Shooting of Gay Student Sparks Outcry

[vraiblonde]

That's not a provoked fight, that's murder with intent.

Oh, it's definitely murder with intent, and the shooter should be gassed, in my opinion. But he'll get some slap because of his age, hate crime or not - watch and see.

However, a bit of common sense would have told the King kid that taunting the lions isn't the smartest thing in the world to do. And the fact is that only one kid shot him, so obviously the majority did indeed show "tolerance".

"Tolerance" and "Acceptance" are two different words with two different meanings.

 

[Baja28]

I haven't read anything written on this thread saying it should be excused. But, there has been a lot of intolerance on this thread and again the intolerance leads to the violence.

Why did you edit my quote?

 

[MMDad]

(mostly)

I think in the 80's the militant gay community played an important part in bringing attention to the AIDS situation; groups like ACT UP gave a nudge to the medical community to help with getting momentum toward finding treatments to a disease that now infects over 30 million persons worldwide.

You see that as a good thing, but I see it as bad. We have disproportionate funding for a disease that infects less than 0.5% of the world population. All because a vocal few made it into a huge deal, and the media got onboard with it. It became a cause celebre because it was affecting people who made bad choices with their promiscuity, and those people were loud.

If it were truly about caring for your fellow man, we'd be fighting malaria, dysentery, cholera, and other third world diseases that kill more people than AIDS ever will.

 

[Larry Gude]

That is...

You see that as a good thing, but I see it as bad. We have disproportionate funding for a disease that infects less than 0.5% of the world population. All because a vocal few made it into a huge deal, and the media got onboard with it. It became a cause celebre because it was affecting people who made bad choices with their promiscuity, and those people were loud.

If it were truly about caring for your fellow man, we'd be fighting malaria, dysentery, cholera, and other third world diseases that kill more people than AIDS ever will.

...a huge, 100% legit point right there.

 

[Pete]

You see that as a good thing, but I see it as bad. We have disproportionate funding for a disease that infects less than 0.5% of the world population. All because a vocal few made it into a huge deal, and the media got onboard with it. It became a cause celebre because it was affecting people who made bad choices with their promiscuity, and those people were loud.

If it were truly about caring for your fellow man, we'd be fighting malaria, dysentery, cholera, and other third world diseases that kill more people than AIDS ever will.

...a huge, 100% legit point right there.

Mother of........

You guys are asking for it now.

 

[truby20]

You see that as a good thing, but I see it as bad. We have disproportionate funding for a disease that infects less than 0.5% of the world population. All because a vocal few made it into a huge deal, and the media got onboard with it. It became a cause celebre because it was affecting people who made bad choices with their promiscuity, and those people were loud.

If it were truly about caring for your fellow man, we'd be fighting malaria, dysentery, cholera, and other third world diseases that kill more people than AIDS ever will.

They were fighting an illness that was devastating a segment of the population in a first world country. We have been fighting the illnesses you mentioned for centuries and only as those areas develop will the conditions be eradicated.

 

[Larry Gude]

Truby...

They were fighting an illness that was devastating a segment of the population in a first world country. We have been fighting the illnesses you mentioned for centuries and only as those areas develop will the conditions be eradicated.

...man made global warming is gonna wipe 'em all out long before the HIV, so, let's spend the money on beer!

j/k

 

[truby20]

...a huge, 100% legit point right there.

This is my cue to scuttle back to my ivory tower.

 

[Larry Gude]

No...

This is my cue to scuttle back to my ivory tower.

...good. We've just perfected a special greenhouse gas that specifically targets ivory towers. You can run but...

 

[vraiblonde]

This reminds me of the South Park episode where Mr. Garrison tries to get fired so he can sue the school for discrimination.

The Death Camp of Tolerance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hysterical!

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

They were fighting an illness that was devastating a segment of the population in a first world country. We have been fighting the illnesses you mentioned for centuries and only as those areas develop will the conditions be eradicated.

Truby, Truby, Truby...

What about the infrastructure. Our country's infrastructure is crumbling. Over 60% of the nation's bridges are on the verge of collapse. Did you not see what happened in Minneapolis?

Yet, we're wasting billions of dollars, that could be used to create jobs in a slumping economy and fix our own problems, trying to fix AIDS in Africa.

There should be some funding, but it shouldn't top the billion marker.

 

[MMDad]

They were fighting an illness that was devastating a segment of the population in a first world country. We have been fighting the illnesses you mentioned for centuries and only as those areas develop will the conditions be eradicated.

I thought it was the "30 million persons worldwide" that mattered? You mean it was actually the 0.3% of Americans who were paying for their recklessness that got all this attention?

"Devastating?" AIDS had killed 546,000 Americans through 2006. That may sound huge, unless you actually look at all the other diseases that killed so many more people in the same time frame.

And malaria could be eradicated by now if we would just do what it takes.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Like Larry says...

This reminds me of the South Park episode where Mr. Garrison tries to get fired so he can sue the school for discrimination.

The Death Camp of Tolerance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hysterical!

The best social commentary comes from South Park.

I can tolerate people with other religions and beliefs and etc. My God says we should tolerate those who are different.

Unfortanently, not every religion, every bible, every person answers to the same God as I do.

:shrug:

The world won't ever be perfect, but this was just an irrational and senseless murder.

 

[Pete]

Truby, Truby, Truby...

What about the infrastructure. Our country's infrastructure is crumbling. Over 60% of the nation's bridges are on the verge of collapse. Did you not see what happened in Minneapolis?

Yet, we're wasting billions of dollars, that could be used to create jobs in a slumping economy and fix our own problems, trying to fix AIDS in Africa.

There should be some funding, but it shouldn't top the billion marker.

This is the problem and you are part of it.

Someone says:

AIDS is going to kill EVERYONE and you get it from SEX!

You like to have sex (well one day when you do you will probably want to) and you don't want to die so you buy it hook line and sinker and the answer is

MORE MONEY! MORE MONEY!

Just like the bridge crap you posted above.

A bridge in Minnesota collapses and all of a sudden 60% of the tens of thousands of bridges in this country are "On the verge of COLLAPSE!"

MORE MONEY! MORE MONEY!


You are so Emo.

 

[jetmonkey]

This is the problem and you are part of it.

Someone says:

AIDS is going to kill EVERYONE and you get it from SEX!

You like to have sex (well one day when you do you will probably want to) and you don't want to die so you buy it hook line and sinker and the answer is

MORE MONEY! MORE MONEY!

Just like the bridge crap you posted above.

A bridge in Minnesota collapses and all of a sudden 60% of the tens of thousands of bridges in this country are "On the verge of COLLAPSE!"

MORE MONEY! MORE MONEY!


You are so Emo.

Stay away from Mexico...

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

This is the problem and you are part of it.

Just like the bridge crap you posted above.

A bridge in Minnesota collapses and all of a sudden 60% of the tens of thousands of bridges in this country are "On the verge of COLLAPSE!"

MORE MONEY! MORE MONEY!


You are so Emo.

They've been saying the bridges are on the verge of collapse for years.

The 60% number I gave is a stat, the numbers mentioned on MSNBC were much higher - but I considered MSNBC to be an illegit news source and disregarded the 80% number and called on it.

There's a problem, however, when we're not even inspecting the nation's bridges.

This, like with our need for foriegn oil, is something we can't afford to ignore. I don't know how much longer this will continue, and I have a feeling it won't get better if Shrillary or Obomba get elected because they're ready to force down a socialist agenda (healthcare).

I don't know if I've said it before, but I think the answer to the healthcare deal is to provide taxpayers an option to purchase health insurance through the state or through the Fed. Gooberment, but don't make everyone pay for it and don't make everyone have it.

Our infrastructure is just one of the things we need to look at. We've got levees breaking all over the midwest right now, and all I hear about is "Iraq," "healthcare," , spend more money on AIDS, , free Sudan, , help the poor Africans, , help the poor Indonesians, .

 

[jetmonkey]

They've been saying the bridges are on the verge of collapse for years.

The 60% number I gave is a stat, the numbers mentioned on MSNBC were much higher - but I considered MSNBC to be an illegit news source and disregarded the 80% number and called on it.

There's a problem, however, when we're not even inspecting the nation's bridges.

This, like with our need for foriegn oil, is something we can't afford to ignore. I don't know how much longer this will continue, and I have a feeling it won't get better if Shrillary or Obomba get elected because they're ready to force down a socialist agenda (healthcare).

I don't know if I've said it before, but I think the answer to the healthcare deal is to provide taxpayers an option to purchase health insurance through the state or through the Fed. Gooberment, but don't make everyone pay for it and don't make everyone have it.

Our infrastructure is just one of the things we need to look at. We've got levees breaking all over the midwest right now, and all I hear about is "Iraq," "healthcare," , spend more money on AIDS, , free Sudan, , help the poor Africans, , help the poor Indonesians, .

You're starting to make sense

 

[BuddyLee]

Had he dressed within SOCIAL NORMS, this thread would be non-existent.

It may not have been so much his dress as it was his alleged actions.

 

[BuddyLee]

I'm gay.........quit the hate..........

:shocker:

 

[BuddyLee]

the shooter should be gassed, in my opinion.

I think he should be forced to wear a skirt and lipstick for the rest of his life.

He broke a social norm too, putting a slug in some kids skull.