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Adejoro74: This is a mediocre association. It smacks of inferiority complex to have a black-only association of cardiologists in a country such as the USA. They dont have Association of White Cardiologists there. Let him go and compete in the general USA association of cardiologists, win, and let us praise him. Half-baked people.

oturugo: Ekiti has lost it. Even Edo state is producing more than Ekiti now. It's true.

TisaBone: There is this man that I am extremely interested in. I respected him, because he was able to bring himself out of the gutter, and free himself from the bondage of crime and jail and has become a successful businessman. He has a lot of ambition and drive, which I love , [size=14pt]as well as this magnetic power emanating from him[/size]. The attraction was definitely mutual.

kingoflag: This Just happened a few minutes ago. People have a misconception that in the U.S you can get away with calling people any kinds of names you wish.


By Brad Lendon
CNN
(CNN) — Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young was arrested in Manhattan early Friday and charged with aggravated harassment after a dispute with another man, New York police said.
Young appeared intoxicated when police arrived at the scene outside the New York Hilton, and he was treated and released from a hospital Friday morning, police Detective Martin Speechley said. The other person involved in the dispute, a 26-year-old male, sustained minor injuries but refused treatment, Speechley said.
Young was in police custody Friday morning, the detective said.
The aggravated harassment charge is a misdemeanor, but Speechley said the case is being investigated as a possible hate crime because of “religious statements made” during the dispute. If there is evidence to support a hate crime, the seriousness of the charge would be “elevated,” he said.
The Tigers are in New York for a three-game series against the Yankees beginning Friday. Team officials were not immediately available for comment.
The team lost to the Seattle Mariners in Detroit on Thursday afternoon before flying to New York.

ttp://wtvr.com/2012/04/27/major-league-baseball-player-arrested-hate-crime-investigation-underway/

kingoflag: Lol. Dude, of everything you stated up there the only one you're right about is that its not a crime to deny the Holocaust. If, however, it can be proven that you denigrated someone on account of their race (verbally or otherwise), you my friend, are going to jail. . . . HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. Hate speech is "accepted" (in the United States) to the extent that it doesn't lead to violence. However, there have been instances where all the convicted did was "speak", yet the laws were somehow used to gain a conviction and the courts looked the other way when the appeals process ruled around.


P.S: Where do you think the model for the U.S Bill of Rights came about?

http://spectator.org/blog/2011/06/23/can-speech-be-a-hate-crime

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/british-bill-of-rights-1689.html

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_hat1.htm

http://www.nij.gov/journals/257/hate-crime.html

Gbawe: My brother, to tell you the truth, I am not entirely comfortable with the whole thing either. Act physically out of racial hatred of others, then you deserve jail pronto. I back that 100%

Yet, going to jail for saying something you may regret deeply tomorrow may be a tad harsh but , ultimately, we have to defer to the School of thought that feels everything must be done to promote racial harmony.

We all saw, with the recent UK riots, the fragility of modern life vis-a-vis the danger of social networking mobilisation in an age where citizens in western Nations have scant regards for authority. The fight must be to win over hearts and minds.

To that extent, societal evolution has created an awareness ,in policy-makers, of the dangers of a non-proactive approach. They now feel harsh deterrents need to be deployed to secure multicultural harmony by placing the needs of minorities above evrything else. Not perfect but I agree with it as the best'flawed' way out.

alj harem: Do you think Beaf is Isoko or Igbo ?

bittyend: [size=28pt]Is beef not denigrating other people's lifestyle?

Or do you worship agama lizard as well?

Abeg go study physics, jor.[/size]