[Vision2020] Atlanta Murders & Music

Sat Mar 12 21:55:23 PST 2005

If your were to take it in the simplest of general terms, he talks the
truth.  If your were to take it in the simplest of general terms, and state:
"awareness and intelligence matters in a job like law enforcement," then you
talk the truth.  If your were to take it in the simplest of general terms,
and state that: "agility and speed matters in a job like law enforcement,"
then you talk the truth.

One can state any affair in the simplest of general terms, but when you want
to talk **about** the truth, it is up to the *speaker* to know if his/her
truth is the **only** truth, or just one of many, and by what frame of
reference this is known to him/her, for then truth is a tool and not merely
words.  It is always up to the *listener* to decide whether that truth is
his/her's as well, and by what frame of reference this is known to him/her.
To know the *how* of truth, helps prevent being a tool of someone else's
propoganda.
* * * *
Children of the 1960's are now getting into their 50-60's and they are still
rocking to fond hopes of peace & love in the music of that time... now
imagine a future of 50-60 y.o. rapping to lyrics of M&M's "Slim Shady", or
Fiddy's "What Up Gangsta"...I can recall some of the lyrics of Gil Scott
Heron, The Doors, Jimi, and others in these songs.  I know the words are
different, but the concepts remain the same - love, hate, war, peace,
freedom, servitude, equality, religion, sex, music, art.  The human
condition of the struggle for meaningful expression - whether it's truthful
erudition or fallacious propoganda, we all try to do it.  As I've said
before, in different words: some know what they say, some believe what they
say and some know what to say to make others believe.  But it is the
listener that has the responsibility for knowing how true.
* * * *
"Rock on," by David Essex, was great, how true is that?

Solid,
Mark

Mark Seman, Architect
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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of J Ford
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:59 AM
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Subject: [Vision2020] Atlanta Murders

Below is a "Blog" from Doug Wilson:

Murder and Folly in Atlanta
Topic: Current Events

The courtroom shooting in Atlanta has served to illustrate, as though we
needed another illustration of it, the mind-numbing stubbornness of the
current PC codes. The murders of the judge and two others occurred, along
with an apparent fourth victim later, because a large, muscular defendant
was escorted to court, guarded by a female sherriff's deputy. He overpowered
her, took her gun, shot the victims, and took off. What is astounding in all
this is the defense of the policy after the fact. (And, no, I am not
maintaining that no male guard has ever been overpowered by a prisoner,
etc.) What I am saying -- and simply look at the fact that I have to argue
for this position! -- is that size and strength matters in a job like law
enforcement. Further, though I don't want to go out on a limb here, size and
strength have been noticed by some cutting edge researchers to have some
sort of corrolation with sex. But the law enforcement establishment down in
Atlanta is solemnly maintaining that whether an enforcement officer is male
or female has absolutely nothing to do with whether they can do their job.
And what this means that though the murderer is directly responsible for
these deaths, he is not the only one who bears responsibility. Hatred kills.
But so does folly.
Posted by Douglas Wilson - 3/12/2005 12:25:03 PM |

This is the type of tripe he forces his church to believe in - women can not
do what a man does simply due to her being "smaller" or not as big as a man
apparently is presumed to be.  This, without even seeing who this woman is
or just how she does compare to Nichols in size, weight, ability, etc.  Fact
is, he overpowered her in an elevator - something he seems to have been
planning for a while as he knew exactly what to do and when to do it.  I
suspect it would not have mattered what gender the guard was - it would have
happened.

I just read the CNN report of the capture of this guy - the picture with the
article clearly shows a WOMAN deputy escorting him away, along with other
deputys around.  It is very clear she is just as tall as Nichols and seems
not only comfortable about handling him, but seems to have the confidence of
her fellow enforcement officers with her.

The officer that Nichols overpowered is lying in a hospital in critical
condition, with a bruised brain, cracked skull and various other injuries.
Do you see anywhere in Doug's tirade where he wishes her well or that he is
concerned with her health?  How commpassionate can he be if all he does is
rag on her being female in what HE thinks should be a man's line of work?

I have been to courthouses over the years - seems to me the women deputys
are just as capable as any other deputy.  Also seems to me that if she
weren't, she would not have a job.

Also, as the JUDGE elected to turn off the alarm system in his court house
(he didn't want the public to feel like he was unaccessable) he may not have
died that day - perhaps none of the others would be either.

In any light, Nichols, not the guard, not the judge, not the other people
that were killed, is to blame for this crime.  That point also seems to have
been lost on Doug.  Guess the clouds must have passed below his throne for a
second and he missed all of that action.

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