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		freddealmeida on Dec 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Einstein: The Negro Question (1946) He was just a child. It doesn't matter. We shouldn't be killing children.

forgotpasswd3x on Dec 14, 2014 | [–]

Are you trolling?

of on Dec 14, 2014 | [–]

This is a good point - why has everyone downvoted it?

sillysaurus3 on Dec 15, 2014 | [–]

17 year old Marines are some of the most efficient killing machines on the planet. It's why we used them in WW2. Brown was 18.

Youth alone isn't relevant. For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacklyn_H._Lucas#Marine_Corps_s...

of on Dec 15, 2014 | | [–]

That's different, though. Michael Brown was not an "efficient killing machine" who signed up for the marines at age 17.

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