Well the news today in the social/ political landscape of America is nothing short of stomach churning.
First off we have the Vigilante "Joe Horn" from Houston... who is nothing more than an ignorant trigger happy redneck. People are making him out to be a hero after he shot a robber IN THE BACK who was one of two burglarizing at his neighbors home. He called 911, and told the police he was going to go out and try to shoot them. The police repeatedly told Mr. Horn to stay in his house, not just for his own safety, but for the safety of his officers. There were supposedly undercover cops on the ground nearby. A police officer witnessed the altercation which essentially amounted to Horn jumping out of his house and surprising the thieves as they fled, only to shoot one of them dead.... in the back. If you listen to the phone call you can almost sense that he is giddy over the prospect of getting to potentially kill them. Of course the robbers turned out to be illegal immigrants.... and a large contingent of the public seems pleased that Mr. Horn... much like the robbers, has total disregard for the law. In my opinion Horn is no better than the inner city kids shooting each other. His pea-brained intellect glorifies violence as a solution to a petty crime such as theft. People shouldn't even be talking about whether he should be prosecuted or not. Not only should he be prosecuted... he should be prosecuted for premeditated murder, and disobeying the police. The wild west should be long gone.... and people like horn, and all of those who are singing his praises need to be taught this.
The sad thing is he'll get off... Texas apparently passed a law allowing people to shoot at others to prevent "crimes". This is WRONG this is so so so very wrong. I'm all for the right to bear arms... but outside of shooting deer, or saving your life, I DO NOT believe you should be able to go on the OFFENSIVE. That is up to the police or the military. Texas has passed and approved anarchy. It is a double standard. Some kid who shoots someone in the projects... even because he is legitimately being threatened will go to jail. I believe rightfully so. This should not be ANY different.
Read the call transcript: Man Kills Suspects While On Phone With 911
If you heard his voice I don't know how you possibly could stand by and say this guy was right. There was lust in his voice. He probably considers himself a good "Christian" too.
From the article/ transcript, this is Mr. Horn:
"Boom! You're dead!" he shouts. A loud bang is heard, then a shotgun being cocked and fired again, and then again.
A word for the wise... If you live in Texas, don't lock yourself out of your house, someone might shoot you when you are trying to get in your window.
There is a poll on whether he should be prosecuted here: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/outintheopen/
Unfortunately people seem to think that shooting someone for taking a stereo is an OK thing to do.
AND THEN THERE'S HUCKABEE
I think what really gets me going is how the people who are going to vote for Huck... just aren't going to care about his obvious displays of ignorance. I'm really afraid this guy will be the GOP candidate... even more afraid than I am of Mitt Romney. I think Romney's already bit the dust. Even George Bush and his cronies understood that AIDS isn't a plague whose victims should be quarantined. For Huckabee to say something like that... and then STAND BY IT! MAN! You can't get much dimmer than that. I'm actually beginning to debate on whether I should register as a Republican again so I can go vote for Giuliani in the primaries. It would my the first time in the party ranks since 1998 when I defected as an Independent.
Huckabee refuses to retract '92 remarks on AIDS patients
And on the other Huckabee issue:
Huck: "There are families who are truly, understandably and reasonably, grief-stricken," Huckabee said. "And for people to now politicize these deaths and to try to make a political case out of it rather than to simply understand that a system failed and that we ought to extend our grief and heartfelt sorrow to these families, I just regret politics is reduced to that."
Well Huckabee, it came right out of your mouth. "The system failed" System failure is supposed to be what politicians prevent, am I wrong? So for you to suggest that it shouldn't be politicized because it is inconvenient to your election, I think that's laughable.
This one isn't a domestic issue, but it is pretty absurd that some teenager is being considered for the "no-fly-list" over this.
4 comments:
If you are done crying for two people that were breaking the law you would realize the moral of this story.
Don't sneak into the country, and don't try to rob people and you will not get shot in the back.
Perhaps we should start chopping people's hands off for stealing like Saudi Arabia..., wait, actually that's probably not as bad as DYING!!! And at least there LAW ENFORCEMENT is conducting the punishment... not some dim wit taking a break from a Hee Haw marathon.
What's next? Punishing women for getting gang raped?
As someone who is against guns, in my book anyone who uses a gun is because you are to much of a wimp for hand to hand combat.
That being said there is no comparison between criminals breaking into homes, and being properly punished for it, and a women who is a VICTIM of a crime, that comparision makes no sense to me.
Also I love how it is okay to use stereotypes when the person is a white.
Who's comparing?... Its the old one thing leads to another thought process. First we let people shoot someone for stealing... that makes it easier for other bizzare old world punishments to jump into the mainstream... such as the Saudi Arabia treatment of women who were raped.
It wasn't long ago here that women were scorned for being raped. In fact EVEN TODAY you hear the phrase "she was asking for it", or "she brought it on herself because of how she was dressed". Trust me on this, when fundamentalism and the fire & brimstone ball (eye for an eye) gets rolling such behavior from a society isn't far behind. I wish it weren't so, but History repeats... and it starts with things like this law in Texas.
I think stereotypes are fine in general. White or Black. In fact... we all stereotype, anyone who will claim otherwise is a liar. They are lying to themselves, and they are lying to others.
We learn things about our environment by personal experience. So if some kid walks around dressed like a thug, he talks like a thug... chances are if you give him a chance or offer up the opportunity he'll try to prove that he is one.
Nature teaches us to stereotype, its called survival of the fittest. Yes you can judge a book by its cover.
Now that may not be what politically correct folks want to hear, but it is true.
If there are negative conotations associated with the way you dress and act... then as far as I'm concerned you shouldn't dress like that.
For example, if I grew out lamb chop sideburns it might be a fun way to "express myself", but chances are people in my corporate atmosphere would think I was either immature, or a stoner... neither would get me far in my career.
Now stereotypes CAN be used unfairly..... like offering a job to someone else with the same qualifications because of their race. That's wrong.
But the rest of it... Fair game!
Did you hear this guy speak? If you haven't try to find a clip and tell me if you'd want him to be a radio DJ or a representative of a corporation. You wouldn't because he doesn't sound very bright. That's called stereotyping.
Additionally I'm PRO-GUN haha... imagine that. I just think they need to be used responsibly... and this stuff isn't responsible.
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