Shutterbugsailer wrote:
Unlike a r**t, rape, robbery, or race h**e attack, the line between victim and perpetrator was as blurred. Both gangs showed up at that restaurant "armed for bear" and with the same evil intent in mind. The nine "victims" could just have easily been the "perps" and vice versa
I'm completely lost in your first sentence: "the line between victim and perpetrator was as blurred,' as 'a r**t, rape, robbery, or race h**e attack.' ????
"Both gangs showed up a that resaturant 'armed for bear,' and with the same evel intent in mind."
Absolutely.
"The nine "victims" could just have easily been the "perps" and vice versa[/quote]"
I don't think this is quite right. I think all were perps. If two guys start a bar fight (which seem to be what we are talking about) does one have to be the victim and the other the perp? I think they can both be perps, one perhaps more injured than the other.
If one of the two 'picked' the fight, forced the issue, bullied, then there might be a perp and a victim, but I don't think that is an automatic descripton.
I don't think you would disagree on this. But I fail to see the point you are trying to make.
The point of my original post was that there was no issue of police excessive force involved, and no racial issues.
The post I was referring to seemed to claim that w****s are superior to b****s because no civil r**t followed the shooting of 9 white guys, while civil r**ts have occurred by b****s when an unarmed black man was shot by a white policeman using excessive force.
And my reply is that the two are not comparable. There was no such thing as excessive force in the 'battle,' and no racial component, either.
If you disagree, please clarify.