(August 27, 2015 at 8:31 pm)Shinagami Wrote: Thanks for being civil. That wasn't sarcastic, for those of you who still need help. Anyway, implied in that second paragraph is that modern day rioters are doing the opposite. In other words, people at the bottom of the social ladder going after those on top. But almost all riots end up hurting those who have no significant power. The people in Ferguson weren't targeting Wall Street bankers, they were targeting convenience store owners. Often times they don't even target white people specifically, as in the L.A. riots in 1992 where for some reason, Koreans became the target.
I don’t want to justify the actions of rioters of any race. It is unproductive and counter-productive. I would however, like to share with you a brief history of the relations between Blacks and Koreans.
It actually goes back to the Korean Way in which so many Blacks fought. When we came back from the war we found that the US government was actually bringing Koreans over here and subsidizing their businesses in predominantly Black neighborhoods, while at the same time the banks were refusing to give us business loans. Of course, the Koreans had no love for the Blanks against whom they had fought in their country and Blacks had no love for the Koreans taking over our neighborhoods, not hiring our youth, not supporting community activities. Their presence continues to be a reminder that we are unwelcome visitors in our own neighborhoods.
This is why Black rioters attacked Korean businesses. Again rioting is not excusable I just wanted to provide a historical context for what seems like random violence.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.