er.. a nephew of a Dallas cowboy. On 9/22/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't deny that they are both glory-seeking assholes. Still, I don't > know if this would be getting the publicity it is if they were not > involved. Of course, if one of the six were not a Dallas Cowboy, it > might not be getting any publicity at all, as the families might not > hae had the means to fight back. > > Jesse Jackson was interviewed for the program I was listening to, and > that imho was part of the excesses I mentioned. Amy Goodman asked him > to comment on a statement released by David Duke, for crying out loud. > What did she expect him to say? In that context he was rather > restrained; he simply said David Duke's comments -- white people are > being denied their civil rights, bla bla -- were not worth dignifying > with a comment. Jackson added that he did not have an issue with > consequences for a schoolyard fight, his issue came when one party > receives none and the other risks going to jail for the rest of his > life. I agree with that, actually. > > I don't know what Sharpton had to say and I don't really care. What I > am not hearing in the coverage is the middle ground. I am sure there > are people who don't know what happened, who like their neighbors of > whatever color, and just like Rodney King wonder why we can't all just > get along. And eat lunch wherever we please, white or black. > > Dana > > > > On 9/22/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the part i hate the most is the moron jackson and sharpton who > > show up and devalue it that drive me up a wall. > > > > YOU WILL NEVER BE MARTIN LUTHER KING > > JENA AINT SELMA brother > > > > dream on, you will not go down in history as another MLK > > > > quit glamorizing the plight you wish was gone but continue to glorify and > > use > > to your advantage > > > > damn. > > > > On 9/21/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > see that would be closer to fair. > > > > > > I think it's the disparity that is upsetting people. Nobody is saying > > > that fighting is ok, but when a young teen is facing a hundred years > > > in jail because his *running shoes* are being counted as deadly > > > weapons, that raises an eyebrow. I just listened to Democracy Now. > > > Discount it heavily for the excesses of Amy Goodman, and that *still* > > > doesn't explain a town librarian who claims not to know what a noose > > > in a tree means. Come *on*. I'm Canadian and I know. > > > > > > Or how about the white kid who pulled a shotgun on some black kids and > > > was not charged after they disarmed him and called the police? The > > > black kids were charged with robbing him of the gun. There is *no* way > > > you can construe that as equal justice. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/21/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As for the kid that got jumped, depending on what witnesses say, he > > > > probably should be charged with inciting a riot, or at least > > > > disturbing the peace. > > > > > > > > The idiot in the pickup yesterday, dragging the noose, will probably > > > > be charged with everything they can find on him, including failing to > > > > signal and following too close. > > > > > > > > It all balances out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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