Re: sad news
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: sad news
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 04:25:57 -0700
- Content-ID: <msg791212.thr-b0bb6ace.3b9aca00.part0@monterey.edu>
susan_c_george@hotmail.com writes:
>I can only agree - although I only knew Gary via his postings it was
>quite a
>shock - it really given one pause to realise that somebody who was so
>engaged and engaging could be so vulnerable to attack. Richard is right
>that
>such things are not really known in Australia - it doesn't mean that we
>don't have our share of those who hate and who don't try to victimise
>others
>- but nothing as targetted or violent as this to my knowledge. I guess
>naively I tend to assume that because of a common interest in gardens
>and
>plants that a kind of comradeship also exists - doubly appalling if it
>was
>this interest that brought killers and victims together.
I only knew gary though his posts also. Each and every one of them were
very informative and were quite interesting. Amazing how a person you
only know through email can have such an impact on a group.
I agree with what has been said in this thread. It is such a sad and
tragic thing that people can hate so much. Whats even sadder is that in
the United States, where many people think we are so open to being
different, that such heinous crimes occur. Hopefully the next
generation will be more open to people who live and love differently
than the "mainstream". I remember reading in the news paper about this
the other day. The local newspaper also speculated that teh Synagogue
fires and the murders were probably done by the same people. Its
amazing that such violent people were into horticulture. Such a
shame....
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