Sorry I didn't add the phrase "in my opinion" -- figured it was implied. I'm not taking this exchange all *that* seriously, regardless of how overwrought an individual post might sound. Aren't we all just exercising our rhetorical impulses?

I'm tempted to continue repeating myself, because I still think there's something seriously wrong when anyone equates the juxtaposition of "hanging" and "America" with racism. There are plenty of other reasons for violence and injustice, after all. But I know there's no pointin beating a dead horse. (Apologies to Mudcatter Dead Horse, of course!)

Maybe it's time for this thread to die its natural death. Or, better yet, let's KILL the sucker! Without no judge or jury!