Carnage 3
The local rag carries a daily feature on the front page of the local section.
The feature is entitled “A City’s Deadly Toll.” It lists the number of homicides year to date in Philadelphia. There have been more homicides this year than there are days in the year 2007 so far.
And, no doubt, when I open the paper tomorrow, two or three more murders will have happened over night.
Actually, two is not a bad night. Sometimes, it’s three or four or five.
Yeah, I know I live in Delaware, but I worked in Center City Philadelphia for many years.
I used to be a member of a Center City church.
Philadelphia is a great town and I love it.
When I read David Aldridge’s column this morning, I thought it was a powerful piece of writing, but I wondered, just how could I share it with my two or three regular readers?
Then I realized.
It’s a powerful piece of writing. Who cares to whom he directed his column? He speaks to all of us.
For when one life is wasted, all of us are diminished.
November 30, 2007 at 6:28 am
Strange, I don’t see Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson coming to Philadelphia to protest these senseless and needless killings… But then there’s nothing in it for them.
November 30, 2007 at 6:34 pm
“For when one life is wasted, all of us are diminished.”
Hence my opposition to the death penalty and abortion.
December 1, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Well, Al Sharpton is an opportunistic asshole. Jesse Jackson used to do good stuff, but his time has come and gone. Because he wasn’t looking.
Opie, we can talk about this off-line, for I have personal experiences that don’t belong in a public forum.
Nevertheless, I respect your consistency.
You are right. You can’t have one without the other.