Mr. 5020
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I agree with you. Do you agree with me?This applies also to the President and Eric Holder....
I disagree. If you can't uphold your oath of protecting all people, you should find another profession.
I agree with you. Do you agree with me?This applies also to the President and Eric Holder....
I disagree. If you can't uphold your oath of protecting all people, you should find another profession.
Just like hatred, we are not born hatred, it is acquired by. The same way is with violence, we are not born with violence, it is acquired by and sadly taught.
To live in a Christian and non-violent peaceful world we must, learn to put aside our differences and work together. Plus lean on the Lord. For His guidance and His understanding. Learning to agree to disagree.
Just like hatred, we are not born hatred, it is acquired by. The same way is with violence, we are not born with violence, it is acquired by and sadly taught.
To live in a Christian and non-violent peaceful world we must, learn to put aside our differences and work together. Plus lean on the Lord. For His guidance and His understanding. Learning to agree to disagree.
You have a lot of common sense.
I think I agree. The biggest problem I have with the reaction of my brethren to this whole situation is a complete lack of empathy. There seems to be no regard (with exception, of course) to the reason people feel the way they do.Just like hatred, we are not born hatred, it is acquired by. The same way is with violence, we are not born with violence, it is acquired by and sadly taught.
To live in a Christian and non-violent peaceful world we must, learn to put aside our differences and work together. Plus lean on the Lord. For His guidance and His understanding. Learning to agree to disagree.
So when God, with the flick of His little pinky finger, tossed that two bit punk Satan out of Heaven, why instead didn't He just say:
"Stick around Lucifer, we must learn to put aside our differences and work together"?
Good and evil working together, that's quite the concept boyz.
Just like hatred, we are not born hatred, it is acquired by. The same way is with violence, we are not born with violence, it is acquired by and sadly taught.
To live in a Christian and non-violent peaceful world we must, learn to put aside our differences and work together. Plus lean on the Lord. For His guidance and His understanding. Learning to agree to disagree.
Neither the police nor minorities are entirely good or entirely evil.
God's institution of civil government, in this case law enforcement, is inherently good.
Police officers on a individual basis can be good or evil, the vast majority are good.
The answer isn't striking back at police nor is it cracking down on the minority community; it's in building confidence and trust in each other. A slow process, but the only one that will work.
This is a sad tragedy. At one point durings the 2000s, I thought race was becoming a non-issue in the US, at least for the majority. Now it seems like there are more racists among whites and blacks then there were back in the 90s when all that happened to Rodney King.
Of course the biggest white racists are liberals like you and the barbarian who are constantly making excuses for immoral behavior by people of color.
This is a sad tragedy. At one point durings the 2000s, I thought race was becoming a non-issue in the US, at least for the majority. Now it seems like there are more racists among whites and blacks then there were back in the 90s when all that happened to Rodney King.
I don't think they'll be a civil war ( :chuckle: ) but it's bad times out there, depending on where you live. It's sad to see race relations turn so sour under the watch of the first black president.
Garner's family has released a statement expressing their disapproval and outrage.
“They Take 1 of Ours, Let’s Take 2 of Theirs” New York Man Executes Two Cops in Revenge Attack
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/2-nypd-cops-killed/#ZKrjXMKoz63c1wD0.99
http://nypost.com/2014/12/20/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-brooklyn/
I don't know about Ferguson, but in the New York incident, the police have been given orders by the city administration to 'crack down hard' on petty crime, and make the streets safe and pleasant for wealthy white people, again. And cities all across the country are doing the same.This is a sad tragedy. At one point durings the 2000s, I thought race was becoming a non-issue in the US, at least for the majority. Now it seems like there are more racists among whites and blacks then there were back in the 90s when all that happened to Rodney King.
I don't think they'll be a civil war ( :chuckle: ) but it's bad times out there, depending on where you live. It's sad to see race relations turn so sour under the watch of the first black president.
I don't know about Ferguson, but in the New York incident, the police have been given orders by the city administration to 'crack down hard' on petty crime, and make the streets safe and pleasant for wealthy white people, again. And cities all across the country are doing the same.
Because of our dire economic situation, there are more poor people, everywhere, and with poverty comes petty crime, and unsightly homelessness. And this is bad for business, and bad for the "greed is good" image that our wealthy overlords are seeking to promote, so cities are "cracking down" on it all over America. This is what led directly to the incident in New York. All it took was one violent cop to get carried away, and someone to catch it on video. And then a guilty administration to sweep it under the rug.
The point is that it wasn't and isn't necessarily a race issue, except that because of 150 years of systematic racism in this country, a lot of poor people in cities still tend to be black. Not all, certainly, but a lot.
Also, there are plenty of white racists still around, and they hate Obama simply because he's black. So anytime something bad happens, they want to blame him. And of course the republican party is only too happy to service that band wagon! While the media is busy turning anything it can into armageddon just to get people's attention, so they can sell ads.
The things that have gotten worse since 2000 are not racism (because that's been here all along), it's poverty, greed, and malfeasance. Poverty incites the poor to petty crime, while greed wants to make it go away as fast as possible, by any means necessary, to hide it's own ugly effect on society. Meanwhile, malfeasance has everyone who's supposed to be controlling poverty and greed, exacerbating it, instead. So a sort perfect storm is brewing between the haves, the have nots, and the immoral idiots in the government and the media who are supposed to be trying to help us resolve it, but are exacerbating it, instead.
And the cops are caught right in the middle of it all.
Of course it does. When people can't get what they want and need by acceptable economic methods, they turn to unacceptable economic methods. That's been true since the dawn of time. And we call those unacceptable economic methods, "crime"...."The poor we shall always have with us"....
Poverty does not incite to petty crime. A lack of a moral compass allows petty crime.
Greed increases when the fear of being or becoming poor increases. And when being poor becomes an unbearable prospect. And as greed increases, so does crime.I'd add a corollary "Greed we shall always have with us".
Greed is also a reflection of a lack of a moral compass.
Well, we can certainly agree on that.But, shall we wring our hands and play the victim?
I think not!
Criminal behavior is a vicious downward spiral which eventually destroys a society.
Mentality that is no different than the kkk - its just in reverse.
Wonder why liberals cannot understand that.