Minotaur
Governor
I read about the poor kid in the crowd who sustained injuries and was on fire and ran as he burned. Seemed a few tackled him. According to the media they tackled him not because he was on fire but because he looked suspicious. Perhaps the Muslim fear got to them but who knows. In any case ship happens in chaos even if it is cause for grand humiliation. Here is where it went wrong for me - I read it and laughed inappropriately for the horror that existed. It wasn't my fault. Blame my Brother-in-Law.
While on a visit to Washington I sat on his balcony enjoying the day of laughter and fun. We watched the sun sprinkling its starbursts on the water and watched boats drift by. It was a beautiful day but likely only remembered by a conversation. He mentioned a plane crash where nothing remained of the poor souls on the plane except heaps of bits and pieces of people and plane scattered for miles. All were lost. In a hushed voice he noted the cause was found. He then explained that according to the media a small Bunsen burner turned up. One of the talking heads pondered that find and concluded that it likely belonged to the passenger from India who may actually have lit it to prepare a meal that caused the plane to crash.
It was only on that last line that I noticed the twinkle in the eye's of my Brother in Law who was reciting a real situation but concluding the same thing I did - Why the hell did they blame it on the poor victim based on something that dumb?
So I laughed then and it forced me to inappropriately laugh now but I do think we can do better than automatically blaming the guy from India or (cough) Saudi Arabia.
While on a visit to Washington I sat on his balcony enjoying the day of laughter and fun. We watched the sun sprinkling its starbursts on the water and watched boats drift by. It was a beautiful day but likely only remembered by a conversation. He mentioned a plane crash where nothing remained of the poor souls on the plane except heaps of bits and pieces of people and plane scattered for miles. All were lost. In a hushed voice he noted the cause was found. He then explained that according to the media a small Bunsen burner turned up. One of the talking heads pondered that find and concluded that it likely belonged to the passenger from India who may actually have lit it to prepare a meal that caused the plane to crash.
It was only on that last line that I noticed the twinkle in the eye's of my Brother in Law who was reciting a real situation but concluding the same thing I did - Why the hell did they blame it on the poor victim based on something that dumb?
So I laughed then and it forced me to inappropriately laugh now but I do think we can do better than automatically blaming the guy from India or (cough) Saudi Arabia.
