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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Poor kid...even in death he’s disrespected.

Prayers for his family, friends and fans who will mourn his loss.


22 posted on 11/01/2009 8:43:17 AM PST by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: trussell
> Poor kid...even in death he’s disrespected.

He may have had numerous good qualities, and yes he was a young man cut down too soon. OTOH, two things indicate he was headed for trouble - 1) rap is generally (though not universally) a brutal, dehumanizing genre with little to draw sympathy, and 2) it is unlikely that his murder was accidental, suggesting that he was mixed up in things he ought not to have been. Such things invite disrespect. Until we know more about the history and circumstances, it's easy to make simplifying assumptions and guess that he was a wannabe thug. But who knows? We could give him a bit more benefit of the doubt.

> Prayers for his family, friends and fans who will mourn his loss.

Indeed. All life is precious, and we have no indication that he deserved his fate.

24 posted on 11/01/2009 9:14:41 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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