Gangsta Ethics
I could spend a few minutes this morning discussing the usual aspects of this story from today's Boston Globe, the latest instance of gun violence in the city with the strictest gun control ordinances in Massachusetts, the state with some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.
But I'm going to pass on the beating of the dead horse - this time. Not hard to do, given this gem by one resident interviewed at the scene by the Globe.
Taking the moral high ground while popping a cap in someone's ass. Priceless.
And the best response our mayor can muster up is to call on people in these neighborhoods to cooperate with the police to help combat the rising rate of violence in the inner city? Sorry, folks, but if enough people share Mr. Montero's attitude toward the situatuion, you might as well throw in the towel. The fight is over.
And who has won? Let's see, the criminals, drug dealers, and delinquent punks with no respect for the law or the lives of others, that's a given. They're free to continue following their chosen career path with little or no impunity.
The other big winners here are none other than our esteemed mayor and our elected local officials. They'll be re-elected by the mindless masses who are perfectly content with the status quo and have no desire (or ability) to stand up and defend their families or their neighborhoods. As long as they continue to convince the voters they have their best interests at heart, they'll keep their jobs.
Who has lost? Every man, woman, and child in Boston who doesn't fit into either of the aforementioned categories of "criminals" or "elected officials". File that one with the Redundant Department of Redundancy?
A 23-year-old father of three was gunned down yesterday, moments after buckling his children into their car seats upon picking up take-out food from the Backwoods Pizza restaurant in Roxbury, according to witnesses and a state official.
But I'm going to pass on the beating of the dead horse - this time. Not hard to do, given this gem by one resident interviewed at the scene by the Globe.
Another resident, who gave his name as Armando Montero, described the shooting as senseless.
"He was in the car with his kids," he said while standing near the scene last night. "If you're gonna pull that, do it when they're by themselves."
Taking the moral high ground while popping a cap in someone's ass. Priceless.
And the best response our mayor can muster up is to call on people in these neighborhoods to cooperate with the police to help combat the rising rate of violence in the inner city? Sorry, folks, but if enough people share Mr. Montero's attitude toward the situatuion, you might as well throw in the towel. The fight is over.
And who has won? Let's see, the criminals, drug dealers, and delinquent punks with no respect for the law or the lives of others, that's a given. They're free to continue following their chosen career path with little or no impunity.
The other big winners here are none other than our esteemed mayor and our elected local officials. They'll be re-elected by the mindless masses who are perfectly content with the status quo and have no desire (or ability) to stand up and defend their families or their neighborhoods. As long as they continue to convince the voters they have their best interests at heart, they'll keep their jobs.
Who has lost? Every man, woman, and child in Boston who doesn't fit into either of the aforementioned categories of "criminals" or "elected officials". File that one with the Redundant Department of Redundancy?
