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Valid points, but it doesn't solely hinge on stereotypes. For example, a study of Human Resources departments determined that job applicants (of any race or ethnicity) with names hard to pronounce were routinely overlooked for positions they were otherwise qualified for. The reason? Human nature....the person making the phone call feared mispronouncing the name and thus casting a bad image on the company. Simple huh? And nothing to do with race.
People like Lucario believe it's a racist issue that is matched up with the Big Bad White Machine. That's how I know he hasn't read the studies that he claims to have read "extensively." The issue is far deeper than race, stereotypes, and even culture.
It just so happens that Black American's have a propensity to name their children in ways that are not necessarily beneficial to those children. I pointed that out, and all of a sudden it's a "racial" thing that obviously struck a nerve with him. That ignorance of the topic is exactly why I refuse to conversate with him any further on this issue.
Hm, with Antwun spelling might play a role, yes.
But often spelling doesn't play a role. In the ranking I mentioned for example the name Hannah ranked as the most beneficial, which is odd as it is more difficult to spell than traditional names such as Maria or Petra, which both ranked much worse. Same with boys' names, the good old Peter ranked third last.
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Please remember I am one of the very leftist liberals around here and I think this sentence was totally unjustified. It was not a cold blooded premeditated murder. It was a killing done in a rage. Rage can eliminate anything but the overwhelming need to kill the thing or person that triggered the rage.
I really wonder if the pharmacist was sane when he went to get another gun. I think, if he has a decent attorney, this might be grounds for an appeal.
If the unconcious teenager on the floor was still alive when the fatal shot was fired it seems to be homicide to me
Not to be a legalist fundamentalist, but a defendant doesn't plead anything other than guilty or not guilty. It is true that the defense could have argued that it was a case of voluntary manslaughter, and depending on the judge's instructions to the jury could have made that possible. Apparently, no one was buying that argument, and frankly even as a gun owner who believes in the right of using deadly force to eliminate an eminent threat, I wouldn't have bought the argument either.
You're right, I meant that he could have probably reached a plea agreement for voluntary manslaughter relatively easily.
I know people don't like to hear it, but the problem (apart from the societal issues) is that almost anyone in the US can have a gun. I wouldn't want to work at a shop when anyone coming in the door could be a potential robber armed with a deadly weapon. I would hate to get up and go to work in the morning.
I wonder what would happen if cash were abolished I guess that would eliminate 95% of all such robberies.
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I know people don't like to hear it, but the problem (apart from the societal issues) is that almost anyone in the US can have a gun. I wouldn't want to work at a shop when anyone coming in the door could be a potential robber armed with a deadly weapon. I would hate to get up and go to work in the morning.
I wonder what would happen if cash were abolished I guess that would eliminate 95% of all such robberies.
I'm sure that robber didn't get his gun legally. Guns are very easy to get illegally in North America.
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