I can't quite agree with you there, Cam. I've known people who started fights because they were drunk and had a chip on their shoulder and I've known people who started fights because the other person was gay or the wrong race. The first situation is motivated by stupidity and the second is motivated by hate. Having known drunk idiots and having known Skinheads (obviously those two categories are not mutually exclusive), I'd say that I'd rather see the Skinheads punished more severely. There is something fundamentally odious about attacking someone because of their skin color or their sexuality and those reasons are intrinsically intertwined with social behavior. I think we need to acknowledge that and specifically call out the hate in these crimes, label it and say "this shit has got to stop".
Cheers, Judah On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am sure race has alot to do with any individual's insecurities and fears, > which are different for each individual based on their history. But once > you have killed someone you should be punished the same way, regardless of > anyone race. > > -Cameron > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:26 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am sure race had a lot to do with Zimmerman's initial suspicions. He >> also said the kid looked like he was on drugs and was "acting funny". >> >> So there you have it. At a glance, the kid was one of the black punks >> that had been robbing the place and was a druggie! He was a madman. >> Zimmerman had no choice but to act for the good of all. >> >> At least I think that's what he hopes the 911 call implies. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348919 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
