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Rodney King Died Today

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-r ... index.html
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    pjradio wrote:
    http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html

    Thats sad.
    He was an extremely likable (funny, yet overwhelming sad on the inside) character from what I saw of him on Celebrity Rehab. Just a real low-key and humble fellow who had a lot of demons. The Beatings really fucked up his whole life, you could tell he bore it all on his shoulders 24\7 ... he never really internally reconciled all that forced-into-the-limelight-celebrity status, felt responsible, felt like he couldn't escape his own skin ... etc.

    RIP RK.
    Today you escaped your demons.
    :(
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,301
    RIP

    So sad.
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    pjradio wrote:
    http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html

    The Beatings really fucked up his whole life, you could tell he bore it all on his shoulders 24\7
    :(
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    damn that's sad...i saw him celeb rehab too and he seemed like a sweet person but had demons he just couldn't get over...hopefully he's at peace now :(
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    norm wrote:
    he seemed like a sweet person but had demons he just couldn't get over...hopefully he's at peace now :(

    Yeah. I don't normally have pitty for folks on that show cuz they bring it on themselves, by and large. Rodney was different. Of course, it could be argued he "did it to himself" regarding his whole life BEFORE the beatings, BUT ...

    ... that night seemed to be a turning point in his life that he NEVER recovered from. You could just TELL. It was in EVERYTHING about him. I'm the type of guy who doesn't have a lot of pity for self-destructive behavior, and feels like if people want help, they must first help themselves. However, all that being said, every so often you meet someone who has just been so literally traumatized that you really just can't lay the blame on them (well, you COULD ;)) ... you can just sense in their entire personality that they have been so badly "wired" (i'm talking neural networks here) by previous trauma that hope for them is relatively nil.

    I got that sense from Rodney. He was so likable, yet he seemed (to me) absolutely hopeless. Not because he didn't care, but because the amount of stress\trauma related neural re-wiring that occured in his brain following that night did something to him that even the strongest of wills would have had trouble "correcting".

    I don't fault soldiers for their "PTSD" and I put Rodney in a similar (if not worse) category based on the entire whirl-wind of forces he faced, not only that night, but every night thereafter.

    I don't even know why this subject has me so distressed, but it does.
    I just pray that whatever karma he was working off, he has done so and can move on free now.
    :D
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,426
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    norm wrote:
    he seemed like a sweet person but had demons he just couldn't get over...hopefully he's at peace now :(

    Yeah. I don't normally have pitty for folks on that show cuz they bring it on themselves, by and large. Rodney was different. Of course, it could be argued he "did it to himself" regarding his whole life BEFORE the beatings, BUT ...

    ... that night seemed to be a turning point in his life that he NEVER recovered from. You could just TELL. It was in EVERYTHING about him. I'm the type of guy who doesn't have a lot of pity for self-destructive behavior, and feels like if people want help, they must first help themselves. However, all that being said, every so often you meet someone who has just been so literally traumatized that you really just can't lay the blame on them (well, you COULD ;)) ... you can just sense in their entire personality that they have been so badly "wired" (i'm talking neural networks here) by previous trauma that hope for them is relatively nil.

    I got that sense from Rodney. He was so likable, yet he seemed (to me) absolutely hopeless. Not because he didn't care, but because the amount of stress\trauma related neural re-wiring that occured in his brain following that night did something to him that even the strongest of wills would have had trouble "correcting".

    I don't fault soldiers for their "PTSD" and I put Rodney in a similar (if not worse) category based on the entire whirl-wind of forces he faced, not only that night, but every night thereafter.

    I don't even know why this subject has me so distressed, but it does.
    I just pray that whatever karma he was working off, he has done so and can move on free now.
    :D
    Well said, Drifting.
    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    He lived a tough life, rest in peace.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Wow! I saw him on Piers Morgan not long ago! RIP man
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    brianlux wrote:
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    norm wrote:
    he seemed like a sweet person but had demons he just couldn't get over...hopefully he's at peace now :(

    Yeah. I don't normally have pitty for folks on that show cuz they bring it on themselves, by and large. Rodney was different. Of course, it could be argued he "did it to himself" regarding his whole life BEFORE the beatings, BUT ...

    ... that night seemed to be a turning point in his life that he NEVER recovered from. You could just TELL. It was in EVERYTHING about him. I'm the type of guy who doesn't have a lot of pity for self-destructive behavior, and feels like if people want help, they must first help themselves. However, all that being said, every so often you meet someone who has just been so literally traumatized that you really just can't lay the blame on them (well, you COULD ;)) ... you can just sense in their entire personality that they have been so badly "wired" (i'm talking neural networks here) by previous trauma that hope for them is relatively nil.

    I got that sense from Rodney. He was so likable, yet he seemed (to me) absolutely hopeless. Not because he didn't care, but because the amount of stress\trauma related neural re-wiring that occured in his brain following that night did something to him that even the strongest of wills would have had trouble "correcting".

    I don't fault soldiers for their "PTSD" and I put Rodney in a similar (if not worse) category based on the entire whirl-wind of forces he faced, not only that night, but every night thereafter.

    I don't even know why this subject has me so distressed, but it does.
    I just pray that whatever karma he was working off, he has done so and can move on free now.
    :D
    Well said, Drifting.

    Agree,very thoughtfully worded
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,156
    Did anyone here experience the LA riots?
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Jason P wrote:
    Did anyone here experience the LA riots?
    *raises hand*
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,426
    Amazingly enough...

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rod ... 58944.html
    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    brianlux wrote:
    Amazingly enough...

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rod ... 58944.html

    jesus...this is really the ignorance that prevails now?

    In this era of knowledge at your fingertips (god forbid it's in the classroom) where one can RESEARCH ANYTHING AT ANY TIME?

    This actually pisses me off.
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    Aren't most who twitter kids? adults twitter :? now that pisses me off ... ha!

    Really not expecting kids who are 20 to know who Rodney King is or care really
    they were babes in arms and might have missed that history lesson...
    if there even was one in their neck of the world.

    I got mixed revues from people I spoke with on Mr Rodney King.
  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWYX8f9Qot4
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    pandora wrote:
    Aren't most who twitter kids? adults twitter :? now that pisses me off ... ha!

    Really not expecting kids who are 20 to know who Rodney King is or care really
    they were babes in arms and might have missed that history lesson...
    if there even was one in their neck of the world.

    I got mixed revues from people I spoke with on Mr Rodney King.

    Adults do use twitter. It's a place where I can talk politics with people ranging from Statists to Anarchists
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    RIP.

    a shit video(so try to ignore it) but some words of wisdom from bill hicks:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=935xZdnVwq4
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    RIP.

    i remember when the beating happened. i was 15 years old and i remember seeing it on tv. that was the first "what the FUCK?!?!?!?" moment of my life. i was taught that you respect police and when you see one wave to him and they will protect me and help me if needed. i remember seeing that video and thinking that nobody deserved to be beaten like that and how can these men who are supposed to look out for people treat one like that? was that something systemic in the lapd or were these guys just loose cannons using excessive force? that was when i began to have an immediate distrust of police and i began to question their motives and who they really are working for.. and then the verdict came and i was stunned. i was angry. i felt that justice had not been done. i mean, how much evidence is needed for a conviction when the actual crime was on a damn vhs tape??? and then the riots came and i was again shocked and disgusted. that whole chapter was the first time i can remember that i learned what people are capable of when they are angry. up until then i had always been so sheltered from things like that. partly by choice and partly by how i had been raised.

    i hope Rodney finds the peace in death that he never had in life. and tonight, his demons are exorcised.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    RIP.

    i remember when the beating happened. i was 15 years old and i remember seeing it on tv. that was the first "what the FUCK?!?!?!?" moment of my life. i was taught that you respect police and when you see one wave to him and they will protect me and help me if needed. i remember seeing that video and thinking that nobody deserved to be beaten like that and how can these men who are supposed to look out for people treat one like that? was that something systemic in the lapd or were these guys just loose cannons using excessive force? that was when i began to have an immediate distrust of police and i began to question their motives and who they really are working for.. and then the verdict came and i was stunned. i was angry. i felt that justice had not been done. i mean, how much evidence is needed for a conviction when the actual crime was on a damn vhs tape??? and then the riots came and i was again shocked and disgusted. that whole chapter was the first time i can remember that i learned what people are capable of when they are angry. up until then i had always been so sheltered from things like that. partly by choice and partly by how i had been raised.

    i hope Rodney finds the peace in death that he never had in life. and tonight, his demons are exorcised.

    i love you mid western folks.. youre so nice and respectful. 8-)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,612
    Jason P wrote:
    Did anyone here experience the LA riots?

    Yep.....I drove home from work through a poverty-stricken neighborhood, and I saw actual looting of a neighborhood store.

    Most stores were closed, but a food stand known as Oki Dog was open...they would probably stay open if we were invaded by martians. I was wearing a Public Enemy tshirt, and a guy next to me took exception to me wearing the shirt. I was white, and he was African-American. I could see where he was coming from, so I didn't try to defend my shirt selection for that day.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Did anyone here experience the LA riots?

    Yep.....I drove home from work through a poverty-stricken neighborhood, and I saw actual looting of a neighborhood store.

    Most stores were closed, but a food stand known as Oki Dog was open...they would probably stay open if we were invaded by martians. I was wearing a Public Enemy tshirt, and a guy next to me took exception to me wearing the shirt. I was white, and he was African-American. I could see where he was coming from, so I didn't try to defend my shirt selection for that day.

    so white people cant listen to or appreciate public enemy??? okaaaaayyy.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,612
    catefrances wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Did anyone here experience the LA riots?

    Yep.....I drove home from work through a poverty-stricken neighborhood, and I saw actual looting of a neighborhood store.

    Most stores were closed, but a food stand known as Oki Dog was open...they would probably stay open if we were invaded by martians. I was wearing a Public Enemy tshirt, and a guy next to me took exception to me wearing the shirt. I was white, and he was African-American. I could see where he was coming from, so I didn't try to defend my shirt selection for that day.

    so white people cant listen to or appreciate public enemy??? okaaaaayyy.

    easy there.......it was a day of violent racial tension where buildings were burned and people were killed...not a typical day.
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Did anyone here experience the LA riots?

    Yep.....I drove home from work through a poverty-stricken neighborhood, and I saw actual looting of a neighborhood store.

    Most stores were closed, but a food stand known as Oki Dog was open...they would probably stay open if we were invaded by martians. I was wearing a Public Enemy tshirt, and a guy next to me took exception to me wearing the shirt. I was white, and he was African-American. I could see where he was coming from, so I didn't try to defend my shirt selection for that day.
    Oki-Dog! That place is practically an institution here.

    And yeah, I can see the shirt thing, silly as it seems now. I mean, black-owned businesses were putting up signs in their storefronts stating such, so they wouldn't get looted or burned down.

    What a fucked up time that was.
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