2013-05-14, 10:43 AM
SaptaZapta Wrote:I said "more likely", I didn't say the other couldn't be a wolf. Or a rabid dog. There are other reasons for suspicion, besides appearances. But bending over backwards to avoid suspecting something that has all the identifying marks of a wolf, just to avoid offense, does not make sense to me.
Because the perpetuation of racism leads to an increasingly paranoid and anxious society with the propensity for more hate-related violence and deaths than any and all of these incidents combined. In effect, you build the powder keg to the point where one simply needs to drop a match for the whole thing to explode.
And Dustin, I'm just going to point out instances of your flawed logic:
KhainiWest Wrote:He looks like a middle eastern carrying around a cooking pot that a few other middle eastern looking kids just did a month ago. That's justified paranoia and he's stupid for not considering that factor. As a white guy, you don't see me carrying my airsoft rifle to any place after a mass shooting (Aurora/Sandyhook), because I'm smart enough to realize, that after such a major incident, such flags will exist. Unfortunately if a crime is commited by my twin brother, and he's caught, I'm still going to be looked at as a potential criminal. THATS HUMAN NATURE.
That's the exact same logic in saying "girls shouldn't wear salacious clothing and get really drunk because they're asking to get raped." No, they're not. Rapists simply shouldn't rape.
KhainiWest Wrote:In fact at that point pressurized cookers would be probably banned at that point as it's a second instance. But that's besides the point.
Except sixteen mass shootings occurred in the U.S. last year, many through the use of a semi-automatic weapon, and those still aren't banned from the general public.
KhainiWest Wrote:Anyone but a white guy because they tend to do mass shootings rather than bombs. If he's with a family, I don't see a reason why not. Here's the problem with your argument teenagers in general are seen as troublemakers. I have had my share of false police calls for being out after dark for alledged drug dealing, and/or attempted vandlism/theft. Did I cry out "OMG, PREJUDICE AGAINST ME BECAUSE IM A TEENAGER", no I understood the conclusion and went about my business. JUST LIKE THIS KID DID.
Your first sentence is a hasty generalization.
The rest of your paragraph is an irrelevant conclusion, illogically arguing that just because something happened to you and you didn't react, others shouldn't either in a perceived similar situation. The cause for alarm, however, isn't related to how you chose to act (because, after all, Oukaz here basically reacted the same way, albeit a little shaken): it's how the situation arose in the first place (in both cases) that's inappropriate.
Seriously Dustin, your argument has more holes than swiss cheese.

