black 17 year old makes his nephews smoke pot

[BBF Rocks]

Has this world become so scared to offend someone and hurt their feelings that we can't say the person was black if indeed is he black?

no, but it has fuck all to do with the story.

[Drew]

nobody is denying that the video isn't sick.  that doesn't mean pointing out in the headline that the kids are black is ok.  two wrongs don't make a right.  is the guy black? yeah.  is it crucial to the story? no.  he could be purple with pink polka dots and it doesn't change the fact that making a 2 year old smoke pot is disgusting.

do you agree?

i'm assuming you do.....so why mention the kid is black then?  just b/c its "a fact"?  Should we also include his height/weight/religion/sexual orientation/income etc....  no you wouldn't.  Why not? b/c its not important to the story.

What's wrong with giving out factual information HannaHat. If he would've been white the same would have been said.

[The Dog]

i applaud hannahat and genesis for being the only ones apart from myself in this thread with a brain.
any thinking person with views that are human will react to that title.

As long as it's factual information why should anyone be worried how someone may react?

Has this world become so scared to offend someone and hurt their feelings that we can't say the person was black if indeed is he black?

It's not as if it's unknown and was just reported, "We think he is black." The information is factual. It's isn't a lie or alleged.

sigh.  you're missing the point.  lets say he wasn't black, would you write a headline saying:

Jewish 17 year old makes his nephews smoke pot
or
Arab 17 year old makes his nephews smoke pot
or
White, Southern HS drop out 17 year old makes his nephews smoke pot

No, you wouldn't - B/C ITS NOT IMPORTANT TO THE STORY!!!

[CheapJon]

lol @ you people using axl's quotes to defend this shit. sickening.
my point has been made, and cheap jon, that axl quote "racists don't point your finger at me" is pretty much directed at people such as yourself.
it's so typical for racists to take song lyrics to justify their sick views. sad. i've said what i've wanted to say, i'm out.

Eat My Silkworms honey

[BBF Rocks]

lol @ you people using axl's quotes to defend this shit. sickening.
my point has been made, and cheap jon, that axl quote "racists don't point your finger at me" is pretty much directed at people such as yourself.
it's so typical for racists to take song lyrics to justify their sick views. sad. i've said what i've wanted to say, i'm out.

You didn't really defend the fact that your username is implying you're the female version of someone who wants n-words to get out of his way.

i'm black. nuff said. your statement is a joke.

[slash666]

The people who are whining about the title- there's a GN'R song on Lies that you have probably heard. And yet here you are praising the man who wrote those lyrics while crucifying JB for using the word 'black'. Tad hypocritical, don't ya think?

absolutaly spot on. Couldn't have said it better myself

[Drew]

Has this world become so scared to offend someone and hurt their feelings that we can't say the person was black if indeed is he black?

no, but it has fuck all to do with the story.

See that is what has become of the media. They pick and choose what's they think should and should not be in a story. The media is so scared label anyone except the white'S cause they're afraid they will hurt a minorities feelings. It's sick!

[Communist China]

lol @ you people using axl's quotes to defend this shit. sickening.
my point has been made, and cheap jon, that axl quote "racists don't point your finger at me" is pretty much directed at people such as yourself.
it's so typical for racists to take song lyrics to justify their sick views. sad. i've said what i've wanted to say, i'm out.

You didn't really defend the fact that your username is implying you're the female version of someone who wants n-words to get out of his way.

i'm black. nuff said. your statement is a joke.

My statement was sort-of a joke, true. But what does the fact that you're black have to do with anything?

[Skeba]

I was one of those who went kinda "huh?" when I read the title. And like you, CheapJon said, it's not about the skin colour, it's about the subject itself. That's why it was a bit weird to include the race in the title itself. The title, which in news stories tells all the important information about the news. The reason I reacted is that although in this case it might be that it's not racist, this type of reporting has been used as a tool to profile groups of people based on actions of individuals.

Nowadays when you see something like that, it makes some people think what the motives are for giving the information. It especially seems to be an issue if it's about blacks. It's still such a touchy subject, and the sensitivity about how people talk about races is sometimes ridiculous. So I usually don't react to these types of things. And it's an interesting question how much for example these things in general come from a motive to present an article in a certain way, how much it is just a question of how a person thinks and what he/she thinks is important, or if it's just a thing where you have to put something out there and if one doesn't choose his/her words carefully, there'll always be someone who thinks they know what you were trying to do.

[BBF Rocks]

lol @ you people using axl's quotes to defend this shit. sickening.
my point has been made, and cheap jon, that axl quote "racists don't point your finger at me" is pretty much directed at people such as yourself.
it's so typical for racists to take song lyrics to justify their sick views. sad. i've said what i've wanted to say, i'm out.

You didn't really defend the fact that your username is implying you're the female version of someone who wants n-words to get out of his way.

are you serious? you implied that i wanted "niggers" to get out of my way, i countered it. oh, how i love guys who want to debate by trying to get someone "stuck".
i'm black. nuff said. your statement is a joke.

My statement was sort-of a joke, true. But what does the fact that you're black have to do with anything?

are you serious? you implied that i wanted "niggers" to get out of my way, i countered it. oh, how i love guys who want to debate by trying to get someone "stuck".

[BBF Rocks]

Has this world become so scared to offend someone and hurt their feelings that we can't say the person was black if indeed is he black?

no, but it has fuck all to do with the story.

See that is what has become of the media. They pick and choose what's they think should and should not be in a story. The media is so scared label anyone except the white'S cause they're afraid they will hurt a minorities feelings. It's sick!

no, your views are sick mr. "white victim". go pick up a history book and come back when you understand some of it.

[Jim Bob]

did i HAVE to include the kids race in my title, no.  But I did.  It wasn't in a derogatory way.  I didn't call him a n***** or anything like that.    Could I have left it out? sure.   But then you anal retentive PC people wouldn't of had anything to whine about today. 

but seriously, no harm meant here.   I write one sentence descriptions for porn galleries all the time and I usually include some factual physical adjectives about the subjects in the gallery, to target people looking for that type of stuff.   so its just a habit I have to use an adjective or two to describe subjects.

[Communist China]

To Axlgurl: OIAM is still a valid point. How can you support a man who writes things like he did in that song and then turn around and yell at JB for using the word 'black'? Seriously, I don't get it.

[BBF Rocks]

^ OIAM is still a valid point. How can you support a man who writes things like he did in that song and then turn around and yell at JB for using the word 'black'? Seriously, I don't get it.

this debate has now reached a new low and i refuse to participate.
axl has apologized and explained, but that has fuck all to do with this topic or the title
i hate debaters like you.

[Drew]

Has this world become so scared to offend someone and hurt their feelings that we can't say the person was black if indeed is he black?

no, but it has fuck all to do with the story.

See that is what has become of the media. They pick and choose what's they think should and should not be in a story. The media is so scared label anyone except the white'S cause they're afraid they will hurt a minorities feelings. It's sick!

no, your views are sick mr. "white victim". go pick up a history book and come back when you understand some of it.

I understand history. My views are valid.

[CheapJon]

But then you anal retentive PC people wouldn't of had anything to whine about today.?

dude don't forget about me "the racist" and "ape"

thanks for putting black in the thread title, it has made my evening

[EFISH]

Absolutely! This thread has been very amusing.

[2112]

those black folks at it again, huh?
it just had to be a black guy doing that stuff, lord knows white people don't smoke pot.
sickening headline, another example of how stuck in the past some people can be.
with those views you have it wouldn't surprise me if jim bob was your real name.

oh please

ever since i exposed your blatant racism in msn you've gone after me in every post.
get the fuck away from me.

cheapjon blattetant? 


Oh, and drugs are bad mkay.

[Izzy]

rascist piece of crap - any article that leads with a persons ethnic group has a viscious agenda

[CheapJon]

can we start focus on how sick it is to give pot to kids?