Um, I don't know, how about police brutality? It doesn't matter in the slightest what started the incident, what matters is that the police beat him senselessly, even when he wasn't moving at all.
It wasn't rioting over just Rodney King, that was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
Quote from: SecondClass on July 24, 2016, 11:29:11 AMUm, I don't know, how about police brutality? It doesn't matter in the slightest what started the incident, what matters is that the police beat him senselessly, even when he wasn't moving at all.i'm not necessarily saying i agree with the officers' actionsi'm questioning whether it was worth rioting over a dangerous criminal getting his ass beat for being a dangerous criminal
To answer that, you have to answer whether it would've happened to that extent if he was white. And no, it wouldn't have.
When a cop tells you to do something, you do it.
Quote from: Jono on July 24, 2016, 11:34:00 AMWhen a cop tells you to do something, you do it. Jono would suck a cop's dick on command.
but a criminal getting a beat down, black or white? i don't give a shit.
Quote from: Meta Cognition on July 24, 2016, 11:36:46 AMbut a criminal getting a beat down, black or white? i don't give a shit.That's fucked up. Criminals have rights, too.
Quote from: SecondClass on July 24, 2016, 11:55:30 AMQuote from: Meta Cognition on July 24, 2016, 11:36:46 AMbut a criminal getting a beat down, black or white? i don't give a shit.That's fucked up. Criminals have rights, too.No they don't.
Quote from: Jono on July 24, 2016, 11:56:12 AMQuote from: SecondClass on July 24, 2016, 11:55:30 AMQuote from: Meta Cognition on July 24, 2016, 11:36:46 AMbut a criminal getting a beat down, black or white? i don't give a shit.That's fucked up. Criminals have rights, too.No they don't.Literally an evil mindset.
They shouldn't
Literally an evil mindset.
Quote from: Ender on July 24, 2016, 12:29:08 PMThey shouldn'tQuote from: SecondClass on July 24, 2016, 12:01:07 PMLiterally an evil mindset.
rights are granted by the government in exchange for paying taxes and following the law. Breach these terms and you begin to lose the protection of granted rights. Unspook yourself already, Class.
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on July 24, 2016, 12:35:12 PMrights are granted by the government in exchange for paying taxes and following the law. Breach these terms and you begin to lose the protection of granted rights. Unspook yourself already, Class.Civil rights are granted by the government. Human rights are granted by existing.
Quote from: SecondClass on July 24, 2016, 12:57:00 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on July 24, 2016, 12:35:12 PMrights are granted by the government in exchange for paying taxes and following the law. Breach these terms and you begin to lose the protection of granted rights. Unspook yourself already, Class.Civil rights are granted by the government. Human rights are granted by existing.Human rights are arbitrary and based in the relative moral standings of your surrounding culture.
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on July 24, 2016, 01:03:38 PMQuote from: SecondClass on July 24, 2016, 12:57:00 PMQuote from: DAS B00T x2 on July 24, 2016, 12:35:12 PMrights are granted by the government in exchange for paying taxes and following the law. Breach these terms and you begin to lose the protection of granted rights. Unspook yourself already, Class.Civil rights are granted by the government. Human rights are granted by existing.Human rights are arbitrary and based in the relative moral standings of your surrounding culture.No, human rights are literally inherent in the concept of pain-capable intelligent life. No different to how animal rights are inherent in pain-capable unintelligent life. Neither can be stripped, no matter what the human or animal does.