Shooting baffles family, officials

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[Ladysmith]

Mong, like "from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees."

Our state bumper sticker for some time was "Wisconsin, You're Among Friends."

Well, when the Hmongs started settling here, there were more than one bumper sticker cropped to say, "Wisconsin, Your mong Friends."

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I'll be able to get an answer to this question on Monday morning.

Don't ask.

;-)

[Flatus I. Maximus]

Thanks for posting this. I'd been told by a friend's daughter that Hmong girls are considered ready to marry at menarche, that she'd gone to junior high with Hmong girls who were "culturally married," and that those few who actually made it to high school graduation typically had two kids by that time. I found that hard to believe, but it appears I may have been mistaken.

[pepsionice]

This is the first time I've heard of this cultural spouse thing...is this normal up in Wisconsin?

[curlewbird]

So what happened with this other deer hunter? I haven't heard about this one I don't think. What's the scoop??

[Baraonda]

"This is the first time I've heard of this cultural spouse thing..."

"Cultural marriage" is just another euphemism for polygamy.

"...is this normal up in Wisconsin?"

Apparently it is among Hmongs.

[WorkingClassFilth]

The 'H' is silent.

[eddie willers]

The 'H' is silent.

Tanks.

[oldenuff2no]

He said that one of his victims shot at him at 20 yards and missed. Then he killed six people who only had one firearm between them.
There is a lesson here. If you do not want to be shot and have six of your family and friends murdered, DON'T MISS!!!!!
I'm tired of this "cultural difference CRAP"
In his own statement he admitted to committing cold blooded murder.
I do not want to hear any more 'Poor little me CRAP" about a murderer.
Feel sorry for the families and friend of the people he murdered.
One of the people he murdered was an unarmed Young Lady!!!!!! Where so I sign up for the lynch mob?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

"...State Sen. Mee Moua...
That reminds me of the story about the swearing in of newly-elected Minnesota state legislators when Jesse Ventura was governor.

The new legislators identified themselves in a receiving line, and when the U of Minnesota Law School grad said, "Mee Moua", Jesse is said to have responded, "Me Jesse"!"

True story.

If no one has noticed, Jesse was/is a moron.

[digitalbrownshirt]

As were the people that put him office.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I was in a pub in Derry, Northern Ireland, a couple of years ago. Jesse was the Gov, at the time.

My American accent always stands out there, as you can imagine. A local turns to me and asks me where, in America, I'm from. "Minnesota", I reply.

"Aye, ye got that moron wrestler for a gov'ner, do ye?"

He laughed, I nodded and then laughed with him. Told him that he wasn't MY gov and Clinton wasn't my President.

He liked Bill, thought Jesse was a putz.

We still had a good time. Nobody died that night.

[El Gato]

What's a "cultural wife"? Is she only his wife while he's in a certain "culture"?

Same as "Common Law" wife. Perhaps they don't like the idea of getting government permission to get married? Bunch of anti-government right wing nut jobs....oh wait that's us, isn't it?

[El Gato]

I guess they should have moved to rural Utah, Idaho, Nevada or elsewhere where the polygamist branchs of the Mormon religioin tend to live.

Seriously though, if they have some sort of religious or cultural ceremony to cement these marriages, and if the marriage units tend to be stable, save for the addition of more wives, it's probalby a better environment for raising kids than marry-divorce-remarry serial polyamy increasingly practiced by more mainstream folks.

YOu can't judge a whole group by one nutjob.

[El Gato]

I found that hard to believe, but it appears I may have been mistaken.

I'm sure you were, these people are from a culture that is only a generation, well maybe two generations, from a very primitive existence. I'd say stone age, but the would be an exaggeration. I'm sure there customs worked fine for them. Other than the polygamy they don't sound so very different from most preindustrial cultures.

[dit_xi]

OK, I won't ask. Takes an entire 4 days to answer a question...he's up to sum'in...

[El Gato]

I meant to add that the main reason these people are here, and not back home in their hills, is because they fought with us, and when the Commuists took over, they killed many of them, and chased most of the rest out of the country. I figure we own them a little consideration of their cultural differences. None of that excuses this guy's actions (BTW, he was also a Veteran of the US Army and National Guard)

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I can get an honest answer on Monday.

At work.

Get it?

[gnarledmaw]

I would like to be on that list, please

[dr_lew]

They are well steeped in the traditions of the other race pimps like Jackson and Sharpton

The headline of the Chicago Tribune today, ( not just 'A' headline, 'THE' banner headline ) was:

SUSPECT: HUNTERS FIRED FIRST

then the subhead:

But cops say he admits chasing victims

Do you see the spin here? It's pretty obvious. The "but..." immediately grants credence to the claim. So we're supposed to think he "overreacted" to being attacked by the "white" hunters. Absolutely despicable.