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Old 02-23-2014, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Mr. Meredith has some common sense.

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"That just clearly shows that we’re not training our children like the Bible says," Meredith, 80, told the Los Angeles Times from his Mississippi home Tuesday. "They don’t know right and wrong, good and bad and how to apply it to life."
Vandals put noose on Ole Miss statue of James Meredith; he speaks out - latimes.com

Well said, sir.
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Old 02-23-2014, 12:28 PM
 
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I agree that a hate crime is too much. I would be harsher then you though and have them expelled from the university.
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Old 02-23-2014, 12:47 PM
 
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Good, the guys sound like losers. While in college, a lot of us got pretty bombed on Friday or Saturday nights. Not one time did I ever think of doing something race related like that. One of my suite mates did shoot one of the football players in the ass with a bb gun though. White on white crime, suspension for a week.
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Old 02-23-2014, 12:57 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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I agree that a hate crime is too much. I would be harsher then you though and have them expelled from the university.
They have been kicked out of the university.

Harrier doesn't know if that is permanent or not - he used the term suspended because he assumed that they can appeal the action, especially since they were ostensibly kicked out for not talking to the cops, as is their constitutional right.

In California, university police are full fledged law enforcement officers, whom can use anything one says against you in a court of law.

Harrier doesn't know about the cops on the University of Mississippi campus, but he was reasoning from that perspective.
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Old 02-23-2014, 01:01 PM
 
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Boys will be boys.

No one was injured.
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Old 02-23-2014, 01:03 PM
 
Location: Sun City West, AZ
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This is all overblown by politically correct hyper-sensitive people. What happened was nothing but college hijinks. This should be non-news.
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Old 02-23-2014, 01:05 PM
 
Location: Sun City West, AZ
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Boys will be boys.

No one was injured.
Ageed!
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Old 02-23-2014, 01:05 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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He graduated from Ole Miss.

What have you done that has been beneficial to mankind?

Justify yourself before picking on Mr. Meredith, of all people.

Sheesh.
He was the first AA to attend Ole Miss. There was quite a ruckus at the time with hundreds of federal agents and military personnel sent in. He later went on to receive a law degree from Columbia. He was active in Republican, yes I said Republican, politics in his life.
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Old 02-23-2014, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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He was the first AA to attend Ole Miss. There was quite a ruckus at the time with hundreds of federal agents and military personnel sent in. He later went on to receive a law degree from Columbia. He was active in Republican, yes I said Republican, politics in his life.
Harrier knows all this, but it is helpful for those are not aware of such facts to be reminded.

You get a rep.
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Old 02-23-2014, 01:28 PM
 
Location: Sun City West, AZ
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He was the first AA to attend Ole Miss. There was quite a ruckus at the time with hundreds of federal agents and military personnel sent in. He later went on to receive a law degree from Columbia. He was active in Republican, yes I said Republican, politics in his life.
Yes he was a republican and supported David Duke when he ran for governor of Louisiana.


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