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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:53 AM Original message |
It grieves me much to bring this news, but it affects us all |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. I, too, am more than happy to Rec a self delete. 3 more and it's off to the Greatest. n/t |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Self delete. |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's early - there aren't too many DUers up yet... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. I just love listening to the cops when they say they don't have |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I agree |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. If a straight person was found shot several times, we wouldn't automatically |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. "Are you sure the only reason that a gay guy could be killed would be because he was gay?" |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Statistics show most minorities are killed by someone of the same minority group. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Right, but when a black person is hanging from a tree, |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I must have missed the part where he was killed by skinheads with baseball bats. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. No, all you missed was the point. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I got it completely you have tried to turn a shooting into something there is no evidence it is. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You fail again. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. What evidence of a hate crime is there other than the sexuality of the victim? |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The more important question is why are you so bent out of |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. It may very well be, personally I'll wait and see what evidence the police find. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. LOL. I'm not irritated because you're blunt. I'm irritated that |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Aren't we sensitive? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. He's upset because it was a shooting. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Ah, that's why. I knew there had to be an explanation. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. No different from hate crimes committed with other weapons. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Wrong spot. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. ? No it isn't |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. My reason for posting was more about the mourning |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. O Rly?! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. K&R |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. 8:30 on a Monday night in the spring and no one was outside to see anything? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I can imagine many reasons why a gay guy might be killed that have nothing to do |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah, and I can imagine many reasons why what Bush did was for the good of the country. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Or |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. My father's partner had a shooting occur on the sidewalk directly in front |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. LOL. There's a big difference between being shot by a |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I'm just saying people shouldn't be jumping to conclusions |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. If he was straight, wouldn't we be calling it a "drive-by shooting"? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes. Because gay people don't go around killing straight people for being straight. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I never said it shouldn't be investigated. I'm saying it's too early |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Well that depends. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. A person can be a victim of the mob without being part of the mob. Or a victim |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 03:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Or it could be a gang ritual. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. ... |
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cabbage08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. K&R |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. Here's another link. He was shot in an alley next to his apartment, not in a driveway |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. dear god.... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. dear god.... |
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questforfreedom (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. well according to them... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. When I read stuff like this... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. 'but (his fiance) had to move back to Canada after his student visa expired' |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Is that touching. |
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