On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:32:59 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:37:55 -0500, "Gary Warner"
wrote:


Who do I believe / What do I believe happened?

It's certainly possible that the Hmong man just snapped after
being nicely or even crudely/rudely asked to leave. But it seems
more likely to me that a man would have to be provoked pretty
well to take up shooting other men.

We have a Hmong population in the local area and it's not unknown for
somebody to ask, for instance, to move a car and get assaulted in
return. It is a cultural issue and I'm not at all sure what causes
it.

Means nothing. We have a white population in this country who would
string up a black man for looking at a white woman, and recently we had
some white men in Texas who hooked a black guy up to their truck with a
chain and dragged him to death.

And there are prominent black religious leaders who have children out
of wedlock, form tax free groups that distribute cocaine, incite riots
in which Jewish and Korean innocents are killed and swear false
witness against innocent people ruining reputations and careers. And
those two particular individuals are from blue states.

What's your point?

My point was there is a cultural divide between different ethnic
groups and we need to bridge that somehow - not increase the tension
by blaming any one particular group.

I'm not interested in any finger pointing discussion with you or
anybody else.

All the best,

Tom
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