Thread: WTF Is Wrong With People!?

Without question, Man can be the most vicious and dangerous animal on the planet.

Chris L

Why heck! It's just a lil' ol' hangin'. A hangin' ain't done no harm to no one no how...exceptin' maybe he who was hung..but he don't count do he?

Originally Posted by Soilarch

..I swear, somebody in Hollywood could make a blockbuster out of "Bloody Williamson".

I not only read the book but I still have it. Here is an article on colonial times when it was common to put people in the stocks or the pillory so that townspeople could mock and abuse them. The dunking stool and the whipping post were pretty severe too but not as bad as the whipping post. I've got another book called "Hang by the Neck: The Legal Use of the Scaffold and Noose, Gibbet, Stake and Firing Squad from Colonial Times to the Present". Very intense stuff. "Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn". So said the Scots poet, Robert Burns.

wha wha whambulance....christ almighty do you know how many cultures, epochs and periods are loaded with this stuff, from one culture and or race to another or even their own kind? It could fill volumes.....

Man is pretty awful if we let ourselves be, but sadly we don't learn our lessons, look what people did to the black guy in texas dragged him by the car, or that gay guy they beat to death, err... wait maybe it's only Texas that sucks...lol

j/k my brother just moved there....

Cheers
David

I for one am thankful that I'm growing up in a time and part of the world where this type of thing isn't tolerated, much less condoned.

Yes, it's true: These things were not only celebrated, they were practically family events. Can you imagine letting your kids see this type of thing while you sit back and cheer it on?

One can't exaggerate how small one's brain would have to be to not only hang an effigy of a president, but of a president that's half-black, and think they can get away with it. Maybe Darwin's law will come to pass and these people will forget to breathe one day.

Sirshavesalot is right, too; this type of thing (and much worse) unfortunately goes on quite a lot throughout the world even today. We're lucky to live in countries that have laws to discourage this type of behavior. In some places, there are no such restrictions...

Maybe our personal concepts of justice and compassion are molded by the times. So when we live in desperate and violent times, we are desensitized. We are all capable of such things given the right setting.

An alternate explanation...We are not all capable of such acts. However, different factions of society are mobilized by harsh economic and political circumstances. There are people among us that would respond this way if circumstances led to their mobilization as a group. The rest of us would just turn a blind eye.

Was there that much concern when Bush was hung in effigy? It doesn't seem like it would be too hard to figure out who did it.

http://www.ringospictures.com/photos/20090816/31.jpg

Maybe its just better to show Hitler as the puppet master?

http://www.ringospictures.com/photos/20090816/4.jpg

Maybe our country would be a little better if a few child molesters, and rapists were lynched, instead of spending twenty years in prison before they committed another atrocious crime.

You know Jim, now that I have clicked on the last link you gave I begin to wonder how many people who are upset over this Obama effigy were upset over all the Bush effigies?

Looks like Weeeeee beat me to the punch

Originally Posted by JMS

Looks like Weeeeee beat me to the punch

Sorry.