November 23, 2007

Please don’t mistake this for hyperbole

If you think that it’s appropriate to kill someone for breaking into a house, someone that’s not a threat to you, then I can’t help but wonder if you think lynching is OK, too.

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1. Kill, no. Maim, probably.

   Comment by Kirk — November 23, 2007 #

2. A house, or MY house? If it’s my house, in the heat of the moment I may not have time to ascertain that the person brazen enough to come in while I’m home is unarmed and thoroughly sane.

   Comment by CherylM — November 23, 2007 #

3. Bo, I think your comment is ridiculous. Once again, an African American bringing up the “race card.” Can you PLEASE tell me how in the world shooting someone that was breaking into someone else’s home (which I don’t agree with what the man did, but that is neither here nor there) but to TRY and compare that to “LYNCHING”….you can’t even put the two in the same category……I normally agree with you, but I think you might wanna rethink this one……

   Comment by Ashley — November 24, 2007 #

4. In spite of my general reluctance to indulge anyone that actually buys into “race card” bullshit, I’ll explain.

   Take the racial context out of lynching and look at it purely for what it was–vigilante justice. A core problem of lynching was the idea that regular people can take the law into their own hands and execute someone. Not just punish, but EXECUTE.

   If this is what someone thinks is appropriate for burglary, I can only wonder what they’d think would be the proper punishment for something more severe. How much worse can it get than filling someone with buckshot over a sack of stuff?

   Got it?

   Comment by Bomani — November 24, 2007 #

5. I think that’s kind of what is lost in the mix…he killed somebody over “stuff”. Not even HIS stuff, somebody else’s “stuff.”

   I personally think a life is worth more than a DVD player…but maybe I’m weird.

   Comment by jaedalaurez — November 24, 2007 #

6. Bo, I NOW see what you meant and I retract my comment. Although, taken out of the context you put it in this second time, it DOES seem as if the “race card” WAS being played. I know you did not want to “indulge” me, ;), but I’m glad you did because I was not looking at it the way you meant it.

   Only Love,
   Ashley

   Comment by Ashley — November 25, 2007 #

7. What a coincidence that this came on over the weekend. I saw it last night. It’s an interview PBS’s Bill Moyers did with James Cone, first known theorist of a Black theology. The topic of lynching was a significant part of the discussion.

   http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11232007/watch.html

   Comment by souldecirce — November 26, 2007 #

8. I think the real issue is how do you determine a threat? I’m not familiar with the specific instance you’re commenting on, but if someone broke into my house, I’d automatically assume they were a major threat. I don’t own a gun, but if I did I’d certainly grab it. My house is my sovereign territory. If you violate that you better have a damn fine reason. Otherwise, you are automatically a threat, and very little isn’t justified.

   Comment by Max — November 30, 2007 #

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