Frank,
Keep in mind that you and I are not, nor have we ever been, card
carrying members of the American Corporate Empire(ACE). Oh sure, our
Bosses like to tell us that we are Citizens, even though we know that
we are Consumers. But it makes them feel good. Still, it's a good
thing to remember our "place" when we see our Great Leader tossing out
rolls of paper towels to the riffraff in Puerto Rico.
While blind folk are treated with condescension, that is far better
than to wind up being shot by some trigger happy ten year veteran cop.
If you are blind, and a person of some color other than Lily White,
wear a top hat, dark glasses and carry a white cane with a tin cup
attached. You should be fairly safe, and even pick up a little
spending money.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/6/17, Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bob and all, I was listening to WBZ radio news this morning. They spoke
about New York and what they correctly referred to as a terrorist attack. It
killed 11. Then their next segment spoke about Texas and what they called a
"shooting". It killed 25+. The suspect in the former is called a terrorist
and the suspect in the latter is called a "gunman". One has to ask why this
is the case.
Frank the suspect in the latter
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Texas Church mass shooting
Hello. Unfortunately, at least 26 people have been killed after a gunman
opened fire at a church during Sunday services, officials say. The attack
happened at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small town in
Wilson County, Texas. The gunman, who is reported to have been killed in the
aftermath, entered the church and opened fire at around 11:30 local time,
(17:30 GMT). Governor Greg Abbott confirmed the death toll and said it was
the worst mass shooting in the history of Texas. "This will be a long,
suffering mourning for those in pain"," he said at a news conference on
Sunday. Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Freeman Martin
said the ages of the victims ranged from 5 to 72. Authorities said at least
20 people were also injured and taken to hospital. Mr Martin described the
suspect as "a young white male in his early 20s, dressed in all black and
wearing a ballistic vest as well as tactical-type gear. He was armed with an
assault-style rifle. He began shooting outside the church before he entered
and opened fire, Mr Martin said." A local citizen "grabbed his rifle and
began shooting" at the suspect, before the gunman fled in a vehicle. The
citizen pursued the suspect, who drove off the road and crashed his car at
the Guadalupe County line. Police found the suspect dead in his car, but it
is unclear if he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound or from returned
fire from the citizen, Mr Martin added. As usual, the incident is described
as a national tragedy. However, it won't ever be considered an act of
terror. Typically, it won't urge law enforcement commission to desperately
hasten for gun law redressal. The situation has been clearer than ever
before. If a Muslim committed this incident, it would have been instantly
described as a denotative act of terror. It would have surged brunt
Islamophobic sentiment across the States. The rate of hate and despicable
bigotry has reached its peak of extremity. I am genuinely questioning your
jural authority, is it sufficiently judicial? The shooter has been described
as a "lone gunman" and Trump called the incident "a horrible crime". I am
now an unfeigned percipient of American deliberate secernment of murder
incidents. It just depends on who is the criminal. If he happened to be
Muslim, he is then a brutal terrorist. But, if he was a white guy, he is
just a lunatic, mentally unbalanced. It seems though, that you have plenty
of demented people in your glorious nation. Otherwise, we would have not
witnessed the repetition of fatal mass shootings in such massive scale.
This racialist scenario is incessantly iterated. I really don't know what to
say at this point. I just wish no one you know has been anguished or
murdered. Of course, I grieve what happened. This was rather unfortunate.
What concerns me at this point though, is the double standard of filtrating
such incidents, depending on top priority interest. Official assessment of
such incidents is politically motivated, sorry to say. This has been
confirmed over and over again. It essentially depends on who is the crook.
I criminalise such incidents. I call them intolerable acts of terror,
despite who's the murderer. I do not think someone in the States or
elsewhere may disagree with me unless he is politically motivated. The claim
of motive absence makes me laugh to my core. In legal terms, they say, "For
each crime, there is a motive". Some white supremacists however, make a
plain distinction between malefactors, based on faith or race. I am
saddened seeing more innocent souls being carelessly lost because the
National Rifle Association blocks off any bills that are destined to
regulate weapon possession. The situation worsens excessively while the
solution is plain and straightforward. The battle between greed and law
enforcement is subjected to vastly intensify. Congress is dominated with
gun boosters. Senator Ted Cruz is just one of them. I wonder, what will he
probably do subsequent to this grave mass
shooting in his State?
Bob Evans
