Well...he learned one thing in his community anyway.
Posted on 04/02/2008 7:23:32 AM PDT by 2banana
Some LTTE and Reader Comments:
Subway attack
The subway attack on Sean Patrick Conroy (Inquirer, March 29) brought back some disturbing memories. In 1986, my brother and I were on the Broad Street line heading to LaSalle University. We were viciously attacked - for amusement - by 10 students. Unlike Conroy, we were able to fight back and hold some of the perpetrators until the police arrived. I suffered a broken nose and lacerations.
Many things in the stories are similar: black males attacking white victims, the SEPTA police doing a fantastic job, and the perpetrators' lives being ruined.
And, once again, the family and educational structures have failed, so the criminal justice system must provide relief. What a shame.
Joe Truitt Ambler
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What would the reaction to the beating death of Sean Patrick Conroy have been if he were black and the five youths were white? Would there be an automatic assumption that the motive was race-related? I don't know the answer, but if we are to continue to debate race issues as Obama makes his march toward the presidency, this type of tough question must be asked.
Robert Watterson, Philadelphia
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I take issue with the characterization of the attack on Mr. Conroy as "random." Mr. Conroy was probably singled out because he was white.
To conclude, without evidence, that this attack was perpetrated "for no reason" is to dismiss the possibility of this being a racial hate crime. Why do we presume that white people can only be perpetrators of racial hate crimes, and not also their victims?
Ross Chapman, Philadelphia
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It is amazing how several black youths jumped a white male, and it is not a hate crime. If it were white teens who jumped a black male, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been on the first plane to Killadelphia.
I think these punks should be tried as adults when caught, and also seek the death penalty. But I'm sure they will get off because they come from a broken home.
Diane L. Veteri
Lindenwold, N.J.
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When Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama used the thoughtless term "typical white person," was he referring in general to a decent man like Sean Conroy?
I assume that the senator, local politicians, members of the media and black community leaders will not utter as nonchalantly as Obama spoke of a Caucasian stereotype the term "typical young black person" to describe this cowardly group of criminals.
John Leonard, Philadelphia
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I'm outraged that this is called a random attack. If the victim were a black male attacked by white teens, it would be viewed as a racial attack. My thoughts and prayers go out to this young man's fiancée and his family.
Maybe someone with enough courage will come out and start noticing that there is a such thing as reverse discrimination.
Joann Vance, Williamstown, N.J.
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I assume Barack Obama's grandmother was a Philadelphia subway rider. He says she's "a typical white person," scared when she sees black people on the street. After hearing about the murder of Sean Patrick Conroy and how he was attacked for fun, I have to ask where Obama gets his intelligence.
Joseph Messina, Philadelphia
Random white.
Give me fifteen minutes of private time with Kinta Stanton and a household appliance of my choice.
I'll have those IDs in a jiffy.
Disgusting... using transit in Philadelphia is more dangerous than using transit in Baltimore.
This murder was clearly taken out of context.
But how DARE
a “typical white person”
look at a group of black youths with caution, fear, or suspicion.
Well...he learned one thing in his community anyway.
Not only is Obama silent, the national media isn’t making much of a fuss either.
Just another typical whitey...
When are black people going stop murdering people?
BAN ME IF YOU WANT TO! SOMEONE HAS TO SAY IT!
“What would the reaction to the beating death of Sean Patrick Conroy have been if he were black and the five youths were white? Would there be an automatic assumption that the motive was race-related? I don’t know the answer, but if we are to continue to debate race issues as Obama makes his march toward the presidency, this type of tough question must be asked. “
Robert Watterson, Philadelphia
Hey Robert, I think you know the answer to your own question.
Or Baghdad!
In defense of these poor Utes, they probably just finished watching a Reverend Wright sermon and felt the uncontrollable urge to go out and stomp whitey to death.
Prayers for Conroy’s loved ones.
Proposed headline: “Typical White Person Murdered by Typical Blacks”
The advance of racism is obvious. I believe it will get worse if Obama wins or loses. The stage is set.
It IS time to stop pussyfooting around this issue.
The Wright affair has opened my eyes to the hatred that exists, mostly one way.
The thing is, it’s not PC, and considered racist, to call evil evil when it is perpetrated by a victim class.
“Give me fifteen minutes of private time with Kinta Stanton and a household appliance of my choice.”
And, the O.J.-esque “black community” will conceal the identies of the other perps. You can bet they know who they are, but they want to protect them from “the man.”
Does SEPTA have special rules banning concealed weapons? How 'bout Philly generally?
There is a solution to this problem ... it involves a few dead thugs.
Thanks you and Amen!
Reporters don’t even give descriptions of killers on the loose, we’re so PC anymore.
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