amount of respect, you will get nothing from me. If you want my respect, you simply act like a good person in general, you don't have to earn anything. Respect is something you should give someone, despite their appearance and the way you judge their personality.
Gangs, as a whole, ruin lives of everyone. At some point in your life, you or someone close to you will have a loss due to some ignorant little punks thinking they can take whatever they want from someone, including the person's life. That kind of stupidity shouldn't exist in the world, but it does. it's a disgusting part of reality. Gangs grow by the day, and their numbers fall every day. I know a girl who got fcked into a gang, which is some new way of being put into one if you're a girl or something. Reducing girls to prostitution? Using them as pawns for something so moronic and life-threatening as a gang?
if there was any way to stop it, I would most certainly put my foot down and help someone draw a final line for gangs.
Sorry, that all probably sounded cheesy but it's kinda my view on it in general. Treat people how you would like to be treated yourself, and be a good person.
Everyone just needs a little lovin'.

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