Posted by bad_luck on 1/23/2016 1:45:00 PM (view original):I'm not advocating rioting. I'm saying I understand the frustration.
Posted by bad_luck on 1/23/2016 2:23:00 PM (view original):No it isn't. If something works, it's viable. Doesn't mean it's right. Using a gun is a viable way to rob a convenience store.
Posted by tecwrg on 1/23/2016 3:51:00 PM (view original):Posted by bad_luck on 1/23/2016 2:23:00 PM (view original):No it isn't. If something works, it's viable. Doesn't mean it's right. Using a gun is a viable way to rob a convenience store. Armed robbery of convenience stores doesn't advance your favorite social causes. Rioting in protest of the "racist police" does.
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Posted by tecwrg on 5/1/2015 1:14:00 PM (view original): Posted by bad_luck on 5/1/2015 11:56:00 AM (view original): Posted by tecwrg on 5/1/2015 8:49:00 AM (view original): Posted by MikeT23 on 5/1/2015 8:13:00 AM (view original): Of course it hasn't been confirmed. First, we riot. Then we get the facts. That's the process.Correction. We just riot and blame the cops for forcing us to riot. No need to care about the facts either before or after. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the justice system in America is racist against blacks. Let's also say, for the sake of argument, that this racism had been essentially ignored until black people started protesting and rioting. And finally, let's say that the attention brought from the protesting and rioting actually delivered a meaningful change in the way the justice system treats black people. In that case, would the rioting be ok? I say yes.Because violence and destruction is an acceptable course of action? Good job.
Posted by bad_luck on 5/1/2015 11:56:00 AM (view original): Posted by tecwrg on 5/1/2015 8:49:00 AM (view original): Posted by MikeT23 on 5/1/2015 8:13:00 AM (view original): Of course it hasn't been confirmed. First, we riot. Then we get the facts. That's the process.Correction. We just riot and blame the cops for forcing us to riot. No need to care about the facts either before or after. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the justice system in America is racist against blacks. Let's also say, for the sake of argument, that this racism had been essentially ignored until black people started protesting and rioting. And finally, let's say that the attention brought from the protesting and rioting actually delivered a meaningful change in the way the justice system treats black people. In that case, would the rioting be ok? I say yes.
Posted by tecwrg on 5/1/2015 8:49:00 AM (view original): Posted by MikeT23 on 5/1/2015 8:13:00 AM (view original): Of course it hasn't been confirmed. First, we riot. Then we get the facts. That's the process.Correction. We just riot and blame the cops for forcing us to riot. No need to care about the facts either before or after.
Posted by MikeT23 on 5/1/2015 8:13:00 AM (view original): Of course it hasn't been confirmed. First, we riot. Then we get the facts. That's the process.
Posted by bheid408 on 1/23/2016 5:09:00 PM (view original):Here is where you say rioting is OK dumba$$. Maybe you want to change your mind AGAIN! https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?ForumID=530&TopicID=479598&ThreadID=10700599#l_10700599 3rd of the way down the page on 5/1/15
Posted by bad_luck on 1/23/2016 5:44:00 PM (view original):Posted by bheid408 on 1/23/2016 5:09:00 PM (view original):Here is where you say rioting is OK dumba$$. Maybe you want to change your mind AGAIN! https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?ForumID=530&TopicID=479598&ThreadID=10700599#l_10700599 3rd of the way down the page on 5/1/15 That was a hypothetical.
Posted by MikeT23 on 1/23/2016 6:29:00 PM (view original):Squirming weasel? If one "hypothetically" says rioting is OK if it brings a desired result, isn't one endorsing rioting as an appropriate action? I think one is.
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