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Topic: You guys live in one hell of a scary country...
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Coragyps
Member (Idle past 760 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: 11-12-2002
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Message 31 of 66 (404252)
06-07-2007 4:21 PM
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Reply to: Message 17 by Taz
06-06-2007 10:20 PM
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I thought it is a very common knowledge that half the southern states still have some form of anti-multiracial marriage laws or other even though they don't really get enforced because of federal overrule.
All fourteen? seventeen? state "miscegenation" laws were voided by a Supreme Court decision in 1967. It would be interesting to see how many states never repealed theirs - my son and his wife may be felons!
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PMOC
Member (Idle past 5779 days) Posts: 41 From: USA Joined: 06-01-2007
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Decent ESPN write up
Here is an in-depth ESPN.com story someone wrote a few months back about the story. ESPN.com - E-Ticket: Outrageous Injustice
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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1492 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: 03-20-2003
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Message 33 of 66 (404271)
06-07-2007 5:34 PM
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Reply to: Message 32 by PMOC
06-07-2007 4:49 PM
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Re: Decent ESPN write up
Great article. The more I read about this the more obvious it becomes that this is racism, pure and simple. From the article:
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The position of Barker and the district attorney, McDade, who refused to comment, is that Wilson is guilty under the law and there is no room for mercy, though the facts seem to say they simply chose not to give it to Wilson. At the same time this trial was under way, a local high school teacher, a white female, was found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a student -- a true case of child molestation. The teacher received 90 days. Wilson received 3,650 days.
Come the fuck on!
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subbie
Member (Idle past 1280 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: 02-26-2006
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Message 34 of 66 (404286)
06-07-2007 8:06 PM
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Reply to: Message 30 by crashfrog
06-07-2007 4:20 PM
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I mean, the DA is all but saying that this was rape, even though there was no complaining witness and they couldn't get the guy on rape charges. (Didn't even try.) Crash, I'm curious why you say they didn't even try. The sources I've read said the guy was acquitted on rape charges.
Here's a very interesting article, discussing the consensual "crime" as well as the race angle. From what I read here, I think it's unlikely that the girl was white, because I strongly suspect that this writer would have pointed that out in her discussion of the racism angle.
Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
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nator
Member (Idle past 2195 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: 12-09-2001
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Message 35 of 66 (404290)
06-07-2007 9:20 PM
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Reply to: Message 22 by DorfMan
06-07-2007 11:56 AM
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In the Canadian province of Quebec, margarine and butter must be different colours
That makes perfect sense to me.
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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1492 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: 03-20-2003
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Message 36 of 66 (404302)
06-07-2007 10:59 PM
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Reply to: Message 34 by subbie
06-07-2007 8:06 PM
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Crash, I'm curious why you say they didn't even try. The sources I've read said the guy was acquitted on rape charges. You're right, I hadn't read that before. I was either mis-informed or misremembered.
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riVeRraT
Member (Idle past 441 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: 05-09-2004
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Message 37 of 66 (404341)
06-08-2007 7:16 AM
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Reply to: Message 5 by RickJB
06-06-2007 3:36 PM
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Utterly preposterous. If they were to nab every guy who did the same they'd soon have lots of very busy prisons..... I think I would have to serve ten's of thousands of life sentences.  The song, "living in a America" comes to my mind right now. Here is where the bible verse, he who is without sin, can cast the first stone comes to mind. Someone should give the judges lie detector tests, and see if they ever committed the same crimes.
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riVeRraT
Member (Idle past 441 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: 05-09-2004
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Message 38 of 66 (404342)
06-08-2007 7:18 AM
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Reply to: Message 35 by nator
06-07-2007 9:20 PM
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In the Canadian province of Quebec, margarine and butter must be different colours
That makes perfect sense to me. That gives me an idea. They color all food based on how bad they are for you. The worse it is for you, the more disgusting the color should be.
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1430 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 39 of 66 (404752)
06-09-2007 3:49 PM
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Reply to: Message 38 by riVeRraT
06-08-2007 7:18 AM
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The worse it is for you, the more disgusting the color should be. Chartreuse bread? What about a bar chart with the % of the different non-organic elements? High Fructose Corn Syrup for instance (try buying bread without it). Sounds like a liberal idea to me
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Phat
Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: 12-30-2003 Member Rating: 1.0
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Message 40 of 66 (404756)
06-09-2007 4:34 PM
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Reply to: Message 37 by riVeRraT
06-08-2007 7:16 AM
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Making A Name For Themselves
I think that some prosecutor wants to simply make a name for themself by tackling the case and stubbornly standing on an old law. Perhaps they had a similar distasteful experience early in their lives. Who knows? My prayers are with the young man, however. The young woman was not emotionally scarred...trust me.
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macaroniandcheese 
Suspended Member (Idle past 3953 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: 05-24-2004
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Message 41 of 66 (404782)
06-09-2007 6:33 PM
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Reply to: Message 24 by RAZD
06-07-2007 2:40 PM
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someone said is was absessed herpes, actually.
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nator
Member (Idle past 2195 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: 12-09-2001
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Message 42 of 66 (404816)
06-09-2007 11:01 PM
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Reply to: Message 39 by RAZD
06-09-2007 3:49 PM
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High Fructose Corn Syrup for instance (try buying bread without it).
Easy, just buy bread that looks like this:
This picture is from the Red Hen Bakery, and I eat their bread nearly every day. Gimme a region of the country, I'll find a good baker for you. Edited by nator, : No reason given.
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subbie
Member (Idle past 1280 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: 02-26-2006
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Message 43 of 66 (404835)
06-10-2007 1:13 AM
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Reply to: Message 42 by nator
06-09-2007 11:01 PM
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I've seen rocks on the shore of Lake Superior that look more appetizing than those bricks.
Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1492 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: 03-20-2003
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Message 44 of 66 (404839)
06-10-2007 2:00 AM
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Reply to: Message 43 by subbie
06-10-2007 1:13 AM
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I've seen rocks on the shore of Lake Superior that look more appetizing than those bricks. That bread looks awesome. At least to people who know that good bread usually doesn't say "Wonder" on the side. (Snap!)
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1430 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 45 of 66 (404867)
06-10-2007 10:14 AM
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Reply to: Message 42 by nator
06-09-2007 11:01 PM
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The point is not that you can't go out of your way to find bread that does not have HFCS in it but that the average market breads are almost universal in it usage. Try finding the proportion of without to with in your supermarket. This is not a natural product and it affects our metabolism differently than raw sugar, and it could be a cause of some eating problems (you don't feel as full so you eat more ... what's the big problem with americans again?) Enjoy.
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