OK, I just got home and had a chance to login and read what everyone's been up to.
I have to say, I am disappointed. No, make that disgusted. Where is it "clever" to mock and make jokes about a 28 year old person with their life ahead of them being brutally beaten to death. These so-called anarchists have been around for years. I used to see them in CC all the time and talked to a few. Just to try to understand why they went around with "sratch" blue ink tattoos all over their faces, panhandling and dragging some poor dog or cat with them, squatting where they felt like it and jumping trains so they could winter in Florida. Basically, they just don't care about anything or anyone but what they want. What gives them or anyone the right to go so far as to kill someone doing their job of trying to evict them? How is it that someone many of us know, after being beaten and mugged, is turned into a joke. Yes, he was in a way lucky. He was able to get up and get help, mainly because they didn't get his cellphone. That doesn't dimish the fact that 6 punks with their faces covered jumped him. It could have been you -- any of you. And some other member of our list/our neighbors and friends have been mugged or robbed. Where is this funny? An older man, 2 doors from his own home dealing with someone holding a gun in his face. That's appalling. None of these incidents in any way merit being turned into a satire. It's not cute, it's not witty, it's not appropriate. All this bantering does is make people look shallow, uncaring and unfeeling. Here's hoping no one else finds themself in these situations. And let's try to keep an eye out for ourselves and each other. After all, isn't that what villagers are supposed to do for each other? Wendy On 6/19/07, Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Those making light of this situation ought to be ashamed of themselves. > > Ray tried to put an end to this by noting that someone died in this > incident. And he was mocked by one person and ignored by others trying > to outdo themselves in cleverness. But we did manage to be more clever than the classic "assert superior humanity by nagging people for making jokes" gambit. > I wonder what the tenor of the postings would be if it were Mario > having been killed rather than roughed up. Well, you could kill Mario and see what happens. > Where's your sense of humanity? Dead. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
