Confederate Flag Prom Photo With Gun-Toting High Schoolers Backfires

[GandD 5,966]

you meant 6'5"

Christopher Lee

Biography

Date of Birth 27 May 1922, Belgravia, London, England, UK Birth Name Christopher Frank Carandini Lee Nickname Chris Height 6' 5" (1.96 m)

That's incorrect.

[Boiler 43,857]

you meant 6'5"

Christopher Lee

Biography

Date of Birth 27 May 1922, Belgravia, London, England, UK Birth Name Christopher Frank Carandini Lee Nickname Chris Height 6' 5" (1.96 m)

Typo, numbers back to front.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A 6.91 metre Christopher Lee would be terrifying

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

a mod better not ever say anything about a topic going off topic again.

[Boiler 43,857]

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150513-will-humans-keep-getting-taller

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

a mod better not ever say anything about a topic going off topic again.

Are you suggesting this thread has gone off topic?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Wildly off topic and a Mod leads the charge

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Wildly off topic and a Mod leads the charge

They allow a lot of things here.

[Operator 1,927]

You know last time I was in the Midlands I felt shorter....and paler.

[decocker 7,198]

You know last time I was in the Midlands I felt shorter....and paler.

did you have any captivating visions of a fiery all seeing eye?

[GandD 5,966]

Wildly off topic and a Mod leads the charge

You're right, its clearly the mods that have sucked all the fun out of the forum.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

You're right, its clearly the mods that have sucked all the fun out of the forum.

You agree?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You're right, its clearly the mods that have sucked all the fun out of the forum.

Well... some of them...

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

I have a question. Are you black? Do you face the exact same challenges as me or any other black person? Because you act like we come form the same place. Like you grew up in the same neighborhood or dealt with the same struggles.

Now to be fair, everyone struggles at some point. But to sit there and talk about whining when you haven't walked a day in my shoes, it a bit immature. You don't know me or what I've been through. It's very rude and condescending when you don't have a clue as to what a person has been experienced. Don't get mad because you called out a member on the master race and oppression when your own ancestors came to this country, enslaved the rightful owners, brought over people from Africa, and spent the next 400+ years destroying them and their culture. Then you sit up here and have the nerve to say you work hard and black people are whiners? Until you can trade places with me, please keep it to yourself.

You know I am not black. And I do recognize that blacks do face different challenges than whites in many different aspects. But for you to sit there and tell us how bad it is being black, how unfair life is for you, while you have lived a pretty easy life in the military, is complete BS - and you and I both know it. Did you struggle as a kid? Probably so. Did you struggle more than I? Maybe so. But as you said of our ancestors, neither of us really know. I imagine our struggles were different, but not necessarily any less life-changing or motivating.

And I never said black people are whiners. I was directing that remark at you. Because you whine more than ANY black person I have ever known. Whine about racism, and how tough life is, and how whites are to blame for how tough your life has been. When the truth is, you have had it pretty darn good, at least for the past 20 years. You look for racism where there is none. And you refuse to acknowledge where the blame lies often times when crimes are done surrounding blacks. You are a master player of the race card, much like Michele Obama herself, and you expect to remain so because no one will call you out on it. Hope that works out for you.

I am sure you are a decent guy, but you really need to let go of that race chip on your shoulder. If someone is oppressing you and your family today, then direct attention towards that, and have it dealt with. But if you want to point fingers at ME (or white folks in general) because of something that happened 400 years ago, then keep on whining, and expecting good things to just happen for you. I only accept responsibility for the things I have done in my lifetime, not for the past centuries of oppression that you seem to still be re-living.

[Boiler 43,857]

I have not listened to it recently but Keep Hope Alive on the radio, where I am Sunday afternoon is whiner central.