Big difference between an armed to the teeth guy shooting 20 unarmed 6 YO and inner city gang kids who are usually both armed killing each other... Both are awful situations, but if you look at the 2 objectively the former deserves more outrage.
30-40 years ago when there were Mafia wars in NYC and they were killing each other it made the news, but as long as the armed killers were killing each other, no one really cared. Gang members and drug dealers killing each other? No one really cares..
72 Shot, 12 Killed in Chicago Over Weekend
Re: 72 Shot, 12 Killed in Chicago Over Weekend
by Ben Huh » Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:06 pm
..."if the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of a divine reward, then brother, that person is a piece of shit."
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Re: 72 Shot, 12 Killed in Chicago Over Weekend
by Ben Huh » Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:28 am
..."if the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of a divine reward, then brother, that person is a piece of shit."
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Re: 72 Shot, 12 Killed in Chicago Over Weekend
by Indy » Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:38 am
I agree that if it were just gang members killing each other nobody would care.
However, it's been innocents of late here: moms, four year old boys, people out for a fourth of July celebration. That girl who famously performed at Obama's inauguration and then was shot to death here days later? She just happened to be sitting with friends in a park under a shelter waiting for the rain to stop. Some banger pulled up and just opened fire indiscriminately.
The word "terrorist" has been abused awfully in this country since 9/11 but I truly believe gang members are terrorists. They terrorize their communities, the school kids, everybody.
Rather than chase bearded men all over the globe with Predators, perhaps we should fix our own backyard. Granted, it's the not the profit center that the War on Terror is.
However, it's been innocents of late here: moms, four year old boys, people out for a fourth of July celebration. That girl who famously performed at Obama's inauguration and then was shot to death here days later? She just happened to be sitting with friends in a park under a shelter waiting for the rain to stop. Some banger pulled up and just opened fire indiscriminately.
The word "terrorist" has been abused awfully in this country since 9/11 but I truly believe gang members are terrorists. They terrorize their communities, the school kids, everybody.
Rather than chase bearded men all over the globe with Predators, perhaps we should fix our own backyard. Granted, it's the not the profit center that the War on Terror is.
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Re: 72 Shot, 12 Killed in Chicago Over Weekend
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Re: 72 Shot, 12 Killed in Chicago Over Weekend
by The Dharma Bum » Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:52 am
The wealth in this country is owned by people who did no work to produce any of it. That is the basis of all social problems.
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