CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white gunman opened fire Wednesday night at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, S.C., killing nine people before fleeing and setting off an overnight manhunt, the police said.At a news conference with Charleston’s mayor early Thursday, the police chief, Greg Mullen, called the shooting a hate crime.“It is unfathomable that somebody in today’s society would walk into a church while they are having a prayer meeting and take their lives,” he said.
If you can't demonstrate it, then you shouldn't believe it.
Why are we spending trillions of dollars fighting ISIL and al-Qaeda over seas when we have plenty of domestic terrorists right here at home?Quote from: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/us/church-attacked-in-charleston-south-carolina.html?_r=0CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white gunman opened fire Wednesday night at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, S.C., killing nine people before fleeing and setting off an overnight manhunt, the police said.At a news conference with Charleston’s mayor early Thursday, the police chief, Greg Mullen, called the shooting a hate crime.“It is unfathomable that somebody in today’s society would walk into a church while they are having a prayer meeting and take their lives,” he said.
That's how far the horizon is, not how far you can see.
inb4 insimultaneousto another TFES race warhttp://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/black-americans-are-killed-at-12-times-the-rate-of-people-in-other-developed-countries/
Considering the mess that our trillions of dollars have had on the region, are you sure that you want that gaze turned inwards?
Why are we spending trillions of dollars fighting ISIL and al-Qaeda over seas when we have plenty of domestic terrorists right here at home?
Quote from: garygreen on June 19, 2015, 01:50:29 PMinb4 insimultaneousto another TFES race warhttp://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/black-americans-are-killed-at-12-times-the-rate-of-people-in-other-developed-countries/What is more interesting is that the vast majority of black Americans are killed by other black Americans. Black men represent 50% of all homicides, but only 7% of the total population of the US.
I think this is probably a reflection of the fact that US cities are extremely segregated. As the article mentions, that's not the case if you control for proximity: you're much more likely to be murdered by someone you know than by a stranger, regardless of race. When controlling for proximity, blacks are more likely to be murdered by whites when the parties involved are strangers. Apparently. The article doesn't cite source for those claims.
Why are we spending trillions of dollars fighting ISIL and al-Qaeda over seas
If we are not speculating then we must assume
Quote from: garygreen on June 21, 2015, 04:32:30 AMI think this is probably a reflection of the fact that US cities are extremely segregated. As the article mentions, that's not the case if you control for proximity: you're much more likely to be murdered by someone you know than by a stranger, regardless of race. When controlling for proximity, blacks are more likely to be murdered by whites when the parties involved are strangers. Apparently. The article doesn't cite source for those claims.Maybe if the majority of blacks stopped listening to "pop a cap in that ass" music, they'd stop popping a cap in each others asses. To find out what someone thinks is important to them, listen to the music they listen to.
Your mom is when your mom and you arent your mom.
Quote from: Rushy on June 21, 2015, 01:14:37 PMQuote from: garygreen on June 21, 2015, 04:32:30 AMI think this is probably a reflection of the fact that US cities are extremely segregated. As the article mentions, that's not the case if you control for proximity: you're much more likely to be murdered by someone you know than by a stranger, regardless of race. When controlling for proximity, blacks are more likely to be murdered by whites when the parties involved are strangers. Apparently. The article doesn't cite source for those claims.Maybe if the majority of blacks stopped listening to "pop a cap in that ass" music, they'd stop popping a cap in each others asses. To find out what someone thinks is important to them, listen to the music they listen to.Yes, I'm sure that is the correct order of causality.
Today I listened to Tom Jones. I don't feel the need to murder women named Delilah, it is becoming unusual for me to be loved by anyone and I don't miss the green green grass of home.
Music is a product of a violent life, not the cause of it. If you don't live in an environment where violence is a daily fact of life, it's very likely that you'll not be likely to initiate violence from listening to violent music.