RIP Rodney King

[Benny]

Poor Rodney was only about a decade too soon from having his own "reality" TV show.

Have I mentioned "good riddance" yet?

 

[strahd71]

Poor Rodney was only about a decade too soon from having his own "reality" TV show.

Have I mentioned "good riddance" yet?

you know there is a part of me that completely agrees with the "good riddance" thought. i dont live the way he seemed to. but i wont celebrate his death either like some seem to. we are all a couple of bad decisions from being like rodney.

i know there are folks on here who walk on water and heal the sick but i for one have many sins to answer for myself to be too happy at his passing.

jake

 

[Mackey]

Man, we'll be hearing alot aout this in the news. Perhaps they will quote this thread to illustrate that racial intolerance is still alive and well. (I'm torn between using purple or not, I dont believe that's why many posts have the tone they do ... but I know how some may interpret it).

 

[strahd71]

Man, we'll be hearing alot aout this in the news. Perhaps they will quote this thread to illustrate that racial intolerance is still alive and well. (I'm torn between using purple or not, I dont believe that's why many posts have the tone they do ... but I know how some may interpret it).

you could be right, douche baggery and stupidity arent color blind or the attributes of only blacks although it could be made into it by the types who do so.

trash comes in a rainbow of colors............

jake

 

[Ted]

Yea Charlie kinda makes douche baggery cool!

jake

If that is cool, I'm content to remain square. I see no difference between Charlie Sheen, Alec Baldwin, and Bill Clinton in this regard.

 

[mrortega]

What would Rodney say now! "Can't we all just decompose together?"

 

[Publius]

I certainly can't say he made a positive difference in this world. This news also sort of makes the already good-for-nothing-riots 20yrs ago even more meaningless. What a total waste.

 

[Jake46184]

he was a dead beat before his unfortunate traffic stop, and he was a dead beat after his big pay day.. No RIP from me.. just go away...

Gotta agree. I'm hoping he is beaten without reprieve in hell for eternity....

 

[Colt556]

Proof that Karma does truly exist.

 

[steveh_131]

you know there is a part of me that completely agrees with the "good riddance" thought. i dont live the way he seemed to. but i wont celebrate his death either like some seem to. we are all a couple of bad decisions from being like rodney.

i know there are folks on here who walk on water and heal the sick but i for one have many sins to answer for myself to be too happy at his passing.

jake

I'm gonna echo this thought.

A sad ending to a sad life. He was lost, just as I once was.

 

[Kutnupe14]

he was a dead beat before his unfortunate traffic stop, and he was a dead beat after his big pay day.. No RIP from me.. just go away...

Deadbeat? That typically implies that one doesn't pay for their children. I honestly am unaware of him being such. I did a quick google search, and found that he has 3 children from 2 women.... who just by chance were also his wives. Perhaps your Google-fu is better than mine, but I could not find where it is implicated that King didn't care for his children.

 

[findingZzero]

At the risk of alienating the few folks left that I missed, I find gloating about the death of a lost and perhaps, recovering soul somewhat macabre. It seems to me we have met the zombie and he is us.

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=155263980&m=155124120

 

[hornadylnl]

I guess I can alienate the few folks left that I missed, but I find gloating about the death of a lost soul suggests that we have met the zombie and he is us.

Just don't comment on his wife's appearance. Everything else is fair game.

 

[Que]

I vaguely remember the guy, but can someone tell me what he did to receive such a negative send-off?

 

[findingZzero]

K,
but you could google it.
Or just listen to the the link on my post.
All yer gonna get here is opinion.

 

[hornadylnl]

I vaguely remember the guy, but can someone tell me what he did to receive such a negative send-off?

He's the thug that deserved to be beaten to a pulp by cops with nightsticks long after he even had the ability to defend himself. His beating was caught on tape.

 

[Mackey]

I guess I can alienate the few folks left that I missed, but I find gloating about the death of a lost soul suggests that we have met the zombie and he is us.

NPR Media Player

Easy to forget that he's not just "Rodney King" but also a human being. If I had 1/2 of the thngs I've done broadcast to the world ....

I don't want to be a zombie

 

[hornadylnl]

Easy to forget that he's not just "Rodney King" but also a human being. If I had 1/2 of the thngs I've done broadcast to the world ....

I don't want to be a zombie

It's amazing how way it is to dehumanize people. It's not like we have any examples in history to see what it can lead to.

 

[Que]

He's the thug that deserved to be beaten to a pulp by cops with nightsticks long after he even had the ability to defend himself. His beating was caught on tape.

Yeah, I remember that part, but what did he do that ticked so many people off? Did he rob a store or something after that whole episode had ended? I mean, he must have done something, right?

 

[hornadylnl]

Yeah, I remember that part, but what did he do that ticked so many people off? Did he rob a store or something after that whole episode had ended? I mean, he must have done something, right?

My post was being sarcastic. I couldn't imagine how much more he would be hated if facebook existed back then and Rodney had thug pictures on it before he was beaten.

Justice doens't matter if you don't like the defendant.