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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Similar to that kid who got pushed in front of a train a while ago, and it turns out that he had shoved this girl in front of the train first, oh and he was a petty drug dealer. Yet everyone of his little friends came out and said what a great guy he was, and had a little beer soaked funeral for him.
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I'm sick of that crap too. Somehow once someone is dead, even if that someone dies as a result of a criminal lifestyle (ie gang hit, drug dealing, etc.) the news is so quick to point out these people's redeeming qualities (in the breath of family and/or friends) as if they actually had any to justify their lifestyle. It's always the 'other bad influences' fault as to why little Johnny got into the gang. Another comical cliche when talking to family members of a gang hit 'victim' is they always mention the person's efforts to 'get out' of the lifestyle and how they were on the verge of doing something meaningful with their lives. Total BS, the 'victim' was probably off causing human misery only weeks previous (in the case of the C-train victim actually at the time of his death). When I see how accepting the media seems towards these people I feel like I just want to assemble thousands and take back the streets for honest people that were never a part of any sort of criminal activity.