Fri Nov 28, 2014, 04:33 PM

Liberal_in_LA (44,397 posts)

London Ferguson protests

Http://rt.com/uk/209155-live-london-ferguson-protest/

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
London Ferguson protests (Original post)	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2014	OP
The world sees	BrotherIvan	Nov 2014	#1
Indeed it does.	nc4bo	Nov 2014	#2
I don't think people like wilson or mccolloch have much of a conscious, but I would	logosoco	Nov 2014	#3
Wilson just avoided a lengthy prison sentence, got married, and is expecting a child	davidn3600	Nov 2014	#5
Thank you, London	Jack Rabbit	Nov 2014	#4
Atrocities around the world	seveneyes	Nov 2014	#6
Do I understand that you are disparaging these protests because the cause isn't	rhett o rick	Nov 2014	#7
No disparagement here	seveneyes	Nov 2014	#8
Your cleverness with words has me wondering. Are you saying we should	rhett o rick	Nov 2014	#9
We should protect the innocent from those that would do them harm	seveneyes	Nov 2014	#11
But you don't think protesting a black kid murdered in cold blood qualifies?	BrotherIvan	Nov 2014	#12
Of course it does qualify	seveneyes	Nov 2014	#13
Put this in perspective of our foreign policy. How is anybody supposed to take US seriously	jillan	Nov 2014	#10
I would not say it has risen to the level of 'civil war' just yet. It reminds me more	KingCharlemagne	Nov 2014	#14
Seeing worldwide impact	loyalsister	Nov 2014	#15

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 06:41 PM

BrotherIvan (9,126 posts)

1. The world sees

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Response to BrotherIvan (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 06:50 PM

nc4bo (17,651 posts)

2. Indeed it does.

Our hypocrisy on display for the world's peoples to ponder.

How inconvenient for US.

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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 06:51 PM

logosoco (3,207 posts)

3. I don't think people like wilson or mccolloch have much of a conscious, but I would

love to know what they are thinking when they see this.

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Response to logosoco (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 07:26 PM

davidn3600 (6,342 posts)

5. Wilson just avoided a lengthy prison sentence, got married, and is expecting a child

He did lose his career which is probably the only thing he's pissed off about....

But I seriously doubt he gives a shit about these protests.

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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 07:14 PM

Jack Rabbit (45,984 posts)

4. Thank you, London

Now go out and harpoon the Whale.

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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 07:35 PM

seveneyes (4,631 posts)

6. Atrocities around the world

Maybe they will have one to protest the thousands of religious jihad murders and abuse against women promoted by the powerful.

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Response to seveneyes (Reply #6)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 07:57 PM

rhett o rick (55,981 posts)

7. Do I understand that you are disparaging these protests because the cause isn't

important enough? If I got it all wrong, I apologize.

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Response to rhett o rick (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 08:00 PM

seveneyes (4,631 posts)

8. No disparagement here

Just a different focus on problems facing the innocent.

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Response to seveneyes (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 08:18 PM

rhett o rick (55,981 posts)

9. Your cleverness with words has me wondering. Are you saying we should

treat "innocent" people more humanly than non-innocent people?

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Response to rhett o rick (Reply #9)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 08:22 PM

seveneyes (4,631 posts)

11. We should protect the innocent from those that would do them harm

And prosecute the ones doing harm to innocents. Most of humanity follows this tract.

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Response to seveneyes (Reply #11)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 10:36 PM

BrotherIvan (9,126 posts)

12. But you don't think protesting a black kid murdered in cold blood qualifies?

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Response to BrotherIvan (Reply #12)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 11:25 PM

seveneyes (4,631 posts)

13. Of course it does qualify

As does protesting the slaughter and abuse of innocents by much larger and menacing threats. All the world is a stage and it needs directors as well as players.

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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 08:21 PM

jillan (39,451 posts)

10. Put this in perspective of our foreign policy. How is anybody supposed to take US seriously

when we have a civil war going on in our streets?

No - it's not as bad as the Sunni vs Shia...

We're just doing it American style. Elitists vs the rest. The Cops vs People of color. The 1% vs the 99%. Plutocracy vs Social Justice.

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Response to jillan (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 11:40 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

14. I would not say it has risen to the level of 'civil war' just yet. It reminds me more

of 'Bleeding Kansas' of the 1850s, where positions are hardening and the possibilities for democratic compromise are narrowing but where we have not yet crossed that particular Rubicon.

Your words are sobering, though, and definitely food for thought.

The rest of the world must take us seriously because we are a nuclear power in decline and thus exceedingly dangerous to the future of the planet and homo sapiens.

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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 11:47 PM

loyalsister (13,390 posts)

15. Seeing worldwide impact

I will post this again. Ferguson protesters are in 1st place.

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