Are We So Different Anymore?

Half a world and a couple of weeks apart two white elderly men were beaten and hacked to death by blacks. Both were murdered because of their ignorant comments and wage disputes. The message is powerful, if you are white and make ignorant comments the consequence just might be horrific death by fist, club and machete. Many folks would say that both white men got what they deserved. If that is so then civilization is failed. We are back to the law of the jungle.

The people of the US believe that we are an exception in the world. A place where law makes everyone equal and one can speak and live without fear of being hacked to death.
But are we so different from the rest of the world anymore? If an ignorant man can be hacked to death in rural Mississippi just like an ignorant man in South Africa, just how are we exceptional?  Blacks run their mouths about racism all the time but they aren't being hacked and beaten to death by whites in either america or South Africa today. Blacks steal money from whites daily without fear of being beaten to death in either place. There is clearly a double standard in play these days and it is just disturbing.

The message being sent to white folks is keep your distance from blacks. If you make them angry they might just beat and hack you to death, even if you are an old man.

Just take a look at this paroled felon who murdered the old fella in Mississippi. Does he look remorseful? ashamed? This tattooed face looks defiant. In fact, this face looks resolved to spend the rest of his life in a cage. There is no soul in this body at all.

Would you hire this thuggish looking punk to do yard work? I don't think so. I keep my distance from anybody who has this look, no matter the color of their skin.

State of nature is deeply embedded in some cultures. Generations of exposure to other cultures doesn't appear to affect cultural strings. Can we learn anything from these two murders in April 2010 or do we just consider both as isolated events without meaning?