[TheRealThing]

After reading the comments on this thread I am impressed. I may not agree with all but it is a conversation that needs to be had. That being said looking back at what you have added to the conversation I come to this conclusion. You are not articulate nor cerebral enough to come up with any intelligent contribution. You are an idiot. There is always an idiot in every crowed. Please don't think I am hammering you ,quite the opposite. I truly wish to thank you. Somebody has to be the idiot just happy it is you and not me.

I can assure you Run's no idiot. On the other hand, this idea that black people are oppressed and held down by white folks is idiotic. In the land of equality of opportunity, the cream always rises to the top. You're familiar with that aren't you there Farm? Real men always, and I mean always respect other men who will rise up and take responsibility, and that across the board. At work when the dust and the 2 by 4's are flying, it's the real men who dominate the scene. In just the same manner that black folks tend to dominate the basketball court or the football field, they could dominate America's work place if they wanted to. And they'd be revered and respected just as much as their athlete brethren.

As I said, Martin Luther was after sameness, and saneness. An America where men would be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. I'll let you in on a little secret. Men of character don't look for excuses and reasons for not succeeding, especially not in this country. And they certainly wouldn't expect to be given a pass for burning and looting the very town they live in. Do you really expect people like Harry Rex who have spent their whole life accepting the responsibility for self sufficiency and self governance not to launch a few harmless zingers in the face of anarchy?

One last point. Has it occurred to you what the true nature of the so-called protesting has been all about? They are in fact demanding that injustice be snatched from the jaws of justice. The system worked and the Grand Jury made their finding based on EVIDENCE not prejudice.