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RE: James Byrd Jr - 6/10/2008 11:26:46 AM

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Kittin, it's not "on the European continent" though, ...is it?

...yes it is, it is located on the european continental shelf......next question.......
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Ok, then you'll have no problem WALKING from Ireland to France then, will you?

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RE: James Byrd Jr - 6/10/2008 3:08:01 PM

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Ok, then you'll have no problem WALKING from Ireland to France then, will you?

....a few thousand years ago, no. Chances are, all i have to do is wait a few millennia and i'll be able to do so in the future too.......

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RE: James Byrd Jr - 6/10/2008 3:15:06 PM

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No matter how many races we have, we seem to see more differences than there really are.

It is a sure bet that the men dragging Mr Byrd behind that pickup truck didn't think they were doing it to a member of their own race.

Did they see him as human, I wonder? Are they sorry? Do they care?

No, No, and No. I saw one of them in an interview on I think it was A&E (whoever has that "American Justice" show.) The guy they interviewed, who is on death row is pretty proud of what he did and was making jokes about how "he lost his head" (the victims head was found over a mile from his torso, and remains were found in 75 places). He was specifically asked if he had any regrets and the only one he expressed was that he only got to kill the one victim.... Interesting piece of psychology at work there... But no, at least the one they interviewed doesnt care...

All of which begs the question why should we care, the motivation was clear enough,understanding why they would do such a thing is not something I would personally want to be able to do.It would scare the bejessus out of me if I could come close to understanding that sort of thinking...

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RE: James Byrd Jr - 6/10/2008 3:23:38 PM

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Ok, then you'll have no problem WALKING from Ireland to France then, will you?

....a few thousand years ago, no. Chances are, all i have to do is wait a few millennia and i'll be able to do so in the future too.......

Philo, no, no, I'm talking *this week* friday say.

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RE: James Byrd Jr - 6/10/2008 3:38:42 PM

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Ok, then you'll have no problem WALKING from Ireland to France then, will you?

....a few thousand years ago, no. Chances are, all i have to do is wait a few millennia and i'll be able to do so in the future too.......

Philo, no, no, I'm talking *this week* friday say.

......fly us over to Dublin, we'll have a few guinesses, an indeterminate number of Powers......then, after we've woken up to a good fry up, we'll come back and tell everyone we did it.......

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