Well, at least three good things have come outta this situation:

1. We are *now* having a long overdue discussion...

2. Jena has served as a perfectly good example of what not to do for other communities...

and 3. Congress has actually conducted hearings on how things were handled...

But beyond that, I am somewhat encouraged that Congress may revisit the way the "hate crimes" laws are written which is a good start and perhaps will be a step toward changing our culture... Yeah, I realize that most overt racists will die as overt racists but maybe knowing that they can go to jail for acting out their overt racism will at the very least send a message to their kids that this stuff just ain't right...

We, at the very least, have a start and contrary to the popular opinion, we are a "liberal" society when it comes down tro individual issues... Of course, no one wants to be called a liberal... (LOL...) even if they are...

Bobert