Eve made Adam eat an apple and Adam makes us drink.

I'm a little jealous...but I'm doing a store run soon so I might jump on that wagon (or fall off it...? lol).

I know! the wine bottle was opened earlier than usual this afternoon

The "drug" part is right...Adam put me on a 48 hour binge! ;-)

I once had a pith helmet-I think there's a picture of me in it...hmmm

Well....look who the cat drug in.

Wow!

You must be a fun date....

The definition of "pithy" might be of some help in your cause.

gods hairy balls, I have to wade through all your sociology BS to get to the meat of the thing. it's annoying in the extreme.
You are the one who consistently lists a race with a motive, over and over. There is no objective reasoning given, just your thoughts. maybe some paper you read.
"Smith, in Wealth, declares that the primary difference between savages and civilized people is a sense of subordination"
I do not remember Smith asserting this in Wealth of Nations. His book on Ethics is not consistent with either Rand's ethics or with natural rights, which this country was founded on. I disagree that civilized society is based on subordination. Nor would Rand have agreed.

@letsshrug:

is that reply to me? (my phone doesn't consistently render the order of replies either. lol)

And what would you do if someone thinks you looked at them the wrong way and starts to pummel your head on some cement? I'm not being snarky...I really want to know what you would do in that situation.

@khalling:

I think that you're using a standard of non-racist that is racist. (Bear with me for a paragraph.)

If we begin with the proposition "We're all Americans," then the racial profile of any group of actors is immaterial. That's non-racist. To establish a racial element, without regard to malice on the part of the actors, we would then move to the actions taken by the group and the standards by which those actions were taken. At no point in the assessment of racism does the race of the actors become relevant because our prime premise is "We're all Americans," which is incompatible with race identification. However, you're not using that standard.

I think that African-Americans are always there because they don't have the fear that plagues Caucasians. Somehow, Caucasians compartmentalize the passion for liberty with the reality of collectivism. I think that the trouble-making elements of the African-American community believe that they're free and don't suffer the terror that drives average Caucasians.

Smith, in Wealth, declares that the primary difference between savages and civilized people is a sense of subordination. I think the American Caucasian sense of subordination is fear driven while the criminal elements of the the African-American community don't have that fear.

That's not to defend the behavior. Property rights are property rights. But, if I were to offer a solution, it would be to stop misrepresenting the culture of the U.S. We're not good; we're not free; American justice is as corrupt as the people implementing it. Beginning with these factual propositions would probably, in my opinion, change everything in the low echelons of the American economy.

I agree that this trial is absurd. I don't excuse wrong on either side. But, I don't deny when one side is right either. This is as terrifying as the Peterson case. It's part of a power grab that seeks to force Americans to be more reliant on the police. Now, how am I going to confront a shady character snooping around my neighbor's place? Call the dependents in blue; that's it.

If Sharpton, Jackson etc were to stop fanning the embers of racism back into flames they would have no purpose left in their lives. They want to be recognized as big, and important, and a key player for a "movement" (even if it's really only a mirage), like back in their glory days. Why don't they go to the high crime areas, like Chicago, and work on the violence problems there? Because they wouldn't get any attention for it, that's why. Which speaks VOLUMES about their true motives.

Precisely. The press heard his name, thought he was a white guy, and had to think of something to keep the tension up, even when they learned he is of Hispanic descent. It's truly pathetic.

There is an entire industry devoted to keeping racial tension alive, fed by the Justice Dept and the WH, so I guess you could call it crony, Adam, it's the reason this trial is happening in the first place.
The President of the United States spoke to the nation regarding this shooting in Florida to keep those tensions alive-when race had nothing at all to do with it.

the"widespread assumptions" as you call them are coming out of a sheriff's office that looks to me to be racially balanced in employees. My goodness, they made a commercial to encourage people not to riot: http://globalgrind.com/news/florida-poli...
I personally think it's all a self-fulfilling prophesy-not unlike the state department apologizing to the Egyptian citizens for a little know you tube movie (I'll ignore Benghazi for this) and it sparked Egyptian rioting where there was none in the first place. I will have to say, when we've seen riots like this before in the US-there is always an african american participation, and rather than peacefully showing protest, it always devolves in the destruction and looting of other's property and violence against persons. Why is that?

True. The usual suspects already have their hotel suite reservations.

Lol

True dat!