it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.
in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.
you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.
paulmolark, Thanks for your personal story. Perhaps been best to share that at the beginning of the conversation.
It will be interesting to see how the jury selection process will be handled. These six police officers whether innocent or guilty will be punished. One way around double jeopardy is going after them in federal court for civil rights violation.
it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.
in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.
you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.
Many years ago in college I had Philosophy teacher give this narrative that upset the black students in the class.
He stated as a white man he walked down a street and was mugged by a black man. Then a few months later it happened again. Over a course of a few years this incident happened another nine times but with even more violence involved. The he concluded, would it not be reasonable and valid that this person have a negative opinion about black males. His point is that life experience can have a heavy influence on your perception, regardless of facts.
It is quite possible that Paulmolark has experienced in his lifetime events that shape his world view. To the point where it brings forth anger and frustration. These core value issues: race, guns, abortion,... I never see or rarely see anyone concede on a single point or argument. It is almost a useless exercise.
if you were/are in the sydenham (melbourne/victoria) congo you may be very familiar with this a few years back.
a prominent elder who likes the sound of his own voice (hint, his initials are william saad) yes of quite a well connected family, was on a judicial committee who was disfellowshiping one of his own male relatives for repeated marijuana usage.. this story by the way shows how corrupt the whole system is.
as williams family (elders and c/o) had covered up the previous few sorrid outcomes of his drug usage, they couldn't contain the last public viewing of his drug dependency, witnessed by many witnesses ironically... so they held a jc to disfellowship him.
it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.
in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.
you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.
it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.
in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.
you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.
it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.
in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.
you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.
it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.
in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.
you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.
Wouldn't let me post the arrest report, but basically blacks are arrested twice as much for pot possession
it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.
in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.
you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.
Sorry Simon. But I really don't think you understand the social issues in America. I don't see how guns is the root cause for the riots going on or the issues between the Black community and the police. You didn't even make an attempt to justify that statement.
I'm for strict gun laws, but I know that will have no impact on crime in America. Guns are in the 100's of millions in this country.You literally would have to ban guns and gather them all. There are 89 guns for every 100 American. This will never happen since it is now part of our Constitution with the 2nd Amendment. It would have to be appeal, and will not happen any time soon. The best is with strict gun laws, and that as I stated has no impact in America. According to the 2011 FBI Uniform Crime report, Californian with the strictest gun laws in America based on the Brady scoring system , had the highest amount of gun murders in 2011.
Though the rest of your argument/comments I see validity in. I think you are way off on racism not being a fundamental issue, and really don't think you have an understand of the dynamics of it pertaining to America. To just touch on you Marijuana/Drug comment. If needed I can provide you source, but Whites use Pot just as much if not more than Blacks in America. However, look at the arrest report below. Can a correlation be made between race and arrests? Racism, poverty, guns, drugs, education, ect... are all valid issues to this problem.
it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.
in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.
you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.
This is another example of core values. No one will change their mind on this topic. It is predetermined by your personal life experiences.
i am predicting this thread will go off the rails with lots of hate speech and bigoted thoughts.
An example of no discussion or other view point allowed. A simple repetitive statement to shut down any discourse. If someone states something contrary to your opinion, they are bigoted or spewing hate speech.
Racism is alive and well in America. The only difference is people don't flaunt it like they use to, because they could lose their jobs or businesses. Being a white male I'm privy to the comments made in private by my peers. Being married to a minority and having a mix child I too have experienced the touch of racism. I live in a predominantly black neighborhood. Some are Haitian and others are American born. They do a great job in raising their family, and are the best neighbors I've ever had. The reason is they all have a stable family unit. Each of my neighbors are a married couple with children. I have no worries that they will ever loot or burn my house down. Economic and social problems are the root cause, besides racism.
Since we are stating opinions here. I support the police and have dealt with them on a professional level for 10 years in my previous job. However, there are quite a few that are cocky, and if they feel you are disrespectful they have no problem using force. It's a tough job, especially in a country loaded with guns. But police training and accountability needs to improve.
All I ever read or hear is generalize statements on how to deal with America's race issue. Specifically as a nation we need to address the social issues and economic issues that Black Americans face. Education, job opportunities are important but also the broken homes so many Blacks are born in needs to be addressed. You can't have 73% of a specific population born out of wed-lock and not have issues (Centers for Disease and Control Prevention 2010).
flame away
the setup:.
the supreme court rules in favor of gay marriage across the board, regardless of state constitutions in the next few weeks.. a gay couple get happily married.
several months go by and one of them is contacted at the door by jws.
I would be curious if anyone has seen this scenario. There is no need for a hypothetical SCOTUS ruling for this scenario to occur. There are plenty of states that legalize marriage for this to happen.
What is more interesting to me is the reaction of the congregation to have known homosexuals attending meetings. Could you imagine the reactions of these homophobes seeing two gay men walking in the Hall holding hands? In fact it would be actually interesting if GLAAD organized such events.
