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Fearless in the city
Boston Globe ^ | March 9, 2006 | Donovan Slack

Posted on 03/09/2006 6:42:53 PM PST by george76

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To: durasell

I know ... you're right.


21 posted on 03/10/2006 8:20:21 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
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To: nmh

I blame repeated viewings of Friends...


22 posted on 03/10/2006 8:22:24 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: nmh

Down the street at Pravda, 23-year-old Jovana Babovic later learned the man she had been canoodling with was married and just wanted to be a ''boyfriend for the night."

Taking it all in stride, she and her friends drank until the bar closed at 2 a.m. and then set off for home together.

''I was a little bit buzzed, whatever, fine, I admit it," she said when contacted the next day. ''But it was just a fun thing."


23 posted on 03/10/2006 8:29:57 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

That is beyond ridiculous. Surely you forgot your /s (sarcasm) tag?


24 posted on 03/10/2006 8:31:02 AM PST by NYC Republican
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To: NYC Republican

You are correct. There should have been a /s.

For all kinds or reasons.


25 posted on 03/10/2006 8:35:40 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Oh no! Not canoodling! The end of civilization as we know it!


26 posted on 03/10/2006 8:43:35 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: nmh
Tell him gently that Rudy is no longer the mayor.

Still the safest big city in America, by a long shot.

We still don't need to panic just because something bad happened to one person in over 8 million, thanks.

27 posted on 03/10/2006 8:45:07 AM PST by highball (Proud to announce the birth of little Highball, Junior - Feb. 7, 2006!)
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To: durasell
Did you move to NY last week?

Nope, born and bred. You?

28 posted on 03/10/2006 8:45:53 AM PST by highball (Proud to announce the birth of little Highball, Junior - Feb. 7, 2006!)
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To: nmh
no doubt about that but what you see going on is becoming a TREND.

One murder is a "trend"?

29 posted on 03/10/2006 8:46:31 AM PST by highball (Proud to announce the birth of little Highball, Junior - Feb. 7, 2006!)
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To: highball

Same.


30 posted on 03/10/2006 8:46:35 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell
Same.

Then you should know better than to give into media hysteria.

31 posted on 03/10/2006 8:49:00 AM PST by highball (Proud to announce the birth of little Highball, Junior - Feb. 7, 2006!)
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To: highball

I didn't think I was giving into media hysteria. If I came off like that, I apologize. And thinking on it now, I probably came off like that, feeding into the folks who don't particularly like NYC.

I suppose I am offended by the stupidity of the whole thing. NYC is still not some safe wonderland of shopping and drinking.


32 posted on 03/10/2006 8:52:55 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

No sweat.

I don't know what's feeding this particular frenzy, be it dislike of New York or general bluenose fear that somewhere, people might be enjoying themselves.

Of course one should take reasonable precautions for one's own safety. But for the Boston Globe to tie that into one isolated murder is beyond silly. For FReepers to then latch onto the Boston Globe's paranoia for whatever reason is sad.


33 posted on 03/10/2006 9:22:37 AM PST by highball (Proud to announce the birth of little Highball, Junior - Feb. 7, 2006!)
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To: highball

Moral outrage sells papers. But tie that moral outrage into young girls and liquor, well, there's a real crowd pleaser...it's like saying, "Girls Gone Wild videos are horrific! And we'll show you the film clips to prove it!"


34 posted on 03/10/2006 9:29:25 AM PST by durasell (!)
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Photo

"Senator Kennedy killed that girl the same as if he put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger" - George Killen ~ State Police Detective - Lieutenant on the scene 


35 posted on 03/10/2006 9:29:56 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: highball

What NY needs is a good ole fashioned Sanford White/Evelyn Nesbit/Harry Thaw murder!


36 posted on 03/10/2006 9:33:55 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: highball
Forget the crack about "highball" and congrats!

It is a "trend". It's not limited to NYC and bars. It's happening all over the place. Kids drinking to excess. What's different today is that females are competing with this stuff and don't seem to care about the vulnerable position it puts them in. Many dress like sluts, a few drinks, take off with a stranger and it's a recipe for disaster.

In the old days this would occasionally happen primarily with guys "sowing their wild oats" but today, it's becoming more the norm. What startles me is how "friends" don't look out for one another. Perhaps it's the moral relativeness kicking in -> what's right for me isn't necessarily right for you and then this indifferent aloofness kicks in. It's all related ... .
37 posted on 03/10/2006 10:40:10 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
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