Shooting of Gay Student Sparks Outcry

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

It's always strange in the air when one of em' catches you looking.

ah, the good ol' days of puberty and sneaking a peak

 

[Pete]

I have to disagree! If girls can go to school dressed like tom boys, or girls can go to school dressed provocatively, then young boys should be able to express their own person as well. There are more important things to worry about with our children than for us to be worried about a child dressing unapproprately according to certain peoples standards. Lets worry about our kids getting sold drugs right on our school property, or in front of the local super market. Let's worry about our children being violent towards other people. Let's worry about our children feeling like they have to commit suicide because some ignorate people can't stand the idea of him or her being gay, so they feel like they are being outcasts.

If I go into downtown Oakland California at 10PM on a Friday, stand on a street corner and yell a racial slur and I am beaten to death what would be the consensus?

 

[aps45819]

If I go into downtown Oakland California at 10PM on a Friday, stand on a street corner and yell a racial slur and I am beaten to death what would be the consensus?

Doesn't count if you do it. You're an adult white male and are responsible for you actions, no matter how stupid.

:shrug: sorry, you don't qualify as 'victim'


... unless you misuse a product sold by an evil company

 

[White Buddah]

If I go into downtown Oakland California at 10PM on a Friday, stand on a street corner and yell a racial slur and I am beaten to death what would be the consensus?

You yelled the wrong racial slur?

 

[MMDad]

If I go into downtown Oakland California at 10PM on a Friday, stand on a street corner and yell a racial slur and I am beaten to death what would be the consensus?

Obviously, you are a racist who deserved it.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

You can't honestly expect to be taken seriously when you throw out crap like that. Get real, Andy.

No, I don't. Yes, I was just throwing out crap.

I understand why, seeing some of these kids dress, there are dress codes.

At the same time, I've seen schools take the statutes and enforcement of that dress code too far. Mind you, we're not talking about the schools up here.

Some of the schools back in Fort Myers, Florida were more concerned about dress codes than they were about education. 30 minute dress code inspection every morning - to the inch.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Obviously, you are a racist who deserved it.

That wouldn't condone it, imo.

But, I bet you wouldn't hear these same organizations speaking up for him.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

I know that back in highschool I cared more about what was up that skirt than whatever teacher was ing on about that day

Teacher: "pcjohnnyb, could you please sum up what I just said? Yes, without staring at the dame in front of you."

ha, more like

Teacher: Is there a reason you keep dropping your pencil johnny? Butterfingers?

Johnny: Yeah...thats it...(has nothing to do with the jean skirt two seats back on my right)

 

[Larry Gude]

You could...

If I go into downtown Oakland California at 10PM on a Friday, stand on a street corner and yell a racial slur and I am beaten to death what would be the consensus?

...probably yell "God damn America! The government invented beer and the NFL to make white males shiftless and lazy so that we don't pay attention to what goes on around us! They did something to us back in the 30's so that we have no sense of rhythm and can not dance for ####! Bing Crosby and Gene Kelly were born before the experiments began! That is PROOF!!! We used to be able to dance!!! I am UN HAPPY!!!"

 

[RadioPatrol]

so would you like to live longer and maybe die of cancer

or


die of malaria


the same issue is on going in Africa ..... environmentalists are over DDT, but strangely enough when given a choice people want to live longer and are willing to risk DDT

 

[Pushrod]

I'd be just as mad about that as I would be if they were beat up for being white...or black...or Asian...or rich...or poor.

I just don't get the whole "hate crime" BS. If somebody beats the crap out of somebody...isn't that "hate"?

Treat 'em all the same.

We need stronger penalties for all violence crimes...all around. We need a broadening of the death penalty. We need universal punishment for gun crimes.

We don't need to differentiate between why somebody had violence inflicted upon them...we need to get much tougher against those that use violence for criminal activity.

I know I'm getting into this string late, but I agree with you (surprisingly) on your stance on the stupidity of a catagory for hate crimes. What I beg to differ with you on is why we need a different set of punishments for gun crimes? Are gun crimes more heinous than knife crimes, or being attacked by baseball bats or tire irons? Shouldn't ALL violent crimes be treated the same way? No different then the rational about hate crimes!