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Fri Aug-12-11 02:01 AM
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| 71. We may also find ourselves in their shoes soon -- !!! |
| -Martin Luther King: "But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard." |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 05:23 AM |
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K&R!!!! n/t |
BeHereNow |
Aug-10-11 05:46 AM |
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K&R |
rucky |
Aug-10-11 05:57 AM |
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I keep looking at this picture |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 02:17 PM |
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Absolutely no reason |
rucky |
Aug-11-11 08:04 PM |
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Lol, okay! I was struggling to try to make a connection |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-12-11 02:06 PM |
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K&R |
rug |
Aug-10-11 06:07 AM |
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This is one of the best and most thoughtful posts I've read in awhile. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Aug-10-11 06:38 AM |
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Thank you for your kind words ... |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 07:22 AM |
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Also the language of the unheard sporting fan |
Zywiec |
Aug-10-11 06:43 AM |
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Are sports fans who go to such events subjected in their daily |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 06:54 AM |
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But to equate "sports riots" to the ones |
disillusioned73 |
Aug-10-11 07:00 AM |
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Yes, I was not sure what the point was! |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 07:04 AM |
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A riot by any other qualifier is yet a riot... |
LanternWaste |
Aug-11-11 10:37 AM |
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If you live in a black & white world.. |
disillusioned73 |
Aug-11-11 01:54 PM |
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Have you ever wondered why sports fans riot? |
fasttense |
Aug-11-11 06:20 AM |
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I have never understood that either. |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-11-11 02:03 PM |
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there are a LOT of hormones released during sporting events. |
Bluerthanblue |
Aug-11-11 02:04 PM |
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Team Fealty |
Frank1 |
Aug-12-11 03:09 PM |
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Interesting! |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-12-11 07:36 PM |
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K&R |
disillusioned73 |
Aug-10-11 06:58 AM |
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And now the nationalists are getting involved. |
joshcryer |
Aug-10-11 07:03 AM |
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Maybe they should have marched on Parliament |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 07:08 AM |
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You'd guess wrong. |
joshcryer |
Aug-10-11 07:12 AM |
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Strongly recommended. |
H2O Man |
Aug-10-11 07:11 AM |
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Excellent post. |
marmar |
Aug-10-11 07:13 AM |
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I'll second that! |
Supersedeas |
Aug-11-11 09:27 AM |
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True. |
NYC_SKP |
Aug-10-11 08:19 AM |
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See also: May 1979, San Francisco: |
NYC_SKP |
Aug-10-11 08:31 AM |
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Thank you for the reminder of those riots also. |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 01:28 PM |
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My keyboard broke when I posted mine |
Ichingcarpenter |
Aug-10-11 11:10 AM |
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I would like to read yours too, Ichingcarpenter. |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 01:58 PM |
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MLK's words do not condone |
Bluerthanblue |
Aug-10-11 11:44 AM |
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No, he did not condone it. But his point was made that |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 12:54 PM |
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I join you and everyone else in |
Bluerthanblue |
Aug-10-11 01:30 PM |
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MLK had a beautiful way with words: |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 01:45 PM |
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Thank you for posting this. I have been trying to communicate this, but I am no MLK. nt |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-10-11 01:52 PM |
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Me neither ZombieHorde, which is why I wanted to |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 02:47 PM |
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As always, it will be what happens after the riots wherein the pudding will be proved |
gratuitous |
Aug-10-11 02:57 PM |
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'What will the ruling class do about this?' |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 03:29 PM |
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I don't pay much attention to recs/unrecs |
gratuitous |
Aug-10-11 04:02 PM |
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Well said: |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 04:53 PM |
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An unrec is a vote against peace and justice, a lack of strength. |
WHEN CRABS ROAR |
Aug-10-11 09:30 PM |
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Yes, I suppose it is, at least in this thread. |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-11-11 01:58 AM |
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k&r |
shanti |
Aug-10-11 03:36 PM |
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Yes. He was murdered not long after he gave that speech. |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 03:41 PM |
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yes, very odd, isn't it? |
shanti |
Aug-10-11 07:46 PM |
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Yes, very. It's always the ones who are trying to |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-11-11 01:28 AM |
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It's also a commentary on the people who condemn |
socialist_n_TN |
Aug-11-11 10:27 AM |
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Thugs or freedom fighters? Depend on who you ask? Okay... |
Zax2me |
Aug-10-11 03:41 PM |
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What I have wondered is, have there ever been riots |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-10-11 03:48 PM |
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You know Sabrina- |
Bluerthanblue |
Aug-10-11 06:24 PM |
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What a beautiful post. |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-11-11 12:49 AM |
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I heard an interesting interview with some of the rioters |
Capitalocracy |
Aug-11-11 08:54 AM |
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Thanks Sabrina! |
swilton |
Aug-10-11 09:18 PM |
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I was inside Watts during the riots, seeing the truth and hearing |
WHEN CRABS ROAR |
Aug-10-11 09:20 PM |
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Well, that's the problem for those of us just watching all of this |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-11-11 12:58 AM |
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"But for some of us, it's not that simple." |
socialist_n_TN |
Aug-11-11 10:32 AM |
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Ah, yes yes, lets do a study and then state the obvious. |
WHEN CRABS ROAR |
Aug-11-11 09:26 PM |
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No study should have been necessary, that is true, but apparently |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-12-11 02:07 AM |
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K&R nt |
TBF |
Aug-10-11 09:51 PM |
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It's just an excuse for those people to score free tv's. |
Lucian |
Aug-11-11 01:43 AM |
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That's a perfect quote |
Cherchez la Femme |
Aug-11-11 01:54 AM |
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The ignorance of some people is scary |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-12-11 03:34 AM |
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Or maybe a U.S. just like the libertarian paradise Somalia would be better |
Cherchez la Femme |
Aug-12-11 03:08 PM |
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Fast forward to 2011 AMERICA--I'm seeing things in Chicago and Philadelphia, |
Creideiki |
Aug-11-11 07:11 AM |
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Well, I guess at the time MLK made that speech, |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-11-11 01:53 PM |
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What a condoner! |
Capitalocracy |
Aug-11-11 08:50 AM |
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Sorry! |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-11-11 01:46 PM |
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From you to all who have not heard (we can hope). Thank you! |
JackRiddler |
Aug-11-11 02:01 PM |
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why can't they be pragmatic, and vote for hope and change? |
KG |
Aug-11-11 03:21 PM |
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Too late to Rec. |
NOLALady |
Aug-11-11 08:31 PM |
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"I will continue to condemn riots, and continue to say to my brothers and sisters that this is not |
Nye Bevan |
Aug-11-11 09:39 PM |
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Kicked&Recommended! |
butterfly77 |
Aug-11-11 09:46 PM |
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Thank you for this. There is so much more depth to these things than |
saorsa |
Aug-11-11 10:17 PM |
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I just watched Cameron on TV in Parliament and it was sickening |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-11-11 11:46 PM |
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Thank you for this thoughtful and thought provoking post |
suffragette |
Aug-12-11 01:38 AM |
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We may also find ourselves in their shoes soon -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Aug-12-11 02:01 AM |
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what a great post |
dana_b |
Aug-12-11 02:09 PM |
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Excellent OP. Can't rec but will surely kick. |
Horse with no Name |
Aug-12-11 07:44 PM |
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Thank you ~ |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-13-11 01:47 PM |
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