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Teens try to burn cross on man's lawn
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| April 18, 2K4
| Sara Leaming
Posted on 04/18/2004 9:47:38 PM PDT by rdb3
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To: rdb3; Travis McGee
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Here in Alabama during the civil rights struggle there was an unwritten rule about the use of force. It's why white racists used firehoses and dogs, but not guns. The unwritten rule was that if a *certain* line was crossed (pun intended for those who like to light up such things), then there would be a bit more than retaliation.
Well, we all know now that the story eventually turned out fine for all involved...but in the heat of the moment it was the fact that Blacks in 'Bama were armed that kept everyone from ....ummmmm....losing their cool, so to speak.
And lets just say that you get a lot fewer cross burnings in even the most racist of regions...when everybody knows that everybody else is armed.
Which suits me just fine, I might add.
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posted on
04/19/2004 12:19:46 AM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
And lets just say that you get a lot fewer cross burnings in even the most racist of regions...when everybody knows that everybody else is armed. Which suits me just fine, I might add.
I bet it did cool off some hotheads, knowing that you just might get popped.
All men and women should be armed, IMNSHO. All the time. Everywhere they go.
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A.K.A. Sleepy Brown
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posted on
04/19/2004 12:29:27 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.)
To: rdb3; mhking
Dang! A brotha playing the bagpipes! Their unit clearly has weapons of Scotish destruction. Insurgents will have soon found out that when they hear that brother piping, it's not a good day for their sniping.
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posted on
04/19/2004 1:42:19 AM PDT
by
risk
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
To: rdb3
Dumbasses *LOL*
44
posted on
04/19/2004 4:08:28 AM PDT
by
cyborg
To: RightWingAtheist
LOL!!! Wow here I was thinking they need their ears grabbed.
45
posted on
04/19/2004 4:09:14 AM PDT
by
cyborg
To: cyborg
They may qualify to be on the next "Jackass" movie. But I ain't mad at them, though. Some folks just don't know any better.
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A.K.A. Sleepy Brown
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posted on
04/19/2004 6:01:35 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.)
To: King Prout
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posted on
04/19/2004 6:50:40 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: rdb3
Someone (we assumed it to be the KKK) burned a cross on my grandfather's lawn about 30 years ago.
Nothing funny about it. He was terrified.
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posted on
04/19/2004 7:14:43 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: Skooz
Did he have any idea as to why it happened?
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A.K.A. Sleepy Brown
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posted on
04/19/2004 7:33:52 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.)
To: rdb3
No. We never could figure that out. He's white and was recently retired from the Army, and moved back to his native Montgomery, Alabama.
He started a landscaping business when he retired and hired many local black kids and young men. The closest he could figure was that maybe he had hired some black guy over a white guy who wanted the same job.
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posted on
04/19/2004 7:45:02 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: Skooz
He started a landscaping business when he retired and hired many local black kids and young men.Say no more. There's the answer.
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A.K.A. Sleepy Brown
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posted on
04/19/2004 7:47:30 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.)
To: rdb3
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posted on
04/19/2004 7:49:59 AM PDT
by
Eala
(Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
To: rdb3
Can you say, "idiots?" I knew you could. A much milder adjective than what I'm thinking.
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posted on
04/19/2004 7:54:11 AM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Marg bar Estebdad! (Down with tyranny!))
To: rdb3
Does Washington law allow for a good, stiff beating?
I'd be one white guy who'd be inclined to sign up. I bet they could get a lot more without breaking a sweat and not liberals, either.
Dan
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posted on
04/19/2004 7:57:37 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: BibChr
Does Washington law allow for a good, stiff beating? No, but I wish it did.
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A.K.A. Sleepy Brown
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posted on
04/19/2004 8:33:30 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.)
To: King Prout
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posted on
04/19/2004 8:40:13 AM PDT
by
bc2
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" - harpseal)
To: rdb3
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Hold on there kiddies, Let an old pro show you how this is done.
To: rdb3
"Robert C. Byrd, in my view, would have been right at any time... I cannot think of a single moment in this Nation's 220-plus year history where he would not have been a valuable asset." -- Chris Dodd.
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posted on
04/19/2004 8:42:51 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: kingu
;-) Good point ;-)
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posted on
04/19/2004 10:17:14 AM PDT
by
festus
To: steve-b
yes, exactly. thanks for the belly-laugh!
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posted on
04/19/2004 10:53:45 AM PDT
by
King Prout
(You may disagree with what I have to say... but I will defend to YOUR death MY right to say it.)
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