Shooting and protests in Ferguson, Missouri

[Radament]

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so they were protesting for this right? that made me laugh how this world is fucked up...

[Xant]

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so they were protesting for this right? that made me laugh how this world is fucked up...

What a shocking turn of events -- not.

[Chosen1]

Lmao, and all the liberal news outlets are on maximum damage control calling this "character assasination". No, he robbed a store and got what was coming to him, I say good riddance.

[Xant]

Hahaha, and you can see that the "eyewitness" is also featured in that video. Just happily letting his big friend bully the shopowner so they can flee with their stolen shit. So much for that guy's testimony.

[bilwit]

"A protest"...

Did you miss the small detail that they're looting and burning shit down, and a lot of them have guns? Robbing a doughnut store sure shows them pou-lice what's what.

Property damage is still acts of non-violent protest, sorry.

[Xant]

Property damage is still acts of non-violent protest, sorry.

Nope.

vi·o·lence noun \ˈvī-lən(t)s, ˈvī-ə-\
: the use of physical force to harm someone, to damage property, etc.

[Taser]

Property damage is still acts of non-violent protest, sorry.

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[Xant]

Crime is a matter of degrees and the degree that really matters in society's eyes is the extent to which the criminal has asserted himself beyond his designated social class and status.

[bilwit]

Breaking a window isn't violence, just like how companies aren't people.

[Taser]

Breaking a window isn't violence, just like how companies aren't people.

Sure it isn't. How is it not violent to break a window or property in general?

Companies not being people have nothing to do with what you originally said.

[Xant]

Breaking a window isn't violence, just like how companies aren't people.

That's not how the English language works, idiot.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/violence

[bilwit]

Sure it isn't. How is it not violent to break a window or property in general?

Companies not being people have nothing to do with what you originally said.

It's the same parallel. Windows aren't people or living beings, they don't have natural rights. Throwing a brick at a window or spray painting a wall is not violence. Is this seriously the first time you've heard of this argument? You guys should read a book sometime. The definition of violence extending from anything other than "bodily harm" is just 20th century capitalist bullshit.

[Xant]

It's the same parallel. Windows aren't people or living beings, they don't have natural rights. Throwing a brick at a window or spray painting a wall is not violence. Is this seriously the first time you've heard of this argument? You guys should read a book sometime. The definition of violence extending from anything other than "bodily harm" is just 20th century capitalist bullshit.

Yeah, so you'd have a case if this was the 19th century -- but it isn't, so when you talk about NON VIOLENT PROTESTS everyone who's not retarded will laugh you out of the room.

Putting aside definitions for a moment, let's explore your retardation a bit further.

If you think destroying people's livelihoods isn't likely to turn into what you seem to think is "real violence", then you are, once again, retarded. What happens when those people defend their property? Putting aside again the fact that if they don't and have no insurance or something screws up along the way, they're fucked... thanks to these "non violent protests."

So yeah, newsflash: you're clueless.

[Taser]

It's the same parallel. Windows aren't people or living beings, they don't have natural rights. Throwing a brick at a window or spray painting a wall is not violence. Is this seriously the first time you've heard of this argument? You guys should read a book sometime. The definition of violence extending from anything other than "bodily harm" is just 20th century capitalist bullshit.

Its not the first time I've heard it. I've heard it many times. Mostly from people who dispute ownership of things.

But if you break my window, you've done damage to my window. I must replace that window. It directly affects me. It is a violent act and to try and spin it as a rights thing is laughable.

You're telling me that if I break your car windows, you're not going to be pissed and think I did something violent to your car? Please.

[Xant]

Its not the first time I've heard it. I've heard it many times. Mostly from people who dispute ownership of things.

But if you break my window, you've done damage to my window. I must replace that window. It directly affects me. It is a violent act and to try and spin it as a rights thing is laughable.

You're telling me that if I break your car windows, you're not going to be pissed and think I did something violent to your car? Please.

What do you mean by pissed? You know, that word had a very different meaning in the fifteenth century.