Sean Taylor Is Dead This Morning But...

[bgque12]

True, But Sean Taylor was that Nigga.

NO! Sean Taylor was a black man!!!! you're the nigga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[THE GRANDJURY]

Fuck that nigga, one more mutherfucker bless with a talent and pissed it away "keeping it real". In feel for the family and my heart goes out to them, but these players don't think about their families when they are out fucking their lives up. So why should I give a fuck.

Why don't you man up and use your other name. It's always the guys with little or no post count who say stupid shit

 

[mrdeon]

Death is tragic on all levels no matter the race, creed, or age. Sean Taylor may have done dirt, but it must not have been serious enough to get him convicted/ locked up. Therefore, he has never been to prison and cant be labeled as a criminal. The bottom line is he was a black man minding his own business at his own home when he was fatally wounded. Some of the cats on here, myself included, have done things in life when we were 21-22 y/o that we are not proud of or could have been locked up for as did S.T. However, everybody deserves a second chance at life. I also believe we dont become saddened about death in other countries because we are too damn busy trying to mourn for our own on a seemingly daily basis.

BTW, pedos, rapist, and murderers are exempt from second chances

 

[kdogg3270]

Yeah, its fucked up that all of those people died, but Taylor was more widely known so gets more press. His death is more significant to me because 1. I was a fan of his, 2. He was a sucessfull young black man, 3. The way he was shot. The thought of someone running up in the house when I am in the bed with my woman is terrible. Those other deaths are also terrible, but don't affect the general public as much, so arent publicized. That doens't make them any less important. Shit, when the old ass pope died, that shit flooded the airwaves. I couldn't give two shits cause it didn't affect me, but I had to sit through it cause his death touched so many motherfuckers lives.

co-sign right here. I am still trying to get over what happened to taylor. I aint even gonna front like i actually knew taylor, but thinking about how he died makes me sick to my stomach. This EXACT same thing happended to my cousin in 93. Also lost my dad in 96 over some hood bullshit. to the original poster, you are making a legit point. I cant argue with that. May Sean RIP, he's in a better place than this fucked up planet.

 

[kdogg3270]

Why don't you man up and use your other name. It's always the guys with little or no post count who say stupid shit

i quoted the wrong source here..i agree with this dude

 

[kdogg3270]

Fuck that nigga, one more mutherfucker bless with a talent and pissed it away "keeping it real". In feel for the family and my heart goes out to them, but these players don't think about their families when they are out fucking their lives up. So why should I give a fuck.

THIS comment is bullshit. The man was at home in bed with his girl. and his daugher was nearby too. And Palmetto Bay is an upperclass SUBURB of Miami. How was he keepin' it real?

 

[blakkone]

(I may get run out here but fuck it)

so are four Iraqi citizens who were gunned down by American troops as they traveled to work earlier today.

and so are 3,500 people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr hit the country's coastal areas last week.

and three people in Indonesia following an earthquake Sunday.

let's not forget the two civilians killed this morning in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when a suicide bomber launched an attack on coalition forces.

and the 22-year-old mother and her infant son who were burned alive when a pre-dawn fire broke out in their home Monday.

and 3 musicians who are no longer here after a suicidal model drove her car into theirs.

plus the 7 Brazilian soccer fans who died after stadium bleachers collapsed causing them to fall three stories to their death.

and the thousands of Africans murdered in Sudan during the Darfur conflict.

and on...and on...and on....

Taylor's death is disturbing but what makes his death more important than any of these other people who like Taylor, had friends, families, careers, children, spouses and goals in life?

Do we really care that any of these people are not here anymore?

Are we going to go to skip out on dinner tonight and cry?

Write a poem?

Or it will be water cooler banter and forgotten tomorrow?

I asked myself the same questions this morning when I learned Taylor died and found myself more interested in using a Breaking News graphic than the actual story. Thousands die every single day and the truth is we don't care.

We have mortgages, car notes, college loans, girlfriends and boyfriends, children, shopping, cell phones, myspace, video games, ipods, computers and rims to buy.

And with all that to keep us occupied why would we would really care if an Iraqi child's mother was shot on the way to work this morning?

What u wrote is so well thought out...but try telling that to his mother...or the 1 yr old daughter who will never know her father except thru game footage...see if they agree with u.

 

[VAHustler]

Man, I thought he was classless, for that spitting shit he did more than once. But nobody deserve this shit, I don't see anything to indicate he did anything to ask for this... He wasn't Pacman Jonesin' his way through a strip club, he was at home with his family.

I'm in the news business too. People are cold like that, like the statistics are a TV show, like they're not people. I remember when a guy came back talking about great video of a murder, raving about his bloody crime scene vid, then I find out I know the guy just got killed in his front yard.

I didn't like him for that shit either. Can't see how a man can spit in another man's face period. He was a talented football player. Shit is tragic how he died though.

 

[superman2004]

Rip

 

[305slugga]

I understand your standpoint and everybody that pass away should get the attention but this was a guy that was in the spotlight. He's no different than those mentioned but Rest In Peace to all the fallen individuals. God Bless

 

[Costanza]

If we cannot mourn the loss of one, how can we fathom the loss of many?

I think this misses the point.

I found how he died when I saw the thread on this board and I had an idea how fast the thread would fill up.

We elevate the one over the many and its dones frequently. Most people don't give a rat's ass about dead Iraqis, which is why you have people like Bill Richardson saying the whole country is not worth one American life. (@ the last Democratic debate.... He's far from the first; either, I picked him because he was most recent that I've heard.)

When the one is a celeb/athlete/etc, it's as if they are more important than 1,000 deaths of any kind.

I thought about this last night, but I just posted an "RIP" and moved on rather than express it because you just can't expect the same grief for the aynonomous-- killed 24/7/365-- as those who are known.

 

[max-dawg]

yeah but fuck dat someone took a young man life.who has(had)a wife to be and a one year old daughter.i bet you it was someone he knew.that's why people get money and leave they're hometown cause people will hate you if they watch you grow to stardom.fuck you tigger man. US UM FANS WILL MISS A TRUE STAR!
HURRICANES 4 EVER!!!

i did not know sean taylor.

but for some "strange" reason, his shooting and death have been on my mind since it happened. why do i care? i don't know, but i just do; i'm sick of black-on-black, senseless killings.

but here's what i think:

1. it was DEFINITELY someone he knew.
2. it was someone who wanted something from him but did NOT want to kill him because he shot him in the leg. if he wanted to murder him, he would have shot him in the head.
3. it was someone that was a part of his "crew" or his "boys" or maybe a friend of someone in his crew. obviously, the robber wanted something bad... he'd been there 8 days prior, stole some shit and left a knife on the bed (heard on the radio).

message to all:

CULL YOUR CREW!!! we all hang around jealous, salty, hatin' niccas, and they're just waiting to capitalize on your mistakes or simply decide to TAKE from you one day. the problem is... you probably don't know which nicca will "flip" on you.

RIP Sean Taylor... didn't know you personally, but you are being personally missed.

 

[phillyblack]

Rip to all the fallen

 

[Big Philly]

(I may get run out here but fuck it)

so are four Iraqi citizens who were gunned down by American troops as they traveled to work earlier today.

and so are 3,500 people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr hit the country's coastal areas last week.

and three people in Indonesia following an earthquake Sunday.

let's not forget the two civilians killed this morning in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when a suicide bomber launched an attack on coalition forces.

and the 22-year-old mother and her infant son who were burned alive when a pre-dawn fire broke out in their home Monday.

and 3 musicians who are no longer here after a suicidal model drove her car into theirs.

plus the 7 Brazilian soccer fans who died after stadium bleachers collapsed causing them to fall three stories to their death.

and the thousands of Africans murdered in Sudan during the Darfur conflict.

and on...and on...and on....

Taylor's death is disturbing but what makes his death more important than any of these other people who like Taylor, had friends, families, careers, children, spouses and goals in life?

Do we really care that any of these people are not here anymore?

Are we going to go to skip out on dinner tonight and cry?

Write a poem?

Or it will be water cooler banter and forgotten tomorrow?

I asked myself the same questions this morning when I learned Taylor died and found myself more interested in using a Breaking News graphic than the actual story. Thousands die every single day and the truth is we don't care.

We have mortgages, car notes, college loans, girlfriends and boyfriends, children, shopping, cell phones, myspace, video games, ipods, computers and rims to buy.

And with all that to keep us occupied why would we would really care if an Iraqi child's mother was shot on the way to work this morning?

Probably not the place for your post. If you have a problem with callous attitudes towards death internationally then you should start a post and make your point there. A death is a death and Sean Taylors isn't any more or less important than anyone else's. Plus you don't mention all the unjust deaths that happen domestically, we are killing people right here in the good ole U.S. of A.

 

[BadDebt]

(I may get run out here but fuck it)

so are four Iraqi citizens who were gunned down by American troops as they traveled to work earlier today.

and so are 3,500 people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr hit the country's coastal areas last week.

and three people in Indonesia following an earthquake Sunday.

let's not forget the two civilians killed this morning in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when a suicide bomber launched an attack on coalition forces.

and the 22-year-old mother and her infant son who were burned alive when a pre-dawn fire broke out in their home Monday.

and 3 musicians who are no longer here after a suicidal model drove her car into theirs.

plus the 7 Brazilian soccer fans who died after stadium bleachers collapsed causing them to fall three stories to their death.

and the thousands of Africans murdered in Sudan during the Darfur conflict.

and on...and on...and on....

Taylor's death is disturbing but what makes his death more important than any of these other people who like Taylor, had friends, families, careers, children, spouses and goals in life?

Do we really care that any of these people are not here anymore?

Are we going to go to skip out on dinner tonight and cry?

Write a poem?

Or it will be water cooler banter and forgotten tomorrow?

I asked myself the same questions this morning when I learned Taylor died and found myself more interested in using a Breaking News graphic than the actual story. Thousands die every single day and the truth is we don't care.

We have mortgages, car notes, college loans, girlfriends and boyfriends, children, shopping, cell phones, myspace, video games, ipods, computers and rims to buy.

And with all that to keep us occupied why would we would really care if an Iraqi child's mother was shot on the way to work this morning?

I guess we black peeples can't lament on our young. My heart and prayers go out to His loved ones.

My heart is heavy today for losing my brotha...


RIP Taylor21 Skins... I hope you found the Lord son

 

[lethal epiphany]

At first I thought only a few people really understood the real question I was asking. That question being do you REALLY care? Not care socially because you're suppose to, but internally, do you REALLY care?

I think judging from everyone's response, the majority of you do.

Personally as harsh as it sounds Taylor's death was just another news story to me. I didn't feel any sorrow or pain over it and that is what disturbs me.

I think myself, like a lot of other people are so caught up in our own lives and the bullshit we do everyday we do not take time to REALLY care about the things going on around us and across the Pacific or Atlantic. If we did, we'd do something.

I think a lot of us just pretend to care for social reasons but when we're home alone we're not thinking about Sean Taylor or Darfur, we're thinking about porn and video games

The conscience was lost somewhere.

 

[Complex]

At first I thought only a few people really understood the real question I was asking. That question being do you REALLY care? Not care socially because you're suppose to, but internally, do you REALLY care?

I think judging from everyone's response, the majority of you do.

Personally as harsh as it sounds Taylor's death was just another news story to me. I didn't feel any sorrow or pain over it and that is what disturbs me.

I think myself, like a lot of other people are so caught up in our own lives and the bullshit we do everyday we do not take time to REALLY care about the things going on around us and across the Pacific or Atlantic. If we did, we'd do something.

I think a lot of us just pretend to care for social reasons but when we're home alone we're not thinking about Sean Taylor or Darfur, we're thinking about porn and video games

The conscience was lost somewhere.

I understand where you're coming from, but maybe we care because we are big football fans. I'm a fan of The U and I remember him from college.

I wondered this about Kanye's mom. Why was it news? This is a more tragic story to me, because of how it occurred and the age of the people involved. Sean Taylor left a 18 month old, and had a long career ahead of him as one of the top safeties with Troy and Ed.