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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:10 PM Original message |
This picture will help make certain London message is lost |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. The kind of crap that happens. When you are legally disarmed. nt |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Huh? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Listen carefully... |
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DonRedwood (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. then the rioters would have guns too.... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Perhaps, but if gun laws were so effective, then maybe fewer... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Guns are really not effective if fire bombs are used... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Tell that to some shop owners who weren't burned out in L.A. nt |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No correlation whatsoever... Even common sense would tell you so |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. A check of history will show you your error. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Talk, talk, talk... factless, feckless talk |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Description of your own efforts, no? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Correlation? That's your term. I merely reported how some defended themselves. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Like saying because I drove my car, I didn't drown... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. No, the issue was and is self-defense... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You know this argument is as old as lower taxes |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. And not allowing for self-defense is as corrupt a notion as... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You think the brits don't allow for self defense? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. "Complexity?" More like intentional confusion... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That is some nice NRA propaganda right there |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Nice GOP/Brady stuff right there. Quit attacking by association.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I know LEOS who were there. do you? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I'll at least answer YOUR question: The thread is about self-defense... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Oh my... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Sorry, you quit making sense some posts back; I was just being Christian about it. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. You could not be more wrong. That National Guardsman is not |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I know they are not |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Koreans did use their weapons to defend property. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. And they were succesful very few times |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. I am not trying to put down the riot. That is vigilantism. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Again very few... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. I am not buying your biased assement, but it only takes a few. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Biased, ok |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Refusal to acknowledge actual facts is sad. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. My "skewed" reality comes from the reality |
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chowder66 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. Unarmed during the LA Riots |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. 'thugs' - disguised speech for people of color who are poor. Nt |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. No way. That's race card politics. The term originates in India... |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. thugs were those that waylaid travelers in India, the meaning has morphed |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. HA! I understand how things morph.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. I like it when people know this |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. No! There are many people of cover here and in GB who are |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Sorry but - YES! Especially among white gun owners - they 'love' thug pictures. |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. You are playing the race card and it will backfire. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. Yet ANOTHER race card. Think you'll get a full house this time? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
62. The looters in England come in all shapes, sizes, and colors (though perhaps one gender) |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
83. I would never make the argument this is more about 'race' excepte |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Is it racist for me to post pics of white thugs? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. No... I think this is the picture that loses the majority of sympathy for the wider issues... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. But....but....what is her race? nt |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
74. Does it matter? n/t |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Fogot the sarcasm thingy. nt |
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sunwyn (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. What started as a noble demonstration has denigrated into mob violence against alot of people |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. or degenerated into mob violence. nt |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Message? What message? All I see is stupid people destroying their own neighborhoods. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. The message that I get from it is that they are stupid |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. The L.A. police used to crassly refer to the riot as "a self-cleaning oven." nt |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Please follow the OP's link and scroll down to the video |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. The young boy beaten |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. To paraphrase the comedian, when I'm being robbed and you're standing there with a camera |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. Thug piece of shit needs a police baton across his teeth. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here's the one that really tugged at my heart strings |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
60. Oh, that is ripe! nt |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. How valid is the pic? My cousin in UK were saying that people were staging photo's and posting them |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
66. I sympathize: what's real or what's faked.... |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. I watched the video of the poor kid that was looted by a group of 10-15 people. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. It's all races...all youths...its not a black on white thing |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I know. That's what I thought I said. nt. |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
48. If the guy could have open carried, that would never have happened to him.. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. I would prefer that he fill his britches and run off... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. I See anger coming out not only this way |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Well, you might expect... |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
55. Any political meaning is long lost |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
57. I'm still wondering what this guy wants with the other guys dirty underwear? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
59. Yes, by all means let's post pictures demonizing black people. |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I'm sorry, but that makes no sense to me |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. We can't post pics of criminals who happen to be black? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. You can, but you'll be accused of racism every time |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Not only is that dogshit kneejerk charge fo racism in all situations |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Not if it's a bullishit political move to discredit the actions of a mass of people. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. I think post #4 is more effective at that. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
82. The person in the picture is discrediting his movement. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. Heh. Very subtle. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. I had a similar feeling, wtf. |
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