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TheOriginalCane

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BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
Between this one and Shane Curry, I'm all negative now. Senseless and unnecessary acts in both cases. Awful.
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Add in Pata and ST. We went through a huge rough patch for our football players and alumni. These are the guys that paid the ultimate price. Lots of other guys were in life threatening situations. I know it can happen to anyone at any time. But I do think CG and Miami in general are much safer now than in years past.
 
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Marlin and Pata for who they dated
Curry for having a car that looked like someone else’s
ST for being injured and home when the Skins were away (and because of his felony, he couldn’t have a firearm)

All completely senseless and innocent people being murdered while simply trying to live their lives. I have no mercy in my heart for any of their killers and the incredibly selfish acts which took the lives of productive members of society at the hands of useless losers.
 
Trav said:
Bowden too. And Mickey Andrews.
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At the time it happened, Amato was on the F$U staff (I realize the goofy Amato picture was when he was at NC State).

Amato was the guy who Fed-Exed all the salacious news articles to LaVar Arrington, who was going to pick Miami before Amato did what he did.

So Amato was the biggest offender, though Bowden/Andrews talked about it too.
 
grover said:
Add in Pata and ST. We went through a huge rough patch for our football players and alumni. These are the guys that paid the ultimate price. Lots of other guys were in life threatening situations. I know it can happen to anyone at any time. But I do think CG and Miami in general are much safer now than in years past.
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Pata makes me stomach turn still to this day. Not that the others weren't tragic - they certainly were. However knowing that Pata got gunned down by a fúckkin teammate is next level.
 
Though not by murder, losing JB to a car accident and Stanley Shakespeare drowning just out of Jupiter inlet, was a shot in the gut to the Canes family as well.

Those that are older Dolphins fans will remember losing three really good players in their prime in three years. The Phins undoubtably win the 82 Super Bowl if they hadn’t lost Rusty Chambers in a car accident the year before. then losing Larry Gordon and David Oversteet just before the 84 season. They may not have beaten SF in the SB that year, they were honestly out coached, but in the years before free agency, that 1984 team would have been even better without losing those three.
 
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AtlAtty said:
All completely senseless and innocent people being murdered while simply trying to live their lives. I have no mercy in my heart for any of their killers and the incredibly selfish acts which took the lives of productive members of society at the hands of useless losers.
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The question then is how can we prevent these sorts of senseless acts of violence in the richest & most free nation on Earth?

Either, more has to be done to reduce the amount of losers in a capitalist society, or we have to make it more difficult for losers to attain firearms.

If we are unwilling to take the necessary actions, then I guess we have accepted the reality that senseless loss of life is inevitable in this country. But then why even make these sorts of threads at that pt?
 
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Trafficante said:
The question then is how can we eliminate these sorts of senseless acts of violence in the richest & most free nation on Earth?

Either, more has to be done to eliminate losers in a capitalist society, or we have to make it more difficult for losers to attain firearms.

If we are unwilling to take the necessary actions, then I guess we have accepted that senseless loss of life is inevitable in our society. But then why even make these sorts of threads at that pt?
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This clearly leads to a longer discussion about gun control/access. But your point is well taken. When I was a prosecutor in Atlanta what I (we) all saw was that a small percentage of people committed a large percentage of the crime. Which means that repeat offenders are a drain on the criminal justice system, and society as a whole.

But eliminating them is hard because society creates them, and a capitalist society, which necessarily has wealth inequality, creates more. This is not meant to excuse the bad actors, but it is our reality.

I came away from my time, like so many before me, understanding the problem and seeing the challenges in making any real change. But I also came to hate the people who committed the senseless acts of violence because I saw the impact on the families. I saw the hurt in their eyes and voices. Convicting a murder or rapist was some relief but it did nothing to bring back the loved one or give the rape victim a chance at a normal life. The consequences were often multi generational. Kill a father or mother and the little kids lives have been altered forever and they may become the perpetrators one day because of their anger.

We could go on for a long time on this topic. And I believe reasonable people could find reasonable solutions. But politicians and special interest groups will always stand in the way of real progress.
 
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