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originally posted by: Macenroe82
a reply to: JAGStorm
They should all be charged with accessory to murder.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: paviabari
You try convincing a DA to prosecute 70 people for accessory to murder.
Some case if he made it, ile give you that.
originally posted by: blueman12
a reply to: JAGStorm
Black people barely had rights only 70 or so years ago. Homosexuals were treated as scum not too long ago.
I believe we are slowly evolving out of this. Humanity is slowly getting better but the same old negative aspects of humanity are still showing up. Just in the form of modern life.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: JAGStorm
Why do you think this a problem of the youth?
In 1964 Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death outside her apartment building. Despite the fact that 30+ people heard her cries, not a single one called the cops. This actually led to the concept of the bystander effect.
But please, go ahead and tell us how all the woes in the world are due to the youth.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: JAGStorm
If anyone wonders why it's not the guns just read the linked story.
The total lack of humanity in this crowd is what's wrong with the country today.
I was going to mention guns, but didn't, but that is a real and valid point. It's never been about the guns, it is the people.
originally posted by: PsychoEmperor
originally posted by: blueman12
a reply to: JAGStorm
Black people barely had rights only 70 or so years ago. Homosexuals were treated as scum not too long ago. Wars have happened in every era. How many centuries did people watch and cheer as innocents were hanged or put to death? This negative behavior is nothing new.
With all the bad things of social media, there has also been a wealth of good things. People are learning and sharing positivity from all around the world. More understanding and compassion is being created through social media.
There has always been this eternal strife to divide humanity, to create apathy while others suffer, or to only focus on the negative.
I believe we are slowly evolving out of this. Humanity is slowly getting better but the same old negative aspects of humanity are still showing up. Just in the form of modern life.
That's absolutely beautiful, and I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Our current culture brings things like this to the for front, but the fact that we are all here, condemning it, the fact that this is a story of heartlessness and many in our country are seeing this and reacting with the same outrage, speaks for itself. 200 years ago, 2,000 years ago, this would have been commonplace and not have garnered any of this reaction we are now giving it.
Thank you for saying it the way you have, we ARE getting better as a whole.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
originally posted by: jacobe001
originally posted by: Bluntone22
originally posted by: blueman12
a reply to: LSU2018
Yea.. it was sure God's country when blacks were slaves..
Nostalgia for a golden past that never was....
Yeah, it's truly amazing how much democracy and capitalism have made this country the great place it is today.
You mean the Petrodollar.
What good it the Petro without the capital markets to take advantage of it?