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jberryhill

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6. Lack of V I D E O of the incident

Reply to cali (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 02:20 AM

Sep 2014

There are no photographs which show a child being beaten, and those clinical photographs do not have the same impact on media-driven minds.

I realize you want to make some generalized indictment of humanity, but even the video of Rice from outside the elevator was previously available. It didn't become a shit storm until people reacted to the video of him actually hitting her.

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Why is America not nearly outraged at Adrian Peterson as it is with Ray Rice? [View all] RandySF Sep 2014 OP

Lack of video of the incident jberryhill Sep 2014 #1

no. there were graphic photographs. cali Sep 2014 #3

Lack of V I D E O of the incident jberryhill Sep 2014 #6

They aren't getting run 24/7 on TV... Oktober Sep 2014 #13

because there's major support in this country for corporal discipline of children cali Sep 2014 #2

The child had cuts to his legs and privates. RandySF Sep 2014 #4

No shit. But there is a lot of defense of what he did and even support for it cali Sep 2014 #5

Because skippy66 Sep 2014 #7

well, skippy, that's sweet, but it has jackshit to do with the subject at hand. duh. cali Sep 2014 #8

I answered the question exactly as asked. skippy66 Sep 2014 #10

uh. try again, skippy, old boy. I didn't ask a question. cali Sep 2014 #12

Well, Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #14

skippy's post is rude, flip and disrespectful about a serious matter cali Sep 2014 #15

Yes, Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #16

Because there are millions of people doing the same thing he did. Every single day. 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #9

And asshole Hardy has been convicted of domestic abuse cwydro Sep 2014 #11

Appealed for a jury trial set for November JonLP24 Sep 2014 #17

Because beating children violently is the last vestige of acceptable abuse? MohRokTah Sep 2014 #18