LAPD implicated by former investigator in murder of rap star

[C0ckney]

Was that honestly even funny? Really? You laughed out loud?

[Elok]

I am using the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a basis for the definition of human rights, specifically Articles 2, 3, and 6, which declare that all persons are "entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status" (Article 2) and that these rights include "the right to life, liberty, and the security of person" (Article 3) and "recognition everywhere as a person before the law" (Article 6).

Your claim appears to be that these rights may be abridged due to both 'opinion', which is protected, and some inherent property associated with a specific profession. It should be noted that abridgment of one's rights due to one's profession is never explicitly protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, although your insistence on an inherent property which corresponds to the profession would likely be included under "other status".

See, this is where you go wrong. Rapping is not merely an opinion, but a negative action with repercussions for both the individual committing it and society at large. Specifically, listening to rap has a 50% correlation with increased babymamma-smacking or, in the case of females, inadequate nagging of one's babydaddy to acquire a job and/or job skills. Rap disrupts the very foundations of civilized society and thus should be seen as symptomatic of evolved non-human characteristics. The rapper is the feral form of the otherwise "domesticated" Homo sapiens. Sort of like a morlock with a taste for ugly jewelry.

Please define 'whinginess' and explain how and why your perceptions of 'whinginess' are sufficient cause in your mind to categorically deny the human rights of individuals? Do you believe that what you perceive as whinginess is not included as "political or other opinion" protected by the UDHR?

Again, we're talking about an action, not merely an opinion (you're also treating the UN as a meaningful authority, but that's a relatively minor fallacy). Flaky celebrity behavior such as PETA membership and using an Oscar acceptance speech to scold politicians may seem innocuous, but is in reality highly destructive. Now, I'm not suggesting a celebrity should be sent to the killing fields merely for testifying on school reform before congress without having set foot in a school for twenty years--of course not! In that situation, sterilization would be the more appropriate option, together with a shock collar to discourage continued undesirable behavior. The killing fields are for dire cases like rappers. James Cameron may have earned a little "scared straight" trip with that Avatar movie, but he doesn't need to be euthanized.

[Al B. Sure!]

So I see that Elok is of the "Music, hollywood, and video games made me kill those people" school of blame-shifting.

[DaShi]

Geez, Elok, lighten up.

[self biased]

Geez, Elok, lighten up.

i know, really. the only person here besides alby that cares about rap music and girls with huge asses might be tupac shakur. and even then...

[KrazyHorse]

Corrupt cops implicated in a scandal involving 70 police officers murdering a celebrity in a drive-by at a busy intersection, said murder being unsolved with no leads or suspects after 14 years, the unusual behavior of Robbery-Homicide in not immediately investigating the case, the former investigator alleging the city of Los Angeles systematically covered this up, etc.

They make movies starring Al Pacino or Robert DeNiro about this sort of stuff! But this being real life should be scary.

at albie's continued lack of sense...

[Al B. Sure!]

at albie's continued lack of sense...

What? How does that quote demonstrate my lack of sense, defined as what?

[KrazyHorse]

It was how you responded to what you were responding to, you ****ing idiot.

[KrazyHorse]

No wonder somebody with as little common sense as yourself can't get into the navy...

[Al B. Sure!]

It was how you responded to what you were responding to, you ****ing idiot.

What was nonsensical about it?

Lorizael posted this:

I'm not sure why you think this is important. I mean yeah, murder is bad, but it's not like it was Robert Plant who was killed.

My post was a response alluding to the importance of this topic by summarizing the allegations. That police officers murdered somebody and a former LAPD investigator is alleging the city covered up evidence linking the officers to the crime should be prima facie important to anyone with any concerns about justice.

I then alluded to the sensationalist appeal in this topic by noting that they make movies about this sort of thing. In other words, his disinterest in the topic and his idea that everyone else should share his disinterest is contradicted by the interest that people have in similar topics, especially when explored by Hollywood.

[giblets]

Wait, albert doesn't know who Robert Plant is?

[Aeson]

Elok

The rest of this thread is just sad without Tupac joining in

[KrazyHorse]

Wait, albert doesn't know who Robert Plant is?

You're only getting half of the joke...

[Tupac Shakur]

However, this is not universally held, and there's some disagreement about Tupac and...some dude named "Busta Rhymes."

I just got off the phone with Busta and we both agree that you Eastern Orthodox cats are all right.

[Tupac Shakur]

i know, really. the only person here besides alby that cares about rap music and girls with huge asses might be tupac shakur. and even then...

I doubt there are only two of us on the board who like huge asses; lots of men are genetically predisposed to liking butt stuff.