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The biggest shame here is not on the part of the students, but rather on that of adults who apparently failed to clue in and take action to defuse it, IMO.

Kicking someone who is "down" moves from fighting to something else. Maybe if schools would let boys settle their differences with a small, one-on-one fist fight, things like this wouldn't escalate to full-blown brutality.

One of my sons has been telling me about bullying at school, and it isn't easy anymore to say "stand up to him" because the penalties move from the school to the authorities. Not allowing some fighting at school means that the bullies are protected and the kids standing up to bullies are victimized.

Saw this story a few weeks ago and emailed CNN to ask them why they hadn't run a story on it yet.

Hideous is what it is, and what makes it moreso is that it took this long for the matter to get noticed. "Attempted murder and conspiricy!?" If this wasn't such a serious matter you'd have to laugh out loud.

If this gross injustice goes unchecked then yes, we're back to Jim Crow.

My family and I were talking about this the other day. Actually as I understand it from semi-local news (I'm in Baton Rouge), it's even worse. The white kids didn't just mouth off racial slurs, they started the fight. The black kids were merely defending themselves. And why the charges are attempted murder and conspiracy, I cannot fathom. Frankly, the entire thing makes me feel completely ashamed. And absolutely furious. What I'd like to know is how they managed to get a white jury in a town that's at least 50% black (don't quote me on the figure, it's second-hand, but I know it's around that amount in the area)?

"Well, daahhh, of course he won't get a fair trial in that small town in Louisiana if the jury is all white."

I'd say that statement could be made in almost any rural town in this country, unfortunately for us. It makes me ill. And not one bit of this situation so far could remotely be characterized as justice. I certainly hope someone or ones have the cohones to rectify this situation.

Barlow said, "Not allowing some fighting at school means that the bullies are protected and the kids standing up to bullies are victimized."

Drama, the article suggests the town is 12% black, so an all white jury is statistically likely--not terribly fair to the defendant in a racially charged case, but it can happen.

Watch for this case to make it to the federal courts--Drama's post suggests that any number of people are lying, and it's going to take a Solomon to sort it out.

I have no doubt that there are plenty of lies to go about on all sides, but seriously, where does an attempted murder charge come from?

Overzealous DA or satiating the passions of the peach kids’ families?

Robert, I couldn't remember. I know there is a greater minority percentage if you include the surrounding areas. (it's hard to know where town lines in in nowheresville). Even with 12%--that means at least one juror should be black.

Value, statistically, is 21.6% or so that they'd get all white here. This assumes, by the way, that blacks are as likely to be voters as whites.

Personally, I think that the attempted murder charge comes from stomping on the kid's head after he was unconscious--if that part of the story is true, a charge of attempted murder is completely fair. The slurs, if true, would be a mitigating circumstance, so a conviction for aggravated assault would also be fair if the CNN report is factual.

If, if. As Drama notes, there's another side to the story, and somebody is lyin' up a storm here. Maybe everybody.

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This is how I heard about it

"To the opposing views on interracial marriage, I would add my own experience. I was a southern teenage racist (by almost any definition). Since I am a sinner still, I do not doubt that elements of it remain in me—to my dismay. For these lingering attitudes and actions I repent." -John Piper
Just curious, what do you guys think of this quote? It was taken from http://www.9marks.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID314526%7CCHID598014%7CCIID2359816,00.html

As a Christian, John Piper should be able to judge whether he is in sin or not or has sinned in the past regarding people of different races. No one knows his heart but God. And if he feels the need to repent for his attitude toward people of other heritages, then he should. Only God can search the heart. It's up to the Holy Spirit to convict him of breaking the sixth or any other commandment.

The Bible tells us how to treat everyone, regardless of ethnicity. Torah repeatedly tells us 'There shall be one law for you and the same for the stranger in your gates'. Love in sei is obedience to God's Word - not a willingness or desire to show erotic or even emotional, sentimental love to people.

Are Chinese Christians in sin because they want to only marry other Chinese people? I don't believe so. I think they simply care about their Chinese heritage and want it to continue. That has nothing to do with hating your brother in your heart and wishing to harm him.

And let's not judge our Chinese brethren. Those dear folks have enough problems as it is!

Hmm, I don't see mention that there was an attack by white students against a black student before the attack the Jena 6 is charged with.

Not to mention that parents really should remove the blinders they wear in regards to their own kids. If that white student really used racist slurs his parents should have taught him it was inappropriate.