You call it a 'prank,' but I call it terror (graphic)

[fortyfeetunder]

http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/story/269755.html

"...The superintendent of schools in Jena famously dismissed the original incident as a ''prank.'' It was an astonishing response, speaking volumes about the blithe historical ignorance of people who have found it convenient not to peer too closely at the atrocities of the past lest they be accidentally . . . moved.

But watching this trend unfold, it occurs to me that maybe what we need here is the opposite of ignorance. Maybe what we need is information. Maybe what we need is a history of rope.

A history of rope would have to include, in 1904, Luther Holbert and his wife, who had their fingers chopped off and handed out as souvenirs. Holbert was beaten so badly one of his eyes came out. It hung by a thread. A large corkscrew was used to bore into the couple's flesh. It tore out big chunks of them each time it was withdrawn. A rope was used to tie them to the tree...."

[nightrider767]

1. This World Will Never Run Out Of Morons

We got them in all colors and all cultures.

It's too bad.

But I'm sorry to guess, that the situation will probably not get better in the foreseeable future...


:banghead:

[MadMaddie]

2. It won't get better until we as American citizens rid ourselves

of the cancer that is the * administration....they have cultivated this type of hate..(Rovian tactics) since the 80's....Willie Horton, Welfare Queens, Katrina...and the list goes on.....not once have the Neocons leadership aka * cabal said enough is enough...they want the hatred and divisiveness.....they can't function in a society where for the most part people get along, all Americans are making money and America is good...crime is down...

Has anyone else noticed when the Neocons are in the leadership of this country the crime rate goes up, poverty goes up....and the list goes on...

No it won't change until we have leadership that denounces this type of hate mongering.

[nightrider767]

4. I honestly think we're on our own in this..

I wish that black leaders would combine with white, hispanic, asian and Muslim leaders and work together to break down these barriers. Let's not march unless we march together.

Right now when a situation arises, we allow that to divide us, when it fact, no matter how heinous, it could be used to bring us together and to increase our understanding for each other.

Look at Don Imos. He's an idiot, ran his fat mouth and said a lot of stupid things and now he's fired. What good did that do to help bring us together? It actually pushed us further apart. I thought it was a lost opportunity. How much better would it have been for Don Imos and the white and black community to sit down and spread the word to respect your brothers and sisters.

Our leaders are too divisive. Martin Luther King is probably very sad looking down from heaven. He layed down the road map, he inspired.

And we forgot.



O8)

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today - Ya

[MadMaddie]

5. Sadly you may be right...

[nightrider767]

6. Why Sadly?

I'm not sad about it. I have hope. I think we all can do it. I mean, I don't see the "winds of change blowing" like I do now with the Neo-con nightmare hopefully coming to an end. As a matter of fact, I see things going backward. But it's not end-game yet.

One day people will learn. One day we'll be able to look at a man walking down the street and the only damn thing that will hit us as distinctive about him,,, is that he is another person. One day when we pray to "our father" we'll remember every other person is our brother and sister.

So spread the good word.

[fortyfeetunder]

10. It worked in the 60's why can't it work 40+ yeare later?

When we had these atrocities going on -- maybe history books don't do it justice, but there was a multicultural effort at civil rights. It almost appears cyclic, we peaked in the 60's now back in that abyss, guess it's time we joined forces to say, "We must overcome"...

[fortyfeetunder]

11. think it started in late 70's starting with the Iran hostage crisis.

:sarcasm: How dare those (names I was appalled to hear, and rather not repeat) hold our dear American people hostage?

Civil rights and tolerance started going down hill after that...

[DBoon]

3. And to think these people voted for Strom Thrumond

in 1948 to oppose Federal anti-lyncing laws

[pop goes the weasel]

7. um....

I doubt there are many of them who even know who Strom Thurmond was, much less were alive and over 21 to vote for him back in 1948.

[yurbud]

8. the superintendant is probably old enough to know he was lying.

[Indenturedebtor]

9. Hmmm you may be onto something

Why don't we prosecute these inbred little shits under terrorism laws? That would be interesting ;)

[hedgehog]

12. Is there a single high school text book that mentions lyunching?

I'm certain they all talk about carpet baggers!