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The privacy and respect are in consideration of the family of the deceased, and a public that does not approve of the sight of death - until it's been cleaned up. How many accounts of death include photos of the body in situ? In the age of cellphones that take pretty good photos and videos...

Under the circs, [people rioting in the streets], you don't find a lapse of 4 days before the first mention of any possible provocation for shooting an unarmed teenager to death a leetle bit suspicious? Keep in mind, there is video [recorded by witnesses] that may well show Officer Wilson's...

I completely agree with that. The difference is that in every other fatality investigation, the body of the deceased is shielded from the view of passersby, using tarps, tents, etc. That this protection of privacy was not afforded the deceased in this case was viewed [and rightly so, IMO] as...

What amazes me is that explaining why one feels this way is applauded, while explaining why one feels that way is belittled. If you like it, that's a reason to try to convince others they should too, but if you don't like it, that's not a reason to share your conclusions? Why is dissent...

Since there isn't really any way to decide [once & for all] which is 'the leader', you guys can put the rulers away now, lol. The competition that counts is the one you hold with yourself.

Everything I've seen, including the OP, says "Donate $100 or dump a bucket of ice water over your head". So before I know anything, that rubs me the wrong way, because I don't like being told what to do [except by those who have that authority]. I especially don't like being 'challenged' to...

If Officer Wilson was injured by Brown prior to shooting him, why didn't the authorities see fit to mention that in their numerous press conferences? It would be a legitimate provocation for self defense, why keep it quiet when people are clearly boiling with anger? And even if it is proven...

You are confusing peoples' opinion on this "challenge" with how they feel about ALS. I don't need to ask Grace Berry, Jack was a friend - I know what ALS does, and how cruel it is. And I think the idea of challenging people to either donate $100 or dump a bucket of ice water over their heads is...

Jesse and Al have become a joke with their opportunistic appearances, but many people have joined the protest for sincere reasons. Just like many need to sightsee at a death scene, or place flowers, some people just want to be there, to show support, I guess.

Your speculation is altering the known facts to fit your agenda. The victim wasn't "approached for the crime he had just committed", he was approached by a patrolling cruiser and told to get out of the street and walk on the sidewalk. [Something Rand Paul admits would probably have merited a...

I've never actually seen a gay Mexican bath house [when I went to Mexico with Highway Star it somehow wasn't on the itinerary] but that sure isn't how I pictured it, lol. That looks like the Turkey -something-or-other power plant I got lost looking for in Florida - scary place, in the dark...

Turtle: unless I misunderstand, the program is aimed at industries known to perpetrate high rates of scams against consumers - which certainly includes unauthorized charges to bank & credit cards, but is a lot more than that. For instance, government grants are included because of the...

I agree that the criminalization of politics is unfortunate, unwise, and unhealthy for a democracy, and someone should have persuaded Gov Perry of that before he threatened to veto funding for someone he'd like to replace with one of his own party. Because the last time it was tried, James...

The officer who shot the teen stopped him for walking in the street - the robbery beforehand is irrelevant to the incident that ended a life. As to his size, the police are trained to handle people of greater size & strength - aren't they? I'm pretty sure that training doesn't involve shooting...

I know people in Minnesota are very friendly too, but I thought it's because they need to be hugging someone all the time so they don't freeze, lol. ;)

It's not easy to leave me speechless, but the sheer asinine, arrogant, absolute cluelessness of the comments above is just breathtaking. "You are not forced to live with your parents." "It's all a matter of choice. It's no harder now than when I was your age." "I know many people your age who...

And nobody, including me, said otherwise. Even someplace where loads are more likely than the place where you are now doesn't guarantee a load. It's a gamble, wherever you go - but if one place is as good as another, why deadhead anywhere?

The racial unrest in Ferguson wasn't created or stirred by news outlets - it was created by a population that's largely black, ruled by authority figures that are almost entirely white. That alone wouldn't create unrest, but when the police [50 whites, 3 blacks] stop drivers and 86% are black...

Perhaps that's true of the people you know, but none of the people I consider friends would giveadam about who one votes for. We can disagree without thinking [even in private] that the other is on "the stupid side of the aisle", because there's stupid on both sides. Those who buy the myth of...

I 'liked' it because it pointed out how critical the perception of "liberal Democrat" and "conservative Republican" [there don't seem to be any other adjectives that matter] has become in the process of processing information. We [Americans] used to think that "together we stand, divided we...