Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
Yeah, you can't turn on the TV without hearing something about this case. But somehow, the news never really tells what's going on.
I kind of agree with you, GM. At first I thought that I just wasn't getting the full story because I've been busy, but the article I read in today's paper did not contain many facts. I asked my wife if she had heard anymore details during the day either online or on tv. With 2 kids in college we kind of concluded that having a roommate in a single room dorm room deprives a college student, who may be out on his/her own for the first time, the privacy that we all need at times. From the set up of the webcam and the fact that the young man had to clear use of the room with the room mate we inferred that the young man and the room mate were doubled up in a single room. Such living arrangements can lead to a miserable existence.

And at the same time, there's this goofball DA in Michigan trashing the student at UM for being gay.

I agree with the notion that we are heading backwards when it comes to tolerance/acceptance. Personally, I blame plain white folks who think that gays "have too many rights", that blacks can't complain about racism anymore because "they" have a black president, etc. No matter how ignorant, these are real feelings rising to the surface and being expressed without shame, guilt or remorse. These same folks no longer respect civil rights laws because they believe these laws are the product of big government, that they show favoritism and lead to entitlements. Bigotry is being tolerated as a political movement. These same people have no respect for the law and are taking the law into their own hands. (I saw this happen in a civil rights case I tried 2 weeks ago.) To me, this jeopardizes our country much more than deficits, bailouts and big government. It's a weird, scary time of regression in American society. It's time to push back before it's too late.