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Adios, Boston!

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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    ed243421 said:

    jonsey30 said:

    Poncier said:

    Chicago is much nicer in summer anyway.

    Lol, I am reminded of a drunk guy in Chicago, standing on Michigan Ave with his middle finger up, yelling over and over "Boston is a better city that Chicago." Dude was looking for an ass-kicking, but was in the wrong neighborhood for that.


    I was not drunk
    now THAT's funny.
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    my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117

    ed243421 said:

    jonsey30 said:

    Poncier said:

    Chicago is much nicer in summer anyway.

    Lol, I am reminded of a drunk guy in Chicago, standing on Michigan Ave with his middle finger up, yelling over and over "Boston is a better city that Chicago." Dude was looking for an ass-kicking, but was in the wrong neighborhood for that.


    I was not drunk
    now THAT's funny.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    Boston locals beat people who say words like "Adios" ...
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/19/homeless/iTagewS4bnvBKWxxPvFcAJ/story.htm
    ... and charge at black folks with American flags for showing up in white neighborhoods.
    image ...
    ... that is unless they play for the Red Sox.

    You're much better off in the beautiful and diverse city of Chicago.
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    edited February 2016
    @dankind whoa bro...
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,921
    And it just got taken too far.
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    take Stanley's photo down.
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    JuannicenboimJuannicenboim Argentina Posts: 60
    dankind said:

    Boston locals beat people who say words like "Adios" ...
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/19/homeless/iTagewS4bnvBKWxxPvFcAJ/story.htm
    ... and charge at black folks with American flags for showing up in white neighborhoods.
    image ...
    ... that is unless they play for the Red Sox.

    You're much better off in the beautiful and diverse city of Chicago.

    then ill change my mind again and fly to boston, just for the heck of it
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    About a dozen or so years ago, I actually became pretty good friends with Ted Landsmark, the black man who was attacked and beaten on the day that Stanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo was taken.

    He was the head of the BAC on Newbury Street and came into my bookstore nearly every day. He was a brilliant man. I missed talking with him every day when I had moved on.
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    JuannicenboimJuannicenboim Argentina Posts: 60
    dankind said:

    About a dozen or so years ago, I actually became pretty good friends with Ted Landsmark, the black man who was attacked and beaten on the day that Stanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo was taken.

    He was the head of the BAC on Newbury Street and came into my bookstore nearly every day. He was a brilliant man. I missed talking with him every day when I had moved on.

    interesting story
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Landsmark
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    edited February 2016
    that still doesn't make the use of that photo, in this context, right.
    in fact, it's even more effed up now. just no reason for it.
    seriously, you lost me bro.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827

    that still doesn't make the use of that photo, in this context, right.
    in fact, it's even more effed up now. just no reason for it.
    seriously, you lost me bro.

    Did you read the recent Globe article that I included with the post?

    Just pointing out that things haven't changed much (at least as far as race relations go) in Boston since 1976.

    But that's fairly common knowledge.
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,921
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    edited February 2016
    Your link gave me

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    Even without the article, I sort of understand what you were trying to do...

    Saying "it's typical" doesn't necessarily make it so. It isn't.

    that's fairly common knowledge.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827

    Your link gave me

    Page not found.

    We're sorry for the inconvenience. Here are a few suggestions to help you find your way

    Even without the article, I sort of understand what you were trying to do...

    Saying "it's typical" doesn't necessarily make it so. It isn't.

    that's fairly common knowledge.

    Ignorance is bliss (also fairly common knowledge).
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    Got it.
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    SeaSea Earth Posts: 2,924
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