WWII vet, 88, brutally beaten to death in Spokane, Wash.

[eddie]

Because it makes better headlines Neal.

[August]

Originally Posted by eddie

Because it makes better headlines Neal.

No, the Martin case was about race because a loud and powerful political group decided to make it about race.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by August

No, the Martin case was about race because a loud and powerful political group decided to make it about race.

In my life experience I've encountered more black racists than white racists, or at least it seems so. If this had been two white punks killing a black man it would have been about race, but blacks killing blacks, or whites, is not inflammatory enough to push political agendas, and any attempt by whites to make it a racial topic is in itself considered racist.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Well, if you give someone a "Wild Card", they are going to play it if it helps their hand.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by August

No, the Martin case was about race because a loud and powerful political group decided to make it about race.

But they will tell you otherwise.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

But they will tell you otherwise.

And there was me thinking it was to do with the ongoing long history of racial prejudice.
I think there are enough posts in this topic to bear that out and there is certainly no shortage of them in the topics about that particular case.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

And there was me thinking it was to do with the ongoing long history of racial prejudice.
I think there are enough posts in this topic to bear that out and there is certainly no shortage of them in the topics about that particular case.

True enough but that racial prejudice is a two edged sword. I've actually had someone tell me "I'm not prejudiced, I'm black." However, being an Irishman, I'm sure you've had enough experience with these things to know it will never stop until both sides of the coin agree to stop instead of getting even. And where do you draw the line between simply disliking someone who just happens to be of another race, and being labelled a bigot because you dislike them? Very fuzzy these days to be sure but I refuse to bear the stigma for past actions that have nothing to do with me except for my race.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

And there was me thinking it was to do with the ongoing long history of racial prejudice.
I think there are enough posts in this topic to bear that out and there is certainly no shortage of them in the topics about that particular case.

Yes, white Hispanics have a long history of prejudice.

[Daveb1]

This country has paid reporations for slavery since L Johnson Great society. It has taken many forms but basically forces distinctions between races. It has destroyed black families (and others) and after 50 years of it, I think it is turning me into a racist. I had nothing to do with slavery and I'm sick of paying. I'm sick of affirmative action, food stamps, failed education, welfare and the general liberal approach to social and economic problems.

[eddie]

Originally Posted by Daveb1

This country has paid reporations for slavery since L Johnson Great society. It has taken many forms but basically forces distinctions between races. It has destroyed black families (and others) and after 50 years of it, I think it is turning me into a racist. I had nothing to do with slavery and I'm sick of paying. I'm sick of affirmative action, food stamps, failed education, welfare and the general liberal approach to social and economic problems.

And here I thought this thread was aqbout an 88 year old man being beaten to death by 2 punks, not about political nonsense.