This is just messed up...

[Mr. Miyagi]

Re: This is just messed up...

Neither is a misguided, ill-advised war, unless the beatee is Bushm Cheney or Rumsfeld.

I knew there had to be a connection somewhere.

[Dude]

Re: This is just messed up...

nobody, not even njsue.

Right - it's because of Vietnam. Got it.

[Mr. Miyagi]

Re: This is just messed up...

Right - it's because of Vietnam. Got it.

But what you're missing is, we went to war in Vietnam because we were all still very angry about World War II.

[Dude]

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Blame it on the Crusades!!! I've never gotten over that one.

[Dr. Lecter]

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Stupid War of 1812.

[mybills]

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and so on, and so on, and.....

[Dude]

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Don't get me started, Lecter.

[Bill Brasky]

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Yeah that's the second year in a row when the Juneteenth celebration turned violent.

1 what is it

and

2 why so much hate?

[Mr. Miyagi]

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1 what is it

and

2 why so much hate?

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is an annual holiday in fourteen states of the United States. Celebrated on June 19, it commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas. The holiday originated in Galveston, Texas; for more than a century, the state of Texas was the primary home of Juneteenth celebrations. However, one small community in Arkansas (Wilmar) boasts that its celebration, called "June Dinner" has been consistently observed and celebrated, except for one year, since approximately 1870. Since 1980, Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas. It is considered a "partial staffing holiday" meaning that state offices do not close but some employees will be using a floating holiday to take the day off. Thirteen other states list it as an official holiday, including Arkansas, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Alaska, and California where Governor Schwarzenegger proclaimed June 19th "Juneteenth" on June 19, 2005. However, some of these states, such as Connecticut, do not consider it a legal holiday and do not close government offices in observance of the occasion.Its informal observance has spread to some other states, with a few celebrations even taking place in other countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

The hate just came from the stupidity of a large crowd.

[Bill Brasky]

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i saw on the pictures that it was primarily "blacks" engaging in the violence. i figured it was a race-related thing.

never heard of anybody celebrating it in NY, though.

[shelby]

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This has got to be one of the most confusing ing threads in Zone history.

How you get "pull the troops out of Iraq" out of "a mob, angry that a child had been hit by a car, beat the passenger of the car to death" is beyond my scope of comprehension.

BTW...i will always blame Canada.

[Dude]

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What would Brian Boitano do?

[mybills]

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This has got to be one of the most confusing ing threads in Zone history.

I like it...it's amusing me while I wait to leave.

[BlackMetalNinja]

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Holy **** what did I start... I was actually doing some work after posting this, and this is what I come back to?

I can't believe I just read what I think I did?

I really have no f'n clue how war has anything to do with this, but I do know this much.

We need to turn these angry mobs towards all the senseless youth that are drag racing their danged automobiles up and down the streets!!! That would solve so much of our problems!

[Mr. Miyagi]

Re: This is just messed up...

Holy **** what did I start... I was actually doing some work after posting this, and this is what I come back to?

I can't believe I just read what I think I did?

I really have no f'n clue how war has anything to do with this, but I do know this much.

We need to turn these angry mobs towards all the senseless youth that are drag racing their danged automobiles up and down the streets!!! That would solve so much of our problems!

Or send the angry mob to Iraq. That'd chill them out.