Comments on Mercurial Circus: killen case

Never occured to me that the guard was for his pro...

2005-06-24T16:29:00.000-07:00

Never occured to me that the guard was for his protection, but it makes a lot more sense than my guessing.

Now, did I leap to my conclusion that he was being treated as a threat because of ingrained socialization (racists = evil) or because of the way the journalist presented the information? Hmmm.

"Killen, who was in a wheelchair because of a logg...

2005-06-23T21:31:00.000-07:00

"Killen, who was in a wheelchair because of a logging accident in which he broke his legs, was surrounded by more than a dozen armed officers as he was wheeled from the courthouse and taken off to jail."

They probably gave him an armed guard to protect him from other people, not the other way around. There's obviously a lot of people out there who would like to see him hurt.

A. He got 60 years, that's a pretty good symbolic ...

2005-06-23T15:27:00.000-07:00

A. He got 60 years, that's a pretty good symbolic gesture.

B. I'd like to see it the other way, not that this is only a symbolic gesture but that maybe this means they'll finally start going after some of the bastards and face up to what they never have.

C. It may be that the rest of the community is getting off lightly with him as a sacrifice, but at least they've managed 1 sacrifice. Just because he is a sacrifice doesn't mean he doesn't deserve it (as you said).

D. Great yu brought it up - you're excused for any language difficulty you had with this PC subject.

I find that case pretty interesting myself. It doe...

2005-06-23T10:42:00.000-07:00

I find that case pretty interesting myself. It does seem like some kind of attention grab. He was charged with murder also, but found guilty only of manslaughter...
Have you heard about the other case they are resurrecting--the murder of a 14-year-old black boy (he whistled at a white woman or something similar) 49 years ago...it seems to be in the same vein as the Killen case, some sort of gesture toward the civil rights movement. They're exhuming the body and everything apparently.