I have long held that Ohio is one of the worst places on Earth. People talk all kinds of smack about the south, because they want everyone to overlook how venomously racist people really are up north.
This is true.
Then again, for a black town to receive the monetary benefits it needs during a recession apparently they have to ensure their town is next to some PRECIOUS FUCKING BIRDS FOR MISSISSIPPI TO GIVE A FUCK.
The judge went way over the top in sentencing to be sure, but I don't see any evidence its racially motivated.
Here's a tip:
every conviction of a black or Mexican person in the American criminal justice system is racially motivated
That's probably slightly overreaction isn't it?
Nope
I mean unconscious bias alone
If you are white, and you live in America, your amygdala will activate at just the sight of a black man's photo
If you're an American white person and you think you're not at least a little racist, you're fooling yourself
You should probably word your statements a little (actually, a lot, because we are adults here) less dramatically.
"Race plays an issue, even if only subconsciously, any time a person of color stands trial" is a good statement.
What you said though makes it sound like colored people are incapable of criminal acts, and we just ship them all off to gulags to get rid of them. That's Michael Moore level of hysterical ranting and does your cause no good whatsoever.
You know what does more damage to the cause of fixing racial inequality in the justice system Fart?
Claiming everything bad that happens to a minority is racially motivated.
So we should brush aside the truth because it's not palatable?
I mean, listen, I get that you can't yell "racism!" at a racist and change their mind. But this isn't a television ad or a protest or a lobbying effort, this is D&D. Obviously audience matters, but this is a reasonable audience to say these things.
Fuck if I were a judge I would've let her get off with a few hundred hours of community service because A) she didn't really do anything that deserves that kind of financial shit and the community benefits.
Though, the judge is right, that sends the message it's okay to falsify records.
o_O Being punished tells people that the behavior that brought on the punishment is okay? What the fuck?
which is why we look at the big picture. if you looked at each minority sentencing discretely we would run into this constantly, and i'm not even saying it's an irrational reaction. there would be people saying 'well what about this, what if it's just this' and so on, because like i said there's no way you can ever really know
but that's why we look at the big picture and see 'hey, this keeps happening, there is probably something wrong here'
If you are white, and you live in America, your amygdala will activate at just the sight of a black man's photo
If you're an American white person and you think you're not at least a little racist, you're fooling yourself
You should probably word your statements a little (actually, a lot, because we are adults here) less dramatically.
"Race plays an issue, even if only subconsciously, any time a person of color stands trial" is a good statement.
What you said though makes it sound like colored people are incapable of criminal acts, and we just ship them all off to gulags to get rid of them. That's Michael Moore level of hysterical ranting and does your cause no good whatsoever.
Interestingly, I agree with both of you.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
I'd imagine the same thing would happen to anyone who falsified records to send their kid to a different school. Saying it's racially motivated seems... a bit off. The only one making that claim is the author.
Lots of white parents wanting to send their kids to Inglewood High yep.
It shouldn't be a jailable offense to want to send your kids to a better school, and it's ONLY jailable because ONLY minorities would want to do it because America still funds 'white' schools better than non-white schools.
Or, you know, falsifying records to get their kid into the rich school 10 miles up the road would probably still land a white person in the same position. Probably with the same judgment.
It appears that, in general, the person is asked to pay back in full what was stolen. In this case it was the tuition of the school. Though I'm sure they will appeal and get it moved to a more reasonable sum with a difference between the two districts.
Does this make it racially motivated? I am doubting it more. I mean unless all those guys are black too and the man is sticking it to them for breaking a crime, it seems it's pretty common trend when falsifying records.
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not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
Oh no, you're absolutely right. The judgment was probably racially motivated.
The crime and trial? Not so much.
Fuck if I were a judge I would've let her get off with a few hundred hours of community service because A) she didn't really do anything that deserves that kind of financial shit and the community benefits.
Though, the judge is right, that sends the message it's okay to falsify records. I still don't agree that it was the right judgment. But I also don't agree that anything other than maybe the judgment was racially motivated. For all I know that judge is a dick and does this to every case and goes for the maximum. Or that they're a closet racist. Who knows?
But it's an unjust system.
Individual victims of an unjust system shouldn't be criminalized for resisting apartheid
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Hey wait Wal-Mart is buying up stores in Canada aren't they? Maybe I'll transfer to Canukistan!
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Back to back crazy people. I think one of them might be a repeat offender about how gangs are using wi-fi to steal credit card numbers right off the credit card, even if it doesn't have an RFID chip. I really need to start directing these people to one of the pro-bono mental health services in the area.
You know what does more damage to the cause of fixing racial inequality in the justice system Fart?
Claiming everything bad that happens to a minority is racially motivated.
So we should brush aside the truth because it's not palatable?
I mean, listen, I get that you can't yell "racism!" at a racist and change their mind. But this isn't a television ad or a protest or a lobbying effort, this is D&D. Obviously audience matters, but this is a reasonable audience to say these things.
Crying wolf. When you claim no minority in convicted of a crime without race being a factor you lose credibility when it really is the case that race was a factor.
THIS JUST IN: MINORITIES HAVE NEVER COMMITTED A CRIME EVER.
MORE REVELATIONS AT 10
Hey big surprise that's not what I said
listen Styrofoam no offense but I'm not sure you have the intellectual tools for the sort of debate we try to carry out here
like you seem pretty pathologically incapable of actually reading, internalizing, and then evaluating someone else's argument without turning it into a moronic parody
It's not productive, and it's not persuasive
a little self-examination is in order, I believe
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Illinois is a horrible place to live because of their eavesdropping law.
Record a cop on tape? That's a 15 year sentence for you!
Fuck THAT SHIT and FUCK YOU Illinois.
What about company vehicles that have CCTV?
Recording of Audio with CCTV is frowned upon here. It rarely produces useful evidence and it has the potential to run afoul of actual wiretapping laws, rather then the Illinois AG's rather poor understanding of the law.
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I'd imagine the same thing would happen to anyone who falsified records to send their kid to a different school. Saying it's racially motivated seems... a bit off. The only one making that claim is the author.
Lots of white parents wanting to send their kids to Inglewood High yep.
It shouldn't be a jailable offense to want to send your kids to a better school, and it's ONLY jailable because ONLY minorities would want to do it because America still funds 'white' schools better than non-white schools.
Or, you know, falsifying records to get their kid into the rich school 10 miles up the road would probably still land a white person in the same position. Probably with the same judgment.
It appears that, in general, the person is asked to pay back in full what was stolen. In this case it was the tuition of the school. Though I'm sure they will appeal and get it moved to a more reasonable sum with a difference between the two districts.
Does this make it racially motivated? I am doubting it more. I mean unless all those guys are black too and the man is sticking it to them for breaking a crime, it seems it's pretty common trend when falsifying records.
The people in that article? PROBATION
The lady trying to give her kid a step up? TEN DAYS IN JAIL.
When you claim no minority in convicted of a crime without race being a factor you lose credibility when it really is the case that race was a factor.
I'm comfortable saying that race is always a factor.
That doesn't mean that a given person convicted was innocent, but it does mean that at some point in the process - arrest, interactions with DAs or PDs, severity of charges, terms of the plea bargain, likelihood of taking the plea bargain, likelihood of being offered mental health treatment, going to jury trial, jury selection, etc. - race influenced the course of events in some way.
Feral on
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Fuck if I were a judge I would've let her get off with a few hundred hours of community service because A) she didn't really do anything that deserves that kind of financial shit and the community benefits.
Though, the judge is right, that sends the message it's okay to falsify records.
o_O Being punished tells people that the behavior that brought on the punishment is okay? What the fuck?
In terms of "you only get community service because it wasn't really a bad bad thing to falsify this record." But not punishing her at all would be worse. I guess what Fart wants it us to say "it's okay you're black and want your kids to go to a better school, here's a cookie just don't break anymore laws, kay?" Is that it? Because I'm confused. She broke the law deliberately to get her kids in a different school district. Is it a crime to want your kids to have a better education? No. Is it a crime to falsify records? Yes.
Maybe if she pulled herself up by her bootstraps she wouldn't be in this predicament.
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the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
well
poor people are the least endangered species on earth
You should probably word your statements a little (actually, a lot, because we are adults here) less dramatically.
"Race plays an issue, even if only subconsciously, any time a person of color stands trial" is a good statement.
What you said though makes it sound like colored people are incapable of criminal acts, and we just ship them all off to gulags to get rid of them. That's Michael Moore level of hysterical ranting and does your cause no good whatsoever.
:^:
So we should brush aside the truth because it's not palatable?
I mean, listen, I get that you can't yell "racism!" at a racist and change their mind. But this isn't a television ad or a protest or a lobbying effort, this is D&D. Obviously audience matters, but this is a reasonable audience to say these things.
Because frankly a lot of men trigger my anxiety in subtle but perceptible ways.
It's kind of been a problem for exploring the gay side of my sexuality.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Oh I'll give you a job :winky:
you can be my chauffeur!
I have the most random career.
But hey at least I'm having fun.
Record a cop on tape? That's a 15 year sentence for you!
Fuck THAT SHIT and FUCK YOU Illinois.
okay like
sometimes you say things that are exactly how i feel
in any particular incident? almost no one, ever
which is why we look at the big picture. if you looked at each minority sentencing discretely we would run into this constantly, and i'm not even saying it's an irrational reaction. there would be people saying 'well what about this, what if it's just this' and so on, because like i said there's no way you can ever really know
but that's why we look at the big picture and see 'hey, this keeps happening, there is probably something wrong here'
On the black screen
Interestingly, I agree with both of you.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
What about company vehicles that have CCTV?
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times/bct_news_details/article/2465/2011/january/07/three-port-authority-employees-sentenced-for-falsifying-records.html
It appears that, in general, the person is asked to pay back in full what was stolen. In this case it was the tuition of the school. Though I'm sure they will appeal and get it moved to a more reasonable sum with a difference between the two districts.
Does this make it racially motivated? I am doubting it more. I mean unless all those guys are black too and the man is sticking it to them for breaking a crime, it seems it's pretty common trend when falsifying records.
But it's an unjust system.
Individual victims of an unjust system shouldn't be criminalized for resisting apartheid
Customer Service. :P
But it's a foot in the door.
Of course the instant I am hired I will suddenly have no opinion about the game.
Crying wolf. When you claim no minority in convicted of a crime without race being a factor you lose credibility when it really is the case that race was a factor.
They're pretty much always great.
For what product(s)?
Paper RPGs?
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I just don't think your rhetoric does justice to your ideals some of the time.
i am reading these "amygdala response (visualized by fMRI) to skin tone etc" papers
and given that they were able to get a positive fmri response from a dead fish in response to stimuli
i think i need more conclusive evidence of incipient unconscious racial bias
People react towards cruelty to dogs as they would cruelty towards a human toddler,
and they should.
Wal-Mart's been here for decades, man. It's Target we've just opened our doors to.
You're like me with less trans.
And more employment.
Hey big surprise that's not what I said
listen Styrofoam no offense but I'm not sure you have the intellectual tools for the sort of debate we try to carry out here
like you seem pretty pathologically incapable of actually reading, internalizing, and then evaluating someone else's argument without turning it into a moronic parody
It's not productive, and it's not persuasive
a little self-examination is in order, I believe
Recording of Audio with CCTV is frowned upon here. It rarely produces useful evidence and it has the potential to run afoul of actual wiretapping laws, rather then the Illinois AG's rather poor understanding of the law.
The people in that article? PROBATION
The lady trying to give her kid a step up? TEN DAYS IN JAIL.
I'm comfortable saying that race is always a factor.
That doesn't mean that a given person convicted was innocent, but it does mean that at some point in the process - arrest, interactions with DAs or PDs, severity of charges, terms of the plea bargain, likelihood of taking the plea bargain, likelihood of being offered mental health treatment, going to jury trial, jury selection, etc. - race influenced the course of events in some way.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
First I need to know if you're qualified. Do you know Kung Fu? Do you have your own leather chauffeur's outfit? How do you feel about crime fighting?
In terms of "you only get community service because it wasn't really a bad bad thing to falsify this record." But not punishing her at all would be worse. I guess what Fart wants it us to say "it's okay you're black and want your kids to go to a better school, here's a cookie just don't break anymore laws, kay?" Is that it? Because I'm confused. She broke the law deliberately to get her kids in a different school district. Is it a crime to want your kids to have a better education? No. Is it a crime to falsify records? Yes.
Maybe if she pulled herself up by her bootstraps she wouldn't be in this predicament.