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Originally posted by greeneyedleo
Originally posted by magicmushroom
Green, I think you ned to take a relaity pill. Its a wel documented fact that the blak people of America have been treated like 3d class citizens their entire history so to say they all should just behave and grow up is rather childish.
Its always easy to spout how one should behave when one has never lived through the life of another who not so long ago was treated as subhuman.
Ah ok. So they should not grow up and take responsibility for their own lives, choices and actions? We should just give them all a FREE PASS because of history?
Sorry, but it is easy to spout how one is ALWAYS a victim and how one is never responsible for themselves.
Please tell me how there are SO MANY successful, law abiding, peaceful black people here in America? Hmmmm. Maybe because they refuse to play VICTIM and have decided to be responsible human beings. THAT is reality.
Originally posted by Izarith
Black people in America Were some of the most honest, kind and humble people on earth ever known.
There is no reason to hang a person from a tree branch for being black, just like there is no reason to shoot a person 13 times for being a thug.
Originally posted by Sonya610
Originally posted by Izarith
Black people in America Were some of the most honest, kind and humble people on earth ever known.
But just like today with cops shotting them 13 times back during the 30's and 40's they used to get hung on trees.
Revisionist history says that while TODAY the black population may be extremely prone to violent activity, that is all recent. Way back when, they were perfectly innocent little angels and lynchings happened for no good reason. They were just minding their own business when suddenly they were strung up for being black!
Read the old slave narratives, even THEY mention that violent crimes among the black population started right after emancipation. It was a problem back then…just as it is today. Except back then people took a more direct route toward justice. People don’t change that much in 50 years, don’t believe for one moment an entire ethnic group went from being saints to being the highest violent crime offenders overnight.
This is from a former slave interviewed in the 1930’s…
Freedom is all right, but de n___s was better off befo' surrender, kaze den dey was looked after an' dey didn' get in no trouble fightin' an' killin' like dey do dese days.
xroads.virginia.edu...
Originally posted by Izarith
I am in no way saying white people are bad. many white people died saving blacks before the civil war trying to get them to the north and many more died during the war.
Originally posted by Izarith
It's OK to shoot someone 13 times because as long as you shoot both black and white people 13 times it's OK.
Originally posted by Agent39
I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Originally posted by Izarith
I think you are saying that being Black has nothing to do with not being able to be successfully and law abiding.....right?
Well I think that due to the fact that the US now has a Black president is testimony to what you say.
Originally posted by Agent39And I'm all for bringing back lynching. Let's do it right in town square, and make the whole public watch it happen. That would be a good crime deterrent, make people not want to go out and murder and rape, if they see in gruesome detail what will happen to them if they do.
Originally posted by Agent39
Originally posted by Izarith
It's OK to shoot someone 13 times because as long as you shoot both black and white people 13 times it's OK.
Well, if they just got done murdering a man and raping his girlfriend, then yes.
And I'm all for bringing back lynching. Let's do it right in town square, and make the whole public watch it happen. That would be a good crime deterrent, make people not want to go out and murder and rape, if they see in gruesome detail what will happen to them if they do.
Originally posted by Izarith
Now anyone of any color and be chained an put to work......if they are not shot 13 times that is.
Originally posted by Sonya610
Originally posted by Izarith
Now anyone of any color and be chained an put to work......if they are not shot 13 times that is.
What? It was ALWAYS like this. Throughout history. The majority have to WORK to survive. It has only been recently that people started thinking working to survive is somehow a violation of their rights. In large part that is because they see others that DON'T WORK getting things for free.
[edit on 21-12-2008 by Sonya610]
From a historical perspective, the cultural norm placing a positive moral value on doing a good job because work has intrinsic value for its own sake was a relatively recent development (Lipset, 1990). Work, for much of the ancient history of the human race, has been hard and degrading. Working hard--in the absence of compulsion--was not the norm for Hebrew, classical, or medieval cultures (Rose, 1985). It was not until the Protestant Reformation that physical labor became culturally acceptable for all persons, even the wealthy.
Braude (1975) described the Greek belief that a person's prudence, morality, and wisdom was directly proportional to the amount of leisure time that person had. A person who worked, when there was no need to do so, would run the risk of obliterating the distinction between slave and master. Leadership, in the Greek state and culture, was based on the work a person didn't have to do, and any person who broke this cultural norm was acting to subvert the state itself.
Originally posted by Sonya610
Originally posted by Izarith
Now anyone of any color and be chained an put to work......if they are not shot 13 times that is.
What? It was ALWAYS like this. Throughout history. The majority have to WORK to survive. It has only been recently that people started thinking working to survive is somehow a violation of their rights. In large part that is because they see others that DON'T WORK getting things for free.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
What? You really think that the majority always had to work to survive?
Perhaps you should do some research when you have a conviction, before posting it...
Originally posted by Sonya610
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
What? You really think that the majority always had to work to survive?
Perhaps you should do some research when you have a conviction, before posting it...
You think the majority did NOT have to work? They just sat around and collected a gov check? And 10% of the population actually grew food, built stuff, and managed all the tasks needed for survival of the community?
The ancient world had a whole different perspective. Idleness was highly valued among the great philosophers. They thought that hard work blunts your spirit. Diogenes of Sinope perfected the art of laziness. Alexander the Great once asked him, if he could do him any favor. Instead of asking for money, Diogenes replied: “Yes. Stand out of my my sunlight!” Even the slaves in ancient Rome never had to work more than six or seven hours a day.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
Braude (1975) described the Greek belief that a person's prudence, morality, and wisdom was directly proportional to the amount of leisure time that person had. A person who worked, when there was no need to do so, would run the risk of obliterating the distinction between slave and master. Leadership, in the Greek state and culture, was based on the work a person didn't have to do, and any person who broke this cultural norm was acting to subvert the state itself.
Most Ancient Greeks were farmers - life was difficult and unpredictable. The myths gave meaning to natural disasters and helped answer questions about how crops grew etc. The myths involved the gods helping the hero to succeed in a task.
www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk...
Nine out of ten ancient Greeks were rural people. The majority were farmers.
www.hoover.org...
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
reply to post by Agent39
I love how you just assume because that MOB MENTALITY thought those folks had raped and killed some people that they ACTUALLY did it.
Where was the due process? Where was the trial?