The Jena 6

[Pete]

I say it does.

The law says it doesn't. Until you get a robe and are sworn in, what you say doesn't count.

 

[Magnum]

...more problems with white folk that I ever did with black or any other color folk.

I only had a few problems in school, most of the time I stayed in my corner or out in the greenhouse

 

[vraiblonde]

Sometimes, azz whipping's are good learning aids.

It does tend to get the point across efficiently and without a lot of needless chatter, doesn't it?

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Most schools ban any type of dress that is "disruptive" and that is how your attire was viewed. It's all about context. I doubt you would have even caused a ripple in some areas, but PG County...I think wearing a Confederate Battle Flag there is Chapter 3 of The Final Exit.

And people like that are why schools get anal and suspend kids over wearing a Dale Earnhardt Jr. cap and a Kasey Kahne T-Shirt.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

The law says it doesn't. Until you get a robe and are sworn in, what you say doesn't count.

Bingo

But these kids are expecting to be above the law because of race. Whatever the whiote punk deserves, it's all about letting kids off with committing a crime because of race.

 

[vegmom]

And people like that are why schools get anal and suspend kids over wearing a Dale Earnhardt Jr. cap and a Kasey Kahne T-Shirt.

Maybe it's because their cars display advertisments for "grown up beverages"?

Doubt they'll do anything about kids wearing shirts with Jrs new car on it.

Unless its not Mountain Dew but "that old mountain dew."

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Maybe it's because their cars display advertisments for "grown up beverages"?

Doubt they'll do anything about kids wearing shirts with Jrs new car on it.

So we have become so pussified that a Budweiser logo is disruptive?

 

[Pete]

If I were the judge instead of this KKK bigot they have working for them, I'd call it misdemeanor battery and let them off with a warning (which is what typically happens with schoolyard fights).

Then I would prosecute the white kids for a hate crime, and bring their charming parents in to have a chat.

I know where you are coming from but if I can't go around metering out ass whippings to people who pizz me off and get a free pass no one else should either.

I don' ever recall a Judge saying "I know you did this violent crime, but they deserved it so I am going to let you go because it was justified." It just doesn't happen. Even though they may want to they have to follow the rule of law.

Is there any justification for physically attacking someone based on words? No not in civilized society. Cut and dried.

Do they rate "attempted murder"? No I think not.

This is where the ACLU would actually come in good. They go to the ACLU and show bias and or injustice by the school district when this all started and the ACLU files suit in Federal Court for them. The white kids and the school district are punished for hate crimes/allowing hate crime and they win a victory. AFTER they have gone around and burned down a wing of the school and beat someone it makes their position undefendable.

 

[Pete]

Bingo

But these kids are expecting to be above the law because of race. Whatever the whiote punk deserves, it's all about letting kids off with committing a crime because of race.

Stop acting like I am on your side or I will kick your ass.

 

[vegmom]

So we have become so pussified that a Budweiser logo is disruptive?

Advertisements for Alcohol or Tobacco on apparel were banned when I was in school. Still is according to the little booklet veggirl brought home.

When she complains because they told her her shorts were too short, I whip out pics from when I was in 5th grade at Uber-Baptist school. That usually stops the whining.

 

[vraiblonde]

But these kids are expecting to be above the law because of race.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

They were probably expecting to get the same as what every other school fight gets - either a reprimand or possibly a misdemeanor. But that's just a guess.

 

[vraiblonde]

Is there any justification for physically attacking someone based on words? No not in civilized society. Cut and dried.

I disagree.

 

[MMDad]

So we have become so pussified that a Budweiser logo is disruptive?

Are you really this dumb, or is it an act?

 

[vraiblonde]

They go to the ACLU and show bias and or injustice by the school district when this all started and the ACLU files suit in Federal Court for them.

If Boy were being picked on by some kids in school, would you go to the ACLU?

The fact that the parents DIDN'T contact Jackson, Sharpton and the ACLU when this stuff first started should be an indicator that they're not activist types, but just normal people trying to manage their problems.

AND the parents of these white kids certainly knew what was going on, especially after their kids got in trouble for it by the principal (which was then later rescinded by the Super). They knew. And they apparently didn't try to stop it or teach their little racist any better.

What are you supposed to do when the school, the other parents, AND the judge is stacked against you? Read the Wiki. It's citationed to within an inch of its life. If you then still think the black kids had other means of defending themselves, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Pete]

It does tend to get the point across efficiently and without a lot of needless chatter, doesn't it?

You know, it does.

I am also going to brave the shiat storm and go out on a limb and say that resorting to violence is the Achilles heel of the black man. In today's society there are so many avenues to address wrong doing or even bias. It is not as easy as a good old ass whooping or a nice riot but it is legal and it will garner sympathy.

Is it just a meaningless statistic that black males are 20 times more likely to be in jail for violent crimes? Is it a coincidence that every full blown riot in the USA in the last 100 years involved predominately black anger over something the rest of the country thinks is no big deal or cannot understand? It is no coincidence that the black minority in this country have a larger probability of being in poverty based on their percentage of the population. I think the 2 are directly related and the black communities propensity to willingly and quickly resort to violence when a wrong is perceived, or real for that matter is going to keep them down.

Every time a riot or a brawl breaks out and CNN shows footage of fists and arms flailing, a guy floating a raft full of beer through flood water, a person smashing a window with a brick and taking off with a TV the rest of America mumbles "savages" under their breath.

In this matter there are a series of lapses in judgement that allowed this to escalate.

There NEVER should have been a "white tree" Period.

The white kids should have been kicked out of school for hanging nooses from it. Period

Anyone caught brawling should be jailed and an example made of them equally, black, white or yellow. Period.

 

[Pete]

If Boy were being picked on by some kids in school, would you go to the ACLU?

The fact that the parents DIDN'T contact Jackson, Sharpton and the ACLU when this stuff first started should be an indicator that they're not activist types, but just normal people trying to manage their problems.

AND the parents of these white kids certainly knew what was going on, especially after their kids got in trouble for it by the principal (which was then later rescinded by the Super). They knew. And they apparently didn't try to stop it or teach their little racist any better.

What are you supposed to do when the school, the other parents, AND the judge is stacked against you? Read the Wiki. It's citationed to within an inch of its life. If you then still think the black kids had other means of defending themselves, I don't know what to tell you.

The fatal flaw of your argument right there. The 6 kids up for charges were not being attacked by the lone white kid. They were not "defending them selves".

 

[Pete]

If Boy were being picked on by some kids in school, would you go to the ACLU?

The fact that the parents DIDN'T contact Jackson, Sharpton and the ACLU when this stuff first started should be an indicator that they're not activist types, but just normal people trying to manage their problems.

AND the parents of these white kids certainly knew what was going on, especially after their kids got in trouble for it by the principal (which was then later rescinded by the Super). They knew. And they apparently didn't try to stop it or teach their little racist any better.

What are you supposed to do when the school, the other parents, AND the judge is stacked against you? Read the Wiki. It's citationed to within an inch of its life. If you then still think the black kids had other means of defending themselves, I don't know what to tell you.

Honestly I would go to the school and demand they do something. Then if I was not satisfied I would go to the school board and maybe even court.

As much as I would like to hide in the woods next to the school and beat all the kids picking on him and then burn their houses down and horse whip their parents, I wouldn't be much use to him sitting in jail for 75 years now would I?

 

[Vince]

Yeah, I love this crap. Just saw on the news how thousands are going to the town to support the Jena6. Wait a minute. These people committed a crime and everyone is supporting them? Give them the appropriate punishment for their crime (simple assault) and be done with it.

 

[vraiblonde]

Just saw on the news how thousands are going to the town to support the Jena6.

They're supporting them because the judge gave them a much more severe punishment than the "crime" warranted.

 

[vraiblonde]

Honestly I would go to the school and demand they do something. Then if I was not satisfied I would go to the school board and maybe even court.

You cannot go to court over picking. It's not a crime.

And then what, when neither the school nor the school board would address the problem or just told you to shut up and go away? Then what would you do?

At what point would you encourage Boy to punch the other kid out? Any point? Or would you just tell him to suck it up for eternity?