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misanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 02:11 PM
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I heard someone say...
...the Berg video convinced them we need to nuke Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran.

I asked if they had relatives living here (in The South) during the 1950s.

"Sure," they answered.

"Good thing, then, that no one in Washington felt the same as you when Emmett Till received the same treatment as Nick Berg. If so, Dixie would STILL be glowing."
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SheepyMcSheepster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 02:16 PM
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1. wow, never really thought of it that way, great analogy.
great way to illustrate the point.
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misanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 03:58 PM
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4. I'm shocked...
...that more haven't picked up on this most sublime irony. News of the federal government's reopening of the Till case has been all over the news AT THE SAME TIME as the Nick Berg incident. And there are countless others like Till, some black, some white, all horribly murdered.

Should Ike have levelled Little Rock? Should Birmingham have been incinerated? What about Selma or Oxford? Should Mobile have been turned to ash when Michael Donald was lynched there in the Reagan Era? Should Jasper, Texas have sprouted a mushroom cloud just a few short years ago?
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DUreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:02 PM
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5. kick that
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DustMolecule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 02:25 PM
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2. Who's Emmett Till?
and what's that story?
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jean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-04 02:27 PM
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3. Here you go - take some time to explore this site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:20 PM
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6. cool for you
and great you said something
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