tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post7391908408252926977..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: The Past is Now: The Jena SixDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-87995656482387959942007-09-21T20:51:00.000-07:002007-09-21T20:51:00.000-07:00Obviously there is racism at work here. However, I...Obviously there is racism at work here. However, I think that nearly everyone is failing to see the underlying issue here: that the legal system allows these types of things to happen. A District Attorney with a bias against anyone for any reason can pile enough charges on that there is no chance of getting out of it, regardless of innocence. They can throw you in prison and delay your trial. So much for innocent until proven guilty. In this case the motive was race, but the motive could be anything and the legal system invites these types of abuses. The quote by the DA about erasing their lives with a stroke of his pen says it all. The legal system is the root of the problem here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-62395659864802067712007-09-20T05:42:00.000-07:002007-09-20T05:42:00.000-07:00And for the record, I feel the exact same way abou...And for the record, I feel the exact same way about a white person who decides to commit violence against ANY minority. Something similar happened in Texas, recently, and tragically the survivor of the vicious attack later committed suicide, apparently unable to cope with the emotional aftermath of what he had endured physically. <BR/><BR/>The capacity of humans to commit violence upon one another knows no limits, does it? <BR/><BR/>(Same Anon from above) :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1953982264647677752007-09-20T05:32:00.000-07:002007-09-20T05:32:00.000-07:00Yeah racism is alive and well in the South and it'...Yeah racism is alive and well in the South and it's sad that in this day and time, with the Internet bringing together people of all kinds, that things like that still happen. <BR/><BR/>But the fact remains that what those white kids did, however reprehensible anyone finds it, was NOT an act of PHYSICAL violence. The Jena 6 had no right to retaliate the way they did and now they will have to pay the consequences and I firmly believe that if you want to act like an adult and commit an adult crime, then you should just suck it up and deal. And that goes for anyone, no matter their skin color. <BR/><BR/>I think this incident (or pair of incidents, because no one can talk about one without mentioning the other) is being used to fan the flames of hatred, not extinguish them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com