R.I.P Rubin Carter.

cornerblock
cornerblock Posts: 3,228
edited April 2014 in The bottom bracket
The Hurricane.

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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    RIP RIP threads?
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    R.I.P threads will never die.
  • debeli
    debeli Posts: 583
    I just read the Times Obit. Not a very savoury character, but he had a tough early life and did very well until the dodgy charge and conviction.

    All I knew about him as a youth was the Dylan song, which still resonates and stirs up some sort of response. Some of the rhymeds and scans are worse even than Dylan's norm, but the song is delivered with such power that it still rattles the brain.

    I am fairly confident this sort of miscarriage still happens in parts of the US.

    RIP.
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Ballysmate wrote:
    RIP RIP threads?

    I take offense at your lack of compassion :P
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    @ Debeli. To be honest I didn't know that much about the man either, only the story behind the song. I do think it's such a great song that it's partly why I posted! Miscarriages of justice are certainly still going on, and not just in parts of the US.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Do we need an obit on RIP threads?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Whoooooooooooo ?
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    MattC59 wrote:
    Whoooooooooooo ?

    That was my first thought. So I Googled him.
    Sounds like he was a nasty piece of work to me, at least in his youth.....
    http://www.stuartmole.co.uk/
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    southdownswolf wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    Whoooooooooooo ?

    That was my first thought. So I Googled him.
    Sounds like he was a nasty piece of work to me, at least in his youth.....

    Unfortunately like a lot of people who punch people for a living. Except for Tyson of course..........
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    MattC59 wrote:
    southdownswolf wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    Whoooooooooooo ?

    That was my first thought. So I Googled him.
    Sounds like he was a nasty piece of work to me, at least in his youth.....

    Unfortunately like a lot of people who punch people for a living. Except for Tyson of course..........

    That Tyson is a genuinely decent fella......someone on here said so once I think :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,671
    MattC59 wrote:
    southdownswolf wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    Whoooooooooooo ?

    That was my first thought. So I Googled him.
    Sounds like he was a nasty piece of work to me, at least in his youth.....

    Unfortunately like a lot of people who punch people for a living. Except for Tyson of course..........
    Absolutely love Tyson. I've met him a few times now and he's wonderful company...
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    seanoconn wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    southdownswolf wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    Whoooooooooooo ?

    That was my first thought. So I Googled him.
    Sounds like he was a nasty piece of work to me, at least in his youth.....

    Unfortunately like a lot of people who punch people for a living. Except for Tyson of course..........
    Absolutely love Tyson. I've met him a few times now and he's wonderful company...

    There you go, Sean's regurgitated it for us.
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Bill Shakespeare died 23 April 1616.

    Also born 23 April? :?:
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Whooooooooooom?
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Cornerblock wrote:
    Whooooooooooom?

    :lol:
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Ballysmate wrote:
    Bill Shakespeare died 23 April 1616.

    Also born 23 April? :?:

    Absolutely love Shakespeare. I've met him a few times now and he's wonderful company...
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles

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