Jena 6

[Buzz]

I thought this thread was about this group of 6 - don't hear much noise about this one either. http://www.newsobserver.com/nation_w...ry/700939.html
It's interesting how these issues polarize everyone into different camps based on each person's particular point of view. I've never lived in the Southern states, but It's obvious racial tension and division persists deeply to this day. I don't condone any gang beating anyone to death regardless of who happens to be what color - however, given the old penchant for lynching "Negroes" in the South, if some good ol' boys displayed a hangman's noose directed at me, I just might be inclined to take that as a death threat and react accordingly. Some of you guys seem to think nothing of it since "It ain't against the law to hang a rope from a tree" and you may find it difficult to relate to the impact that such a gesture may have on a person of the , ah, "colored" persuasion; but to some people that may be akin to pointing a gun and to others it's just a bunch of good ol' boys doin' what good ol' boys do. Me, I don't condone violence of any kind so I would never want to lynch anybody - if some redneck shook a noose at me - heck, I'd just walk away (dragging his carcass behind me with the noose tied around his ballz).