"Racism is dead in America." Bullshit

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CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:20 AM

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
I just want to know - have we finally, FINALLY gotten past the idea that if you are armed and you are stalking someone that you can't claim self-defense?

You can't legally punch someone for hitting you, but you CAN kill someone for your self defense (if they're poor).
So, jungle anyone?

The Mal-like Chrisisall

AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:35 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

Ha ha, frack that; I looked my menacing German Shepherd in the eye and asked it if it wanted to be dead.
I was not in a good mood. It realized that I was not to be fracked with.
Intent is important when dealing with animals.

Riddickisall

" It's an animal thing. "

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:44 AM

AU, that was great, LOL!!

The Mal-like Chrisisall

OONJERAH

Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:04 AM

Yo, Chris, how's it going?

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:14 AM

Stayin' strong in the struggle, my friend!

Makin' the models I can.

Lovin' my Wife & Son...

Waiting for John Carter to come out on DVD (Loved the flick).

Preparing for the subtle but inevitable Fascist power grab circumventing our Constitution.

I SO can't wait for future President Romney to leave office...

The Mal-like Chrisisall

KWICKO

Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:46 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki:
Troll

I just want to know - have we finally, FINALLY gotten past the idea that if you are armed and you are stalking someone that you can't claim self-defense?

Also, if you're armed, stalking someone and accosting them, you're not "standing your ground" or defending your "castle"; you're hunting people, plain and simple, and just begging for any excuse to kill someone.

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:55 AM

I stand by my comments.

And, FYI - someone forwarded the available info and case specific data to former states attorney and governor jennifer granholm, who I have a ton of respect for - and while she said it far more diplomatically, her review of the situation is in all particulars identical to mine.

Second degree murder.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

SIGNYM

Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:39 PM

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If people were smart, they would use this as a way to talk about the real issues.- Wulf

And what, in your estimation, are the "real issues"? - Kwicko

Did we ever get Wulf's wisdom on the topic?

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

I stand by my comments.

That makes two of us.

The Mal-like Chrisisall

WULFENSTAR

Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:12 PM

The issues here are not racism, or gun-control, or stand-your-ground laws.

The issue is that there is a perception that a certain group (or groups) are dangerous. For the most part, its earned... but its also cultivated.

Then, thrown into the mix, is the idea that "clothes make the man". Combine the 2, a perceived dangerous group, in clothing that promotes said image of savagery...

along with a man who is determined to keep his area safe...

and this is what happens.

I won't pretend things like this won't happen in the future.... but a solution will require a shift in culture of said group.

Culture X needs to radically alter their behavior, and goals.

I wonder what would have happened, if it had been an asian kid. Asians are not known as being an overtly dangerous group.

Now, if the kid was asian, and wearing gangster gear (Fubu, hoodie, Tims... whatever) would this have turned out the same? It might have.

Its what I was talking about before. Stereotypes don't just happen. Sometimes its made up to make one group feel superior to the other...

and other times its "earned" in that enough of "outsiders" have observed certain behaviors by a group that it can be reasonably given.

The answer here might simply be that this kid, being part of certain group through no fault of his own (birth), wearing clothing associated with the negative steretypes of said group, ran afoul of another man, who was bound and determined to keep his area safe from the negatives of said group.

In other words, this kid was a victim of the negative aspects (both perceived and vetted) of his grouping. Wearing clothing that added to said negative view.

Maybe the group should work to change its perception by the other groups living with and near it.

Yes, we are all individuals. As individuals we can be awesome. However, we are each judged daily... by the clothes we wear, our hairstyle, the way we walk, the way we talk,

add to that, the things we cannot change.

So, you are grouped especially by the things you cannot change. Maybe, you should work towards promoting a good image of said group.

Before you jump on me, I'm not saying its this kids fault for being shot. Far from it. I'm pointing out that there were aspects outside of him, that helped lead to this. He got caught up in them with tragic results.

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies"

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