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09-21-2007, 03:13 AM
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Re: Mumia Abu-Jamal
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[ QUOTE ] Honestly, when I was a liberal I did all the research I could, WISHING I would discover that some huge injustice had been commited and I would have yet another grievance against my country. Even with this biased mindset, I found it was clear that there is nothing about the case the indisputably puts him in the clear. Not even close. [/ QUOTE ] LOL, I spent a whole day once doing the same thing with Leonard Peltier. There's just nothing there with either of these guys; complete campus legends, nothing more. [/ QUOTE ] Yea, I've never understood what the big deal was with Peltier. I've done the same, and honestly, that case is totally open and shut. At least with Mumia, there is a little room to argue, although admittedly, not alot. I think what it all boils down to is that some people just have such a bias against any law enforcement officer that anyone accused of killing a LEO must be somehow innocent, because obv, the LEO must've done something wrong because "they're all corrupt". 
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09-22-2007, 06:19 AM
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Re: Mumia Abu-Jamal
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Honestly, when I was a liberal I did all the research I could, WISHING I would discover that some huge injustice had been commited and I would have yet another grievance against my country. Even with this biased mindset, I found it was clear that there is nothing about the case the indisputably puts him in the clear. Not even close. [/ QUOTE ] LOL, I spent a whole day once doing the same thing with Leonard Peltier. There's just nothing there with either of these guys; complete campus legends, nothing more. [/ QUOTE ] Yea, I've never understood what the big deal was with Peltier. I've done the same, and honestly, that case is totally open and shut. At least with Mumia, there is a little room to argue, although admittedly, not alot. I think what it all boils down to is that some people just have such a bias against any law enforcement officer that anyone accused of killing a LEO must be somehow innocent, because obv, the LEO must've done something wrong because "they're all corrupt". [/ QUOTE ] With Peltier I think there was a lot of attention on Indian issues at the time, both actual & pop culture (Billy Jack, etc). W/Mumia, if it had been a black cop in Atlanta instead of a white cop in Philly, he'd've rode the lightning long ago and no one would've paid the scantest attention. Even Al & Jesse haven't gone near him in years. RATM is a good band, in the same way Hanoi Jane is a good actress, but LOL at the grim, joyless earnestness of both of them.
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09-23-2007, 01:35 AM
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Re: Mumia Abu-Jamal
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Honestly, when I was a liberal I did all the research I could, WISHING I would discover that some huge injustice had been commited and I would have yet another grievance against my country. Even with this biased mindset, I found it was clear that there is nothing about the case the indisputably puts him in the clear. Not even close. [/ QUOTE ] LOL, I spent a whole day once doing the same thing with Leonard Peltier. There's just nothing there with either of these guys; complete campus legends, nothing more. [/ QUOTE ] Yea, I've never understood what the big deal was with Peltier. I've done the same, and honestly, that case is totally open and shut. At least with Mumia, there is a little room to argue, although admittedly, not alot. I think what it all boils down to is that some people just have such a bias against any law enforcement officer that anyone accused of killing a LEO must be somehow innocent, because obv, the LEO must've done something wrong because "they're all corrupt". [/ QUOTE ] With Peltier I think there was a lot of attention on Indian issues at the time, both actual & pop culture (Billy Jack, etc). W/Mumia, if it had been a black cop in Atlanta instead of a white cop in Philly, he'd've rode the lightning long ago and no one would've paid the scantest attention. Even Al & Jesse haven't gone near him in years. RATM is a good band, in the same way Hanoi Jane is a good actress, but LOL at the grim, joyless earnestness of both of them. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do. Gene Simmons [/ QUOTE ] I think many celebrities would do well to heed this message.
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