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Who deserved more respect -- The real issue
Professor Gates got angry, and because of this Officer Crowley got so angry that he committed a crime by arresting an innocent man without the slightest probable cause.
Professor Gates all his academic life treated with respect by whites, Officer Crowley all his years on the force instilling the fear of death into any black who looked at him cross, and these mighty "two ships passing in the night" had a mighty wreck nationwide.
With hindsight surely a matter of respect, and specifically who deserved more respect?
But Gates will say that if cops keep getting away with this, then a police state and slavery will it be for blacks. Whereas Crowley will say that if a black can use race as an excuse to act like this, then blacks will have no respect for the law, or for cops who must enforce the law.
Comes now a realization that they both are correct, both correct in their positions and correct in the actions used to defend their positions. For according to human standards they both did in fact deserve more respect.
Problem is, the purpose of this life is to prove that we all have been blessed with far more then we deserve, and out of a grateful heart should be willing to give all we can give.
Professor Gates got angry, and because of this Officer Crowley got so angry that he committed a crime by arresting an innocent man without the slightest probable cause.
Professor Gates all his academic life treated with respect by whites, Officer Crowley all his years on the force instilling the fear of death into any black who looked at him cross, and these mighty "two ships passing in the night" had a mighty wreck nationwide.
With hindsight surely a matter of respect, and specifically who deserved more respect?
But Gates will say that if cops keep getting away with this, then a police state and slavery will it be for blacks. Whereas Crowley will say that if a black can use race as an excuse to act like this, then blacks will have no respect for the law, or for cops who must enforce the law.
Comes now a realization that they both are correct, both correct in their positions and correct in the actions used to defend their positions. For according to human standards they both did in fact deserve more respect.
Problem is, the purpose of this life is to prove that we all have been blessed with far more then we deserve, and out of a grateful heart should be willing to give all we can give.
