BlueHammer85
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Taken 1 was really shite.
It was hardly shite.Taken 1 was really shite.
We're obviously approaching this from very different angles. What I would say is that I'm not in any way in agreement with his thoughts or actions. I'm not violent and not (knowingly) racist, however I am open to trying to understand his thought process at the time and in the present. My reasoning may not be what you like to hear but it wasn't unusual for profiling like this to happen 40 years or so ago. Just ask the Birmingham Six, those who were on the streets of Moss Side etc.. People reflect the society they are raised and lived in. It's uncomfortable and rightly so. I admit to using words then that I wouldn't today. Evolution, I would call it.Right, so...
Okay, so-oo, where was this? NI, GB, LA...? Not exactly clear, eh? And I daresay, there weren't many Black neighbourhoods in NI, at the time!
No, not "someone", ANY Black man (or bast*rd to be correct)!
ANY Black man, yes...
Yes, some RANDOM Black dude, yes...
A 'look' his way should be "reason" enough, no? What "reason" was he expecting from a RANDOM Black man...?
And this is where your own post contradicts you. It's EXACTLY that AND he had all the excuse in the world to pick any Black man, but in his own words, didn't.
What, let's call it 10 days standing around a Black neighbourhood and saw NO opportunity??
Just... think about that for a second! Who spends 10 days going out of his mind with anger, not to act upon it??
He could have chosen a business man, a college kid, a dealer, but none took his fancy!!
Come on...
We're obviously approaching this from very different angles. What I would say is that I'm not in any way in agreement with his thoughts or actions. I'm not violent and not (knowingly) racist, however I am open to trying to understand his thought process at the time and in the present. My reasoning may not be what you like to hear but it wasn't unusual for profiling like this to happen 40 years or so ago. Just ask the Birmingham Six, those who were on the streets of Moss Side etc.. People reflect the society they are raised and lived in. It's uncomfortable and rightly so. I admit to using words then that I wouldn't today. Evolution, I would call it.
My issue is judging people of events of the past using today's standards.
Lily Allen is a virtue signalling twat who jumps on any opportunity to ride a popular feeling.