Dual Karnayn said:Omowale
When I say "us" I don't mean the type of Black man America has made who doesn't have good judgement and are just as corrupt as his master.
I'm talking about Black people in thier rightful original state of mind.
To be honest with you, most African leaders are very cruel and violent because they HAVE to be.
If they weren't that way the society would be in chaos and shambles because the most ruthless among us would take advantage and run rampant.
Most men of color don't respect weak "nice" leaders no matter how just they might be, they over throw them and take over themselves.
Look at Iraq.
Sadaam was a devil sho'nuff, but atleast under his iron fist law and order was established and Iraq was thriving.
Now that he's gone and "democracy" is in the place is a mad house full of car-jackings, rape, drive by shootings, and murderous rampages.
So should you be the one running this society that you're speaking of and choose who in your own opinion would be prosecuter, judge, and jury? Let's say that I got into a confrontation with someone, it got out of hand, I'm attacked but in trying to defend myself the other person is fatally injured. This wasn't my intention. Let's also say that I tried to difuse or de-escalate the situation but there were no witnesses to the incident or the only witnesses their are in favor of the deceased. After the media paints a portrait of me as the hardened & cold blooded criminal and the deceased as this saintly life that was taken for no good reason, and I'm placed in front of a jury of people with a biased opinion and lives their anxious to get back to, the hell with mine really, what kind of justice could I expect from your society? How would things be different. What if I'm convicted of something I'm innocent of? Do I not get a chance to appeal, and many appeals have taken decades to overturn. Or do I just be publicly executed, as you stated earlier, in 2-4 weeks time? The responses and debates on this site more than prove that people share diffferent views. Would your justice system be made up of people who you hope think as you do? And if they don't then what?