Comments on: 2008 Challenge, Week 2: Double Homicide

By: nicest city in america 2007

nicest city in america 2007 — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:03:29 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:09:20 +0000

Point taken, Jeremy. I guess that having never lived in a society where violence was part of the accepted norm the idea is quite alien to me. I think we’ve actually chatted about this before: there’s nowhere I can think of in Melbourne (the capital of the Australian state I live in) where I wouldn’t go. Sure, we have violence here, but it isn’t the senseless sort that you’ve described here. Interestingly, however, see http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/detroit-la-joburg-no-melbourne/2008/01/12/1199988647969.html.

By: Trevor Carpenter

Trevor Carpenter — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:51:32 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more, Gary! This post is fantastic for the 2008 Challenge. It triggers an emotional response. The people who know this community are drawn into your story and will cherish your image even more.

Great job, Jeremy!

By: niki

niki — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:45:40 +0000

I live in El Cerrito and have been going to Sahib for ages. I don’t read the news so I had no idea until tonight that this happened, and I’ve just been pouring over the accounts trying to make sense of the nonsense. I found your blog in my search. Those guys were really nice. I can’t even articulate properly how much this has affected me. Thanks for your photo, it’s beautiful.

By: Gary H

Gary H — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:56:59 +0000

Sadly enough, violence is a part of most communities in America, at some level. Some cities suffer more than others, like Richmond. This is a great post for the 2008 challenge because not every part of our community is necessarily a part we cherish. Some thing we hope to change, like this.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:09:25 +0000

Andrew,
My statement was broad; I am not going to attempt to dissect the social or political reasons for why there is so much violence in American cites, or America in general. The point was that, after living in large cities (at least large American cities) for a while, I have accepted that they can be violent places. I don’t like it, and I don’t think that it is a good thing, but it is a fact here.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:29:15 +0000

I can’t agree that violence is “just part of the city”. That doesn’t sit right with me at all. Violence like this is all about fanatical support for the idea that every citizen has the right to bear arms rather than the concentration of population in a particular geographic area.