ParkRanger
Senior Member
That's just a normal slow day in Los Angeles County.
You should have gone to Rick's on Bourbon Street - they would have taken care of your stress. Bon Temps de Roulez.
PR :burnout:
New Orleans......unreal here
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That's just a normal slow day in Los Angeles County.
You should have gone to Rick's on Bourbon Street - they would have taken care of your stress. Bon Temps de Roulez.
PR :burnout:
eric jones
musl x 4
I think it would be best if the offensive opinions of some of you possess would not be shared here at this informative Mercury Marauder site. Comments about "savages" and the such are offensive. It is very easy to type those kinds of things from the anonymity of your home or office where you don't see who you may be offending. As a proud Marauder owner, I really enjoy this site but the overtly/covertly racist comments take away and it bothers me. I enjoy being a member here and look forward to the day that 'senior member" is under my user name but if above comments and replies are the "norm" then I am definately in the wrong place!
RCSignals
Senior Member
You may be reading too much into the 'savages' comment. That word does not by itself indicate any particular race and in itself is not racist. I see no overt or covert intention here.
Take it as a statement of the reality current there.
Why do you believe it is anything other than that?
AstroVic
Walking on the Milky Way
I'm not really sure who or what you're talking about.
Please quote the offensive post if there was one. I didn't see any. Perhaps you're looking for something that's simply not there.
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O's Fan Rich
Capital Area Marauder Member
New Orleans was the only place that I ever promised someone that if they made one move towards me aI was gonna pick them up and throw them in front of a moving bus... and meant it.
I do believe he took my word for it... since he moved along quietly like I asked him to.
Will never go back.
I do believe he took my word for it... since he moved along quietly like I asked him to.
Will never go back.
MERCMAN
Site co-owner and moderator
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
savage
SYLLABICATION: sav·age
PRONUNCIATION: svj
ADJECTIVE: 1. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild: savage beasts of the jungle. 2. Not civilized; barbaric: a savage people. 3. Ferocious; fierce: in a savage temper. 4. Vicious or merciless; brutal: a savage attack on a political rival. See synonyms at cruel. 5. Lacking polish or manners; rude.
NOUN: 1. A person regarded as primitive or uncivilized. 2. A person regarded as brutal, fierce, or vicious. 3. A rude person; a boor.
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: sav·aged, sav·ag·ing, sav·ag·es
1. To assault ferociously. 2. To attack without restraint or pity: The critics savaged the new play.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English sauvage, from Old French, from Late Latin salvticus, from Latin silvticus, of the woods, wild, from silva, forest.
OTHER FORMS: savage·ly —ADVERB
savage·ness —NOUN
Definition
AstroVic
Walking on the Milky Way
I see lots of stuff about rudeness and uncivilized behavior, but I don't see anything about race or ethnicity in that definition.
Like I said, perhaps someone was expecting something that wasn't really there. Hypersensitive, maybe?
BTW, I drive a BLACK Marauder. Does that make me racist?
O's Fan Rich
Capital Area Marauder Member
There is NOTHING racist about any of the comments made. the comments are directed to the HUMAN BEINGS who decide to do nasty disgusting violent things against society and their fellow man.
The very fact that YOU have injected racisim into the thread does not infer racism to the rest of us. I'm offended that you have done that to us.
AstroVic
Walking on the Milky Way
eric jones
musl x 4
Well then I guess that makes atleast two of us who are "offended"
AstroVic
Walking on the Milky Way
Eric,
I'm sorry if somebody here offended you. But, still, I don't understand specifically which comments offended you.
Would you please identify the comment(s) specifically?
I spoke about criminals. Did that offend you?
Not being a thorn. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable here (or anywhere). I just want to make sure the air is cleared.
MarauderTJA
Extreme Bullitt
Drove around today to the different areas where I am conducting training here. I could not believe how high the water was in this city. There are still water lines on the buildings. Well over the height of most cars in some areas.
The people I am working with here (Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's) are some of the best people you could ever meet and work with. Race is NOT AN ISSUE with my guys and NOT THE INTENT of this thread.
It was just to inform those of what I am experiencing here as well as being with the people with survived Katrina. I have experienced crime in East LA, Chicago, Detroit and at my home in Florida. Violent crime is on the increase nationwide. There were circumstances here in NO that made things worse Katrina). And unfortunately at times of crisis the worse come out in some people. On the other hand I have personally seen and heard stories from my guys here where the BEST came out in people.
The people I am working with here (Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's) are some of the best people you could ever meet and work with. Race is NOT AN ISSUE with my guys and NOT THE INTENT of this thread.
It was just to inform those of what I am experiencing here as well as being with the people with survived Katrina. I have experienced crime in East LA, Chicago, Detroit and at my home in Florida. Violent crime is on the increase nationwide. There were circumstances here in NO that made things worse Katrina). And unfortunately at times of crisis the worse come out in some people. On the other hand I have personally seen and heard stories from my guys here where the BEST came out in people.
Blackmobile
FruitPunch
No that just makes you cool.
I don't mean to be offensive but have you been there lately? I take it you haven't seen a Mall (not just one store or two, a whole mall) striped clean. I was just there to the city of Slidell in Sept. on company business and everything TJA has said is factual. I'm an ex New Yorker so I have no problem going into areas where I really have no business going and what I saw was true lawlessness when the sun went down. Some places have no street lights so when the sun goes down, it's pitch black outside. And yes, i had an old feeling come back which was if I have to go up against anyone here I have to make sure they don't get back up. On that note I knew it was time to leave and get back to my motel room and really appreciate So. Fla. when I got back. As for any reference to race in this thread i feel no resentment or insult. If you have been there then you know the struggle of the good people of NO., and the mayhem the hoodlums are trying to cause.
By the way, my screen name isn't totally a reference to the color of my car.
AstroVic
Walking on the Milky Way
Is it a reference to the color of that beechin' tattoo on that girl's boobs in your sig?
Just kidding. Nice post. I agree 100%.
I don't think anyone indicated anything racial in their posts. It's about thugs, criminals, hoodlums, and freeriders. In my area, that's mostly white (trash) folks.
Oh, and by the way, I also drive a BLACK Crown Vic Police Interceptor, a BLACK Chevy Silverado, and I mostly wear BLACK ballcaps, BLACK leather shoes/boots and BLACK t-shirts. My police uniform is solid BLACK (with gold insignia). I'm also a big fan of the Nebraska Cornhusker's BLACKshirts defensive unit.
Call me sick and twisted. Just don't call me a racist.
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MarauderTJA
Extreme Bullitt
Hey Ed, I HAVE to MEET that GIRL in your sig picture......just talk to her thats all
and stare at the really nice artwork of course....
Blackmobile
FruitPunch
Hey Ed, I HAVE to MEET that GIRL in your sig picture......just talk to her thats all
Ok, OK, I get the point, my sig is a little too racey for you guys. But it helps people pay attention to what I have to say....Hello... Hello..is anybody out there ?
