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Student tragedies at UGA
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One of the challenging things about depoliticizing this incident is that it is both personal to members here who are residents of Athens and those who have friends and family there. This tragedy is directly correlated to policies on the ways people are allowed to come and go across borders and around the US while negatively impacting the communities in which they reside. Additionally, the University clearly has holes in its own procedures for letting someone start work on campus before being fully vetted, then turn out to have a criminal history after gaining access to students and their facilities.
I'm sure we all understand and respect your point that this is a sports fan board, yet it is a college sports board, and our beloved Bulldog athletes are first and foremost students living in a community of students that relies in great measure on adults in elected/appointed/employed positions to provide safety for them. We don't just care about UGA sports, we care about our university as a whole.
I’m fine with that. Some are taking it beyond that. Those types of posts are the ones I’m referring to. These political posts ruined this board in 2020 and I’d like to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
I understand and agree with your concern. I've seen it happen on many other community boards I frequented over the past 20+ years. My thoughts really just reflect the things I am wrestling with myself as I keep up to date on this issue. That young lady could have been any other student, even an athlete, and it's so hard to know a promising life got cut short due to nothing in her own control.
If any of you have students at UGA, there will be a vigil tomorrow at 3 at Tate to honor Laken and Wyatt Banks who took his own life on Wednesday.
There are Gofundme accounts for both students. You can search for those in case the links aren't allowed here. Laken's account covers her funeral expenses and will help set up a scholarship in her honor.
I apologize to the moderators for creating posts that required editing and/or deleting. I suppose the reason I couldn't help myself is that I am a mother and this could have been my daughter and it has been excruciating watching her come to grips with what has happened.
Please keep the UGA student community in your thoughts and prayers.
It’s hard to tell what’s happened in this thread at this point. Are we not permitted to discuss cause of death?
Without veering into the political or politics you’re free to discuss anything on topic you would like.
I'm reading a backhanded 'no' to discussing cause of death.
I’m reading a can’t discuss cause of death without bringing in politics.
A lot of people are for “freedom of speech” until someone disagrees with them.
I’m not disagreeing with anyone. I am asking posters to abide by the rules of this forum.
You have freedom of speech still. Not sure why this is so challenging for some here.
Talk about the case. Talk about the victim. Talk about the alleged perpetrator. Don’t make it political by talking about open borders, illegal immigrants, etc. Why is this so hard?
Given the facts of this case, yes you are correct. Which is why I will not go into it here. I'm a good little Roman. lol
wpony gave a really good example of culpability and explanation without veering into the political after having done it before. More should try that.
I agree with you on this. There is a family whose beloved daughter has been senselessly murdered, they and friends and community that are grieving and mourning over this. If someone wants to discuss the politics about it put it on another thread or discussion board. Please be civil. GOD bless the Riley family; they said in a released statement "Her love for the Lord was exemplified in every aspect of her life". Psalm 116:15.😎
So you want people to ignore what has been done by an illegal alien because it might offend someone. That is a large part of the why this problem has become so widespread across the entirety of this once great nation.
No.
I want to keep politics off of THIS board. And this STILL great nation was built and founded by immigrants. But neither of what we are talking about has to do with the case. See what I’m saying?