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I am not advocating proscribing yours, or anybody else's, free expression. You raised the issue of why it might be bad and I thought the fact that the Courts find the behavior prejudicial to the truth seeking process might have some relevance, though admittedly not much. It was a starting point in addressing the question you raised, nothing more.
If these liars would have told the truth about the confrontation, none of this would have happened at this level. The media and those losers are the cause of all this.
i haven't looked at the evidence. I plan on it. So far though as a general rule, liberals tend to believe the evidence points toward Brown being wrongfully killed, and conservatives believe it was justified .
Pretty sure the members of Quiet Riot were denied insurance based on their preexisting metal health conditions.
I think the general issue here is the breakdown of the social contract. The reason we don't steal from people, or destroy other people's things is that we are in a social contract with them - we all live together and create a society. In the view of much of the low-income and/or African American community, the social contract is meaningless when the establishment (in many cases, if not most, the "white establishment") can gun down members of their community and face no repercussions.
Seriously? Of course, IF THIS HAD GONE TO TRIAL (that's what everyone's angry about, dummies) the prosecutor wouldn't put the people that contradicted themselves (two out of over 60 witnesses, by my count so far, there's probably one or two more I'd guess) on the stand as credible witnesses. So far, I've read more accounts that DON'T contradict themselves stating Brown didn't run at the officer when Wilson gunned him down.
I'm a little skeptical that the looters/rioters were thinking about Lockean political philosophy last night.
if he calls for an end to the violence then he's serving a worthwhile purpose.
It shouldnt matter one way or the other. Its a matter between the police department and his family. The situation shouldnt give carte blanche to #######s raping and pillaging the community.
I think there's a lack of trust of law enforcement, regardless of color. I don't think it would manifest itself in the way you think, though. I think that the vast majority of black teenagers would respond to a cop's request that they move out of the middle of the street and walk on the sidewalk by moving out of the middle of the street and walking on the sidewalk.
Well, then let's run this down a little bit. Do you think that Brown would have acted the way he did if the cop had been black?
Not in those terms, and probably not articulated in that way, but I think at least some of them were.
Think of the looters and protesters as being there for different reasons.
Simple solution for the black community if they distrust white police officers....Get the right education and become police officers.
Wow, he sees money to be made in this? I tell ya, I'm just not seeing it. But then he's the one with decades of experience cashing in on the misery of others.
lol...did you happen to look in the mirror this morning? I am pretty sure you have been painting all blacks with the same brush as if they are a hive protecting their queen. If that is not the purest form of racism, I don't know what is.
I understand that - but it just seems so non-constructive to real change. Then again real change is probably a utopian thought in a society that thrives on division.
Did they say it like they were disappointed and make it sound like their is still time?
I do. I work for the water department, so I interact with literally every part of the financial and social spectrum.
Maybe. All jokes aside, I get what you're saying. But there's an alternative hypothesis here, namely that most rioters are simply Bad People who seize upon events like this as an opportunity to act out.
What education would that be?
So now we put the burden on the ones discriminated against to stop the discrimination? Interesting.
Im not so sure dollar store stuff, liquor, little caesars pizza, hair salon product, auto parts, and BBQ is worth the time and hassle.
I don't feel that "#### this society, it doesn't work for us!" is particularly high-level reasoning.
So in your many interactions with young black people as an employee of the water department, what sorts of things did you see that led you to conclude that 75% of them would disobey a police officer's request that they move out of the middle of the street and walk on the sidewalk?
Haven't you heard...On these boards the majority think that all people are good deep down and we just have to find a way to reach them.
The looting and vandalizing does nothing. Those idiots view this as a license to be animals. Even Michael Browns Cousin said on FOX, that these animals are opportunists, not what the family is looking for or condoning.
but.... i don't....
Or do you think the cop would have reacted the way he did had he been assaulted by a big white guy?
I understand this is a fundamental difference in how people view other people, and as tongue-in-cheek as you're being here - I agree that the vast majority of people are good deep down. Barring some massive anti-social personality disorder or similar issue.
This will just be a blip on the radar by then. Hell, by next week things should be over.
