Author Topic: Colin Powell on Meet The Press (Read 2176 times)

midnight Target · « **Reply #60 on:** May 17, 2004, 05:31:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Connection
Too bad this discussion went the 'HTC way' by the same usual suspects before I made my contribution in the first page.

It was a topic I wanted to discuss in a civil manner.

Thank you for the condecention

Please save us from ourselves before we kill again!

ravells · « **Reply #61 on:** May 17, 2004, 05:33:34 PM »

Shush! MT!

e'en now I am weaving the web of no return for Connection.

Ravs

midnight Target · « **Reply #62 on:** May 17, 2004, 05:51:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Alright, I'll rephrase it "Posse" instead of "Gang members". I consider someone who's done 4 months in jail for a fight in a bowling alley and thats pulled over 4 years later busted with a .45 (with no CWP) and dope, hanging with his "posse" as a culture I won't encourage my sons to watch, as kids have a tendency to make hero's out of sports stars. That was the main point of my post in that thread. I'm getting that same feeling for the NFL as well. So many criminals, (pick a color, any color) so little time...

Funny...

Now a group of Black guys is a "posse". The racism is so blatant if it were a French guy it woulda kissed you on both cheeks.

Didja ever do something stupid with your "posse" when you were a teenager or young adult Rip? Did people automatically consider you a "gangmember"? I bet not.

ravells · « **Reply #63 on:** May 17, 2004, 05:54:18 PM »

Mt! go jack your own thread....I jacked this one first!

Ravs

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #64 on:** May 17, 2004, 05:54:48 PM »

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Originally posted by ravells

I was wearing my palestinan scarf and hadn't shaved for days (this was before 9/11).

Your palestenian scarf?

ravells · « **Reply #65 on:** May 17, 2004, 05:59:51 PM »

Yes...very warm, very comfortable and very practical.

When I was at Uni I shared a flat with two Palestinian brothers. Utter liabilities, both of them. They would go 'shopping' and steal as much as they bought. They were as cheeky as hell. Didn't pay the television license, the inspector knocked on the door, Amjad answered it and said........no Amjad is not at home but you can speak to his flatmate. I was utterly livid.

But! They were good blokes. They would have sold all their possessions had I been in trouble, to help me.

It's a good thing to live amongst many cultures.

Ravs

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #66 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:10:04 PM »

What a bunch of crooks those two, do you know what they are up to today?

ravells · « **Reply #67 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:13:24 PM »

But nice crooks.

No idea. We fell out of touch when I left uni.

Ravs

Rino · « **Reply #68 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:21:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Tarmac
I'm speechless here. I can't imagine someone killing the president because of his race or whatever perceived racially based kook theories they cook up.

What the hell have you folks seen in your life that makes you think anyone would do that? I'm honestly curious. It's absolutely incomprehensible to me.

I guess I'm just a sheltered little white boy.

Hinckley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster, no shortage
of nutjobs out there.

Tarmac · « **Reply #69 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:23:37 PM »

Sure there are nutjobs, but I put someone who's crazy in a different category from someone who has logically (kinda) thought things through and has committed to an ideology that they're willing to murder for.

In Hinckley's case, crazy wasn't an ideology.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #70 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:27:07 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Funny...

Now a group of Black guys is a "posse". The racism is so blatant if it were a French guy it woulda kissed you on both cheeks.

Didja ever do something stupid with your "posse" when you were a teenager or young adult Rip? Did people automatically consider you a "gangmember"? I bet not.

How would you explain my favorite sports stars (as mentioned in other posts) of all time being Barry Sanders and Walter Payton? Color? no. Moral responsibilities? yes. The cultural differences between Sanders and Iverson are like night and day. And that, my friend, is a perfect example of "Cultural differences" and perceived "racism" looking out from the left side of the vehicle.

In regards to my "posse", I outgrew that at 18 years of age. Too bad the NFL/NBA can't.
/hijack rant over.

Stringer · « **Reply #71 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:33:40 PM »

White American males really don't have a lock on the racist thing.

Blacks
Asians
Hispanics
Arabs
Muslims
Hindus
Christians
Jews
Pakistanis vs Indians
Indians vs Pakistanis
Timorese vs Chinese
Koreans vs Vietnamese
Japanese
Brits vs any former colony
Canadians vs Beavars!!
Quebec Francophones
French vs everyone
Germans
Spanairds
The Balkans as an entire region
Norwegians spitting on black soccer player (happened this month at a match)

That's just the start of the list

But hey, it's more chic to do the Sandy drive by picture from the '20's thing.

ravells · « **Reply #72 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:37:17 PM »

I'll just have you know that the next prime minister of India is going to be an Italian!

Naso! WTG!

Ravs

Stringer · « **Reply #73 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:40:53 PM »

Awesome, my wife is from Italy!!

Oh and to add to the list...

Italians vs Sicilians
Genovese vs Calibrese
Romans vs Neopolitans

mosgood · « **Reply #74 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:54:37 PM »

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Originally posted by ravells
Maniac,

Racism is not usually an absolute thing. It exists in degrees. I think that's what Rip is saying.

Ravs

I agree. You don't have to be KKK to be racist. MY neighbor isn't KKK but he has a very uneducated idea about blacks. It's through upbringing and ignorance... not an organized community that he belongs too.