Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Step Away From The Snooze Button

Violent crime? In the "progressive" hamlet of Cambridge? I'm shocked!

Harvard U. Investigating Alleged Gay Beating

BOSTON -- Harvard University and Cambridge, Mass., police are investigating a possible hate crime after an openly gay student was allegedly attacked.

Galo Garcia said he was walking down Bow Street Friday night when a driver passing by started calling him and his companion names. Garcia confronted the driver, who then allegedly punched and beat Garcia.


Naturally, his fellow students were saddened and horrified to hear of such an event taking place so close to the walls of their enlightened institution of higher learning.

"I live right here and it's scary to think this [could] happen really close to where I live," said student Mika Morse.


Have you ever - oh, I don't know - read the friggin' newspaper, Mika?

"I think Harvard is a very supporting community when it comes to homosexuality and basically anything that America at large wouldn't support," student Wotjek Kubik said.


What the hell is that supposed to mean, you ignorant twit? "America at large" doesn't support the sexual abuse of children or puppy torture, either. What's your point? What do you say you take a few baby steps outside your insulated fantasy world of left-wing academia and look around, Wotjek? It's a big, scary world out here, and in the grand scheme of things, your mighty Harvard University is but a speck of dust. Trust me on this one.

"I don't know how you can really prevent [such attacks], I mean, the police force is pretty good as it is, and students are pretty vigiliant [sic], but you don't expect that to happen around here," student Andrea Tsurumi said.


Give these folks a call, Andrea.



They can offer you some sound advice on that matter.

"It definitely saddened me and it definitely made, I think, everybody who's a member of our community feel less safe," student Michael Feldstein said.


Welcome to reality, Michael. Sucks, don't it?

"It's totally awful and something I would totally never expect to happen so close to Harvard campus. We're a very open, liberal campus," Morse said.


And how, exactly, should that make you immune to the harsh realities of the world? By your line of reasoning, Al Qaeda should have flown those hijacked airplanes into the NRA headquarters or maybe the State House in Boise, Idaho. I mean, why attack New York City? It's a "very open, liberal" kind of environment.

Here's a news flash, kids. There are people in all corners of the world, from all walks of life, who won't show even a trace of remorse in stabbing you for a ham sandwich, or beating you with their fists because you wore your hair a certain way, or smashing your face with a rock for the spare change in your pocket.

It's time you stop hitting the snooze button on your wake-up call. A six-figure tuition bill won't do the trick when it comes to adequately preparing you for life outside the ivy-lined classroom walls. Who knew?