See, that is what I am saying, there is no excuse, this was just a bunch of one race, getting together in mob form to beat up another. Same as the KKK....same crap mentality. DD
<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qR7mno6p9iQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> "I had no clue what morals were" "I had to find that in the dictionary" "Integrity & Honesty, all these things I needed to learn" Imagine growing up as a teenager, and not knowing about integrity and honesty... It is not her fault. She had no chance. She had no choice, because she didn't know she had a choice in the first place.
Oh come on, everyone in jail is innocent. Are you honestly trying to argue that some people don't know right from wrong? I guess after murdering someone they just stand there and wait for the police because they did not know it was wrong. And you are calling me naive, yet you post something where someone convicted of a heinous crime is upset that there were consequences. DD
BTW Knote, In here case, she should get a shot at Freedom, but she knew what she was doing, and even admits she deserves punishment. A very sad story, no doubt, very sad indeed, but she had other options. DD
Did she know at the time that she had options? (She did not) Education. It is damn near impossible to get out of that kind of enviroment, an enviroment that is a lasting result of slavery and civil rights, and racism.
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110331-segregated-city,0,1395756.story That's not the first time Milwaukee was named "most segregated" either.
I would love nothing more than to have an anecdote where a group of white thugs beat up on a black guy so I could blow your mind... Oh wait! A group of white thugs tried to beat the crap out of me... but I'm black, so naturally, I outran them. Duh.
the fact that you are trying to minimize these incidents also answers alot of questions. are you saying all these media reports of mobs of black youth attacking white people are false? is it your contention that the "local tv news" is making this stuff up or that the people in the story are lying? yes, no evidence except for all the reports of white people being attacked and beaten by groups of black youth, many of which are shouting racial slurs while engaging in the beating. or all the "flash mobs" that overrun convenience stores, trash them and steal everything...no evidence at all! once again samuel, your lack of reading comprehension skills is making you look foolish. i never claimed the incidents are "frequent or increasing in frequency". i was simply responding to FB, who said he was unaware of these kinds of incidents occurring. i kindly provided links to other news stories showing that this was not an isolated incident. yes, one of the 6 articles i posted details a mob of black youth attacking people and robbing them. some of the other articles describe a mob of black youth attacking and beating white people and shouting racial slurs at them. some of the others describe mobs of black youth trashing and robbing convenience/department stores. what seems stupid to me is that you and others on here are more focused on making this about basso. were there mobs of white people going around assaulting black people and mobs of white people ransacking convenience stores? and if so, do you condone that kind of behavior? i certainly do not. the goalposts have shifted from arguing over basso's stupid union comment, to whether or not social networking is being utilized to now arguing about how frequent these kinds of incidents are. i dont know what some of yalls motivations are, but this is a really odd discussion. is it white guilt or just the fact that basso posted this thread?
All I can think of is how much tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy will help these situations from happening in the future.
and in several of the articles i posted it does mention race as part of their motivation. you said you were unaware of these kinds of incidents occurring so i simply posted articles to show you that the wisconsin thing was not an isolated incident. arguing over whether social networking is being utilized is a strawman. it is not relevant to the fact that mobs of black youth are assaulting white people (hate crimes) in multiple cities. who cares if its premeditated? the fact is that mobs of black youth are attacking white people and shouting racial slurs while doing it. how does that not qualify as a "hate crime"? and again, you said you were unaware of these kinds of incidents so all i did was post news articles showing you that the wisconsin thing is not isolated. and just b/c basso is posting this story does not mean you can dismiss it.
I swear, what hope for humanity I have gets blasted out of the water when I come to D&D. You guys are a joke. Instead of discussing the issue everybody is into semantics, details and posters. Btw, this mob thing is only going to get worse considering the responses in the thread.
I'm sure people's response in this thread has a great impact on the "mob thing." More than, say, law enforcement in Wisconsin.
Didn't see this posted, but if it was my apologies. <object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4F8ob9nlfY&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4F8ob9nlfY&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object> DD
Say you have a crowd of 100 people: 72 White 13 Black 9 Hispanic 5 Asian 1 other Assume 5 of the black people go on an indiscriminate rampage through the crowd assaulting other people. What group would receive the greatest number of beatings?
Statistics would say white, unless they were targeting another race, doesn't matter though, if they only attacked white people it is pretty clear it is racially motivated. DD
