Jena 6

[darkshy]

I saw the small documentary on CNN and I was appaled. how can you charge these boys withattempted murder. Personally I do believe there is racism in that town even if the people say it's not. I mean to be tried for attempted murder you need a weapon and to call a SNEAKER a weapon I find that to be insane.

 

[Mr.Lombardi34]

Yeah, according to that, I carry weapons around all day and can murder someone by kicking them. Thats basicly what they are saying when you get down to it.

 

[Chill]

But still, that was a cool quote I made, huh?

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

Sorry, but the quote has been around long before you.

 

[Crimson King]

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I actually made this quote:

"If everyone took an eye for an eye, we'd all go blind."
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So did Ghandi, I believe.

 

[IC3R]

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

Sorry, but the quote has been around long before you.

So did Ghandi, I believe.

Are you guys serious? I knew "eye for an eye" already, didn't know where it came from, but I thought I came up with the ending part about the world going blind...That's gonna suck if anyone who strictly follows his teachings are reading this thread, cause they'll be like "Huh? He took that from Ghandi!!!"

But seriouly, I didn't mean to steal that quote. Kinda like some random people invent stuff that no one knows about, and then some huge company makes it and it's all the rage...I really am sorry...I'll edit the post to give him credit...
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Man, I wonder what other cool quotes I made already belong to someone else...

Is it a crime to unintentionally steal someone words and send them as your own? If so, I'm in trouble...

 

[Eor]

Are you guys serious? I knew "eye for an eye" already, didn't know where it came from, but I thought I came up with the ending part about the world going blind...That's gonna suck if anyone who strictly follows his teachings are reading this thread, cause they'll be like "Huh? He took that from Ghandi!!!"

Yeah, I'm sure you thought bloody Ghandi came up with the "eye for an eye" punishment, since that just fits with his ideas of nonviolent protest. Seriously, man, that is as obvious as if I posted "Beowulf",claimed I wrote it, that I only took the name from an Anglo-saxon poem, and that it's just a coincidence all the of the words are the same.

 

[Crimson King]

Eye for an eye was created within Exodus.

 

[Mr.Lombardi34]

Lol you were all going for eachother's quotes and now your all talkin aout a quote/punishment XD.

 

[pikachun00b7]

Are you guys serious? I knew "eye for an eye" already, didn't know where it came from, but I thought I came up with the ending part about the world going blind...That's gonna suck if anyone who strictly follows his teachings are reading this thread, cause they'll be like "Huh? He took that from Ghandi!!!"

But seriouly, I didn't mean to steal that quote. Kinda like some random people invent stuff that no one knows about, and then some huge company makes it and it's all the rage...I really am sorry...I'll edit the post to give him credit...
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Man, I wonder what other cool quotes I made already belong to someone else...

Is it a crime to unintentionally steal someone words and send them as your own? If so, I'm in trouble...

You probably heard it it before. Then you forgot how you heard it, so you assumed you made it up. You have been plagiarizing subconsciously.

 

[Pluvia's other account]

While it is true that it is often the racists' full-minded choice to do harm to another, hating them may actually being hurting them, as well. Most people here are thinking on a physical level, I'm also thinking on a mental and psychological level, too. They may possibly hate others because others hate them. I neither condone nor defend their actions, but try to look through their eyes. At what they could be feeling; they could be hurting on the inside...

If we went around hurting everyone that hurt us, we would be no better....

Ok that's just a load of rubbish.

Basically, "Don't hate people who hang nooses from trees or shove shotguns in peoples faces because you may be hurting them on the inside"?

They do not hate others because others hate them, they hate others because they are just mindless people.

And that last sentence, well, what do you think prisons are for?

 

[IC3R]

Ok that's just a load of rubbish.

Basically, "Don't hate people who hang nooses from trees or shove shotguns in peoples faces because you may be hurting them on the inside"?

They do not hate others because others hate them, they hate others because they are just mindless people.

And that last sentence, well, what do you think prisons are for?

You personally don't have to hurt them. Think of smaller children; they are at a point they are most impressionable. If someone, anyone, had hurt them in a way that sticks with them for life, they will unleash that anger either sooner or later, usually on someone that is not very close--though sometimes that occurs--You can say the wrong thing to them, not knowing what they've been through, and half the time they'll go off on you. Them flipping out isn't necessarily your fault...
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I'm thinking those boys who hung the nooses didn't like what they believed their territory was being trespassed upon, so they took action to scare the 'intruder' away. I'm sure we'd all do something to scare away an unwanted guest at our own homes. Nonetheless, that kind of action was unnecessary...

As for the shotgun: This could have been provoked by anything (i.e.: finacial loss due to a lay-off, major divorce, the store cheated him somehow, or maybe he was a psycho). The action was wrong no matter the case; and if someone wrestled the shotgun out of his hands to prevent impending destruction, they should be seen as brave heroes.
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And yes, there are many cases in which aggression is due to mindlessness; but we are not talking about mindless people, are we?
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@ Eorlingus

I believe you are misundertanding. I did not know where "eye for an eye" came from, but I remember hearing only that part very frequently. Apparantly, Ghandi had included those words in a speech or something I didn't know about. He had added "makes the whole world blind" on the end to show that responding to violence with violence will end in great populative destruction. I believed I had come up with the quote myself, and I was proven otherwise, so I apologized for my accidental plagiarism...I know for a fact that Ghandi did everything he could to keep from lashing out at the British, no matter how much wrong they did him. Same thing with M. L. K. Jr.; his non-violent protest got the job done, and done well.

And why exactly would you plagirize Beowulf word for word? That's just stupid...
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@ Crimson King

Thank you for enlightening me on the origin of "eye for an eye."
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@pikachun00b7

Yes, there's a psychological term for that...Don't remember what it is though...
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And most importantly, remember to hate the sin, not the sinner.

I know I didn't make that up...(^.^)

 

[Pluvia's other account]

You personally don't have to hurt them. Think of smaller children; they are at a point they are most impressionable. If someone, anyone, had hurt them in a way that sticks with them for life, they will unleash that anger either sooner or later, usually on someone that is not very close--though sometimes that occurs--You can say the wrong thing to them, not knowing what they've been through, and half the time they'll go off on you. Them flipping out isn't necessarily your fault...
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I'm thinking those boys who hung the nooses didn't like what they believed their territory was being trespassed upon, so they took action to scare the 'intruder' away. I'm sure we'd all do something to scare away an unwanted guest at our own homes. Nonetheless, that kind of action was unnecessary...

As for the shotgun: This could have been provoked by anything (i.e.: finacial loss due to a lay-off, major divorce, the store cheated him somehow, or maybe he was a psycho). The action was wrong no matter the case; and if someone wrestled the shotgun out of his hands to prevent impending destruction, they should be seen as brave heroes.
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And yes, there are many cases in which aggression is due to mindlessness; but we are not talking about mindless people, are we?
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That does not excuse them in any way, shape or form.

 

[IC3R]

That does not excuse them in any way, shape or form.

Never said it did...(^. -)

 

[Crimson King]

I can't find the article, but Mychael Bell has been released from prison today. Amazing turn of events.

He will now go to juvenile court to face charges there, as he should have from the start.

 

[brawlpro]

I just found out yesterday this is pronounced Gena 6.

 

[Crimson King]

Yea, that's bull****. I know people FROM Jena who pronounce it "Jenna". I read that in the USA Today it was pronounced Gena and people here just laughed it off.

 

[brawlpro]

Exactly, when i found out i was like wtf is wrong with you people, how are you gonna tell us how its pronounced when the people from the place itself don't even say it like that!

off topic : USA Today was and is whack!

 

[tmw_redcell]

The word you're all looking for is Cryptamnesia.

Also, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" does appear in the Bible but when it appears it is quoting a much older document, the Code of Hammurabi.