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Context is important. I can't speak from experience what it's like to be black in America and view history through that lens. Another great column by Eugene Robinson discusses the reality of being a young black man in America and how just walking down the street makes you a 'suspicious' character in the eyes of many. Another column I read recently - can't recall the author - described "The Conversation" every black father has to have with his son. Even if you've done nothing wrong, you'll need to know the proper procedure for how to act when a cop pulls you over, that sort of thing. I haven't much had to deal with that.

I'm not sure what it will take to change these realities. A great deal of progress has been made, but a great deal remains to be done.

If she used the word "accident", I wonder if she could possibly be a defense witness since he will be on trial for second degree murder. I can see how the defense might pounce on that.

There's a separate thread for ALEC if anyone's interested

I like Bill Cosby, but he evidently doesn't believe the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms should be in our Constitution. When you disarm law abiding citizens, then the only people with guns will be the government, criminals, and foreign enemies. That would make criminals, foreign enemies, and an autocratic government very happy, but it would not be good for the people. Our forebears recognized that, which is why they gave us the Second Amendment to preserve the people's right to own and carry weapons. Liberals, of course, don't like the Second Amendment and would like to disarm the citizenry (like Hitler did).

We are turning into the Wild, Wild West IMO and it is getting out of control. If anything, Mr. Cosby's remarks were remarkably restrained compared with my view of this situation. Mr. Zimmerman in particular should probably have been disqualified from owing a gun IMO because I do not think he is "all there." (You aren't supposed to be allowed to own a gun if you aren't "all there."

I like Bill Cosby, but he evidently doesn't believe the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms should be in our Constitution. When you disarm law abiding citizens, then the only people with guns will be the government, criminals, and foreign enemies. That would make criminals, foreign enemies, and an autocratic government very happy, but it would not be good for the people. Our forebears recognized that, which is why they gave us the Second Amendment to preserve the people's right to own and carry weapons. Liberals, of course, don't like the Second Amendment and would like to disarm the citizenry (like Hitler did).