Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Phillie Police Club Man Outside Resturanthttp://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20100913_Amid_protests__new_reports_of_police_abuse.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20100913_Amid_protests__new_reports_of_police_abuse.html From what I've seen on Youtube of the beating, and read, this is a clear example of undue force. Now I'm not sure if the cops side of things is true or not; but to bludgen someone like that should not be used as a first line of defense. And also police, as peace officers, should be familiar with methods of subduing, such as jujitsu. To brutally beat down on Askia Sabur like that is just overkill in my estimation. Plus, what do you suppose would happen if some ones child were injured like that, by his or her parent, and the parent were to use the excuse that the child attacked him first? And just to make it really interesting, lets say that the child were Caucasian. Do you think that such an explanation would fly? I'd certainly like to think not. But it seems to me that this is what the oppressor replies with, whenever they are charged with brutality. They'll act as if it's the fault of the victim, rather than there own personal responsibility, no matter how outlandish it might actually seem, and be. I sure hope that justice will be done in this case. And I also wish for all of the people of Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, to be able to feel safe in there own neighborhood, including namely the African-American population. And I think that those who've been reading my commentary here will know that I support community policing http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?item=36 , and civilian firearm ownership, as long as the persons are liscenced, and the guns are registered, anyway. Whites in the country are permitted to have guns for there protection. And they need them too, as there is usually only one town constable on duty in there small towns. And the state troopers are stationed too far away to be of any real good. I have lived in PA.; so I know of which I speak. So why shouldn't law abiding, and responsible, blacks also be afforded the same liberty to protect themselves, not only from criminals, but rogue police as well? None that I can see. In fact this I feel is the reason for the second amendment, which guarentees our right to bear arms. And we do not rightly need anyone elses permission to defend ourselves, under the law, with or without armed force. Lastly the state should remember that it is supposed to be the servant of the people, not it's master. The city is not the police department's personal plantation. In fact, it rightly belongs to the people who live there, and the government only exists by the consent of the governed.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Pentecostal Pastor Plans On Publicly Burning Qurans in Bon Fire

http://home.myhughesnet.com/news/read.php?ps=1018&rip_id=%3CD9I38FCG0%40news.ap.org%3E&_LT=HOME_LARSDCCLM_UNEWS&page=1 While I'd rather he not use such an incendiary act; I recognise this man's inherent right to do this. It's not much different from people openly burning a flag; or from Marilyn Manson burning a Bible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCPSnaf3XSg But yet it is also as counterproductively futile as the bishops burning Tyndale's translation of the Bible. The money spent for books to burn will only go to print even more of them! But I am still glad to be living in a free country, where people may get away with blaspheming other's religion. Though I also remember with caution the words of Heinrich Heine, whom stated that where people burn books they will later burn people. http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/burning/burning.html