It's Societies fault
Classic case of blaming the victim
February 7, 2005
IN THE article "Some see a lesson in NYC slaying" (Page A6, Feb. 4), I found myself reading this account with more and more incredulity with each line of the report. This young actress, a woman with a promising acting career, is cruelly murdered by a thug with a gun, and these politically correct people heap blame upon her because "the (suspect) felt he wasn't getting the respect he was due" and "when a gun is in the hands of a desperate person with low self-esteem, they're going to react that way."
So the causes of this tragedy are this thug's low self-esteem and the victim's failure to offer him the respectful words or submissive attitude that would shore up his low self-esteem.
What absolute rot!
The cause of this tragedy was a thug on the street with a dangerous weapon who was never taught respect for human life, that stealing is wrong, and that killing someone is very wrong.