[lbo-talk] Urban ennui and the callous disregard for human life

[Fernando Cassia]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think this article is worth reading...
> http://ourmidland.com/articles/2009/11/01/opinion/editorials/doc4aed11f97dc88396738120.txt
>
> ...I remember a couple years ago a video aired down here on national TV
> newscasts showing a shooting at a gas station somewhere in the USA. As the
> clerk laid on the floor new people arrived and filled their gas tank... in
> other words "business as usual".
>
> I惴 trying to find that video now but so far no luck. Any more clues on the
> date-location of the event?.
>
> I did find that other incident about the woman dying in the hostpital
> waiting room after awaiting 24 hours for help.
>
> So.... are these isolated incidents or does extreme crapitalism breed this
> "callous disregard for human life"?
>
> I did phone 911 down here once when I saw from my flat a woman being beaten
> in the street by his "lover"... and I惴 happy to think I might have saved
> that woman愀 life, as he was pressing her neck against a wall....
>
> FC

And why the ### does my ´ chars show up as kanji?

FC