“Wasn’t that a nice additional touch to the story, the thieves are even stealing their Metro ride to and from the Mall!”
Spot on!
That article was loaded with telling quotes from ‘Big Sh*tty Syndrome’ sufferers. There must be something in the urban water supply which causes otherwise solid business owners to utter Socialist talking points with a straight face.
Here’s an example:
“Edwards says he doesn’t know what the connection may be between the teenagers and the attacks in and around the MetroLink stations, but he believes public transportation is crucial to the growth and vitality of the city. He also notes that the Galleria and the Delmar Loop are two of just a handful of places in St. Louis where blacks and whites intersect.
“People have made the Loop what it is by embracing diversity,” he says.
His closing line about “embracing diversity” says it all.
Those who accept law and public policy which tolerates, or even creates, criminal behavior and imposes no punishments for said crimes, deserve to suffer any and all crimes heaped upon them by the criminals they “embraced”.
think about it, the Riverfront Times is a ST Louis wannabe Village Voice!
“There must be something in the urban water supply which causes otherwise solid business owners to utter Socialist talking points with a straight face.”
The censorship effect of PCness and the leftist media is pretty strong when it comes to honestly assessing situations such as this, and the impact of Section 8 Housing which has been discussed here a few times.
People need to start getting over such self-destructive self-censorship and start calling things what they are.