Sorry, Lonesome, EJ, if you felt I was personally attacking you... I think you have a good heart but I also think that we may have different opinions about the threat level of the "noose"... I, as well as others, see it historically as a threat... But beyond that, it has also been historically a threat which has been carried out... There have been lynchings in the South in my life time... Black people fully undestand what the "noose" means...

Yeah, I am a follower of Dr. King... I have been arrested peacefully in several demonstartions over the last 40 years...

But with that said, I also understand the concept of "self defense"... If a man is angry with me and shows me a knife, yeah, it can be argued that the knife is a mere symbol until he cuts me... I don't buy that argument... Samwe with a gun... Same with anything that is used to hurt, maim or kill... To me, the "noose" fills that bill...

I agree 100% with GUEST, guest that the white kids should have been brough up on frlony hate crimes... This would have most likely ended it where it started and sent a clear message by the adults in the community that Jim Crow don't live here anymore...

Bobert