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It's Watch!... Neighborhood Watch. Not shoot.

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Mar 8, 2012.

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  1. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    Debate over the assigning of blame for riots that might happen after a jury finds George Zimmerman not guilty in a trial that has not even started. Only in America.
     
  2. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Actually, it's debate over a blatantly racist statement made by someone who, A, believes all blacks think alike, and, 2, believes all those blacks who think alike are incapable of self-control.
     
  3. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    What percentage of the population is needed to have a riot?

    When the LA Riots took place, do you honestly believe everyone was in the streets? Every man, woman and child?
     
  4. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Bigot
     
  5. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    That's not a percentage.

    If you have 50,000 people living in an area and 5% (one in 20 if you are not good at math) are incensed enough to start burning cars and causing mayhem, that's 2,500 people in the streets.

    To me, 2,500 people can cause a hell of a lot of damage, which leaves 47,500 people sitting at home doing the right thing.
     
  6. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Tony, I am waiting for your percentage.
     
  7. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    The ad bots nail it:

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  8. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    I wonder if "bigot" is the key word for the ad to pop?
     
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  9. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    So your new position appears to be that not all blacks riot, but all rioters are black.

    Next you'll be telling us you even have some black friends.
     
  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    In this situation, the people rioting will be black. If there are riots after this, are you and Boom actually going to post that you are surprised the riots happened?
     
  11. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    What I am really surprised at is what a bigot you are. You just keep getting deeper in with no sense of how off you are about this.
     
  12. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    Your mistake was not referring to them as "thugs." If you call them "thugs," you can't be accused of being racist, even though everyone knows what you meant.

    Other acceptable, clearly not racist terms include "gangbanger" and "Cadillac-driving welfare queen."
     
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