Comments on: Cupcakes and Bulletproof Glass http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/11/cupcakes-and-bulletproof-glass/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: monkeyrotica http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/11/cupcakes-and-bulletproof-glass/#comment-1513 monkeyrotica Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11875#comment-1513 I would TOTALLY shop at a store called "Bulletproof Cupcakes." I would TOTALLY shop at a store called “Bulletproof Cupcakes.”

]]> By: Incognido13 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/11/cupcakes-and-bulletproof-glass/#comment-1085 Incognido13 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:56:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11875#comment-1085 Thai Orchid wasn't allowed a bulletproof glass and was robbed.  I think she has every right to have the glass like she said its for the safety of the teenagers working in the store not herself.  I think this shows that although SE is changing there are still problems that are in the community that will take more than a few new, expensive condos to change. I went there and it is lovely place I never thought twice about the glass. Thai Orchid wasn’t allowed a bulletproof glass and was robbed.  I think she has every right to have the glass like she said its for the safety of the teenagers working in the store not herself.  I think this shows that although SE is changing there are still problems that are in the community that will take more than a few new, expensive condos to change. I went there and it is lovely place I never thought twice about the glass.

]]> By: Incognido13 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/11/cupcakes-and-bulletproof-glass/#comment-1086 Incognido13 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:56:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11875#comment-1086 Thai Orchid wasn't allowed a bulletproof glass and was robbed.  I think she has every right to have the glass like she said its for the safety of the teenagers working in the store not herself.  I think this shows that although SE is changing there are still problems that are in the community that will take more than a few new, expensive condos to change. I went there and it is lovely place I never thought twice about the glass. Thai Orchid wasn’t allowed a bulletproof glass and was robbed.  I think she has every right to have the glass like she said its for the safety of the teenagers working in the store not herself.  I think this shows that although SE is changing there are still problems that are in the community that will take more than a few new, expensive condos to change. I went there and it is lovely place I never thought twice about the glass.

]]> By: Sylvia C. Brown http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/11/cupcakes-and-bulletproof-glass/#comment-1015 Sylvia C. Brown Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:42:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11875#comment-1015 When Thai Orchid opened a few blocks away they were not allowed to put up a bulletproof barrier.  How did she get by that requirement?  What were the businesses Ms. Bullock owned?  There can be a correlation between the business type and "necessity" of bulletproof barriers.  With a new business type, what is her security plan to prevent/deter being robbed?  We've got to stop allowing businesses to make excuses and broad generalizations about a community.  Change happens on a parallel track.  The business needs to have deterrents, there need to be different business types, increased community standards (for ourselves and businesses), and a more attentive law enforcement process (police patrols through the judicial process).   When Thai Orchid opened a few blocks away they were not allowed to put up a bulletproof barrier.  How did she get by that requirement? 

What were the businesses Ms. Bullock owned?  There can be a correlation between the business type and “necessity” of bulletproof barriers.  With a new business type, what is her security plan to prevent/deter being robbed?  We’ve got to stop allowing businesses to make excuses and broad generalizations about a community.  Change happens on a parallel track.  The business needs to have deterrents, there need to be different business types, increased community standards (for ourselves and businesses), and a more attentive law enforcement process (police patrols through the judicial process).  

]]> By: Sylvia C. Brown http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/11/cupcakes-and-bulletproof-glass/#comment-1016 Sylvia C. Brown Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:42:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11875#comment-1016 When Thai Orchid opened a few blocks away they were not allowed to put up a bulletproof barrier.  How did she get by that requirement?  What were the businesses Ms. Bullock owned?  There can be a correlation between the business type and "necessity" of bulletproof barriers.  With a new business type, what is her security plan to prevent/deter being robbed?  We've got to stop allowing businesses to make excuses and broad generalizations about a community.  Change happens on a parallel track.  The business needs to have deterrents, there need to be different business types, increased community standards (for ourselves and businesses), and a more attentive law enforcement process (police patrols through the judicial process).   When Thai Orchid opened a few blocks away they were not allowed to put up a bulletproof barrier.  How did she get by that requirement? 

What were the businesses Ms. Bullock owned?  There can be a correlation between the business type and “necessity” of bulletproof barriers.  With a new business type, what is her security plan to prevent/deter being robbed?  We’ve got to stop allowing businesses to make excuses and broad generalizations about a community.  Change happens on a parallel track.  The business needs to have deterrents, there need to be different business types, increased community standards (for ourselves and businesses), and a more attentive law enforcement process (police patrols through the judicial process).  

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