[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Muta

Terrible news about that exchange student. What kind of message does this send to the people of Brazil, and people around the world? That they can't come here now because of gang violence? This city should be heavily encouraging foriegn students to come here and study, and then our reputation gets tarnished because of low-life trash that seems to be growing in numbers in this City.

Although, the African student that was living in Cranbrook last year and got killed by way of falling helicopter from the sky while he was listening to his iPod is probably a little bit worse in terms of the outcome... but I digress. Atleast the Brazilian student still has his life.

Anyhoo, I wonder if any of this 'trash' that lives in Calgary actually notice that this is what is going on? Do they not watch the news and see that they will now be targeted as a result of their actions?

I guess my question is... what ever happened to doing good for society? Why do people always turn to gangs, guns, drugs, illiegal grow ops and violence? Surely people would know that in Calgary.. ESPECIALLY in Calgary, you get a little bit of education and you can make ALOT of money LEGALLY.

This city is quickly becoming the armpit of major cities across North America right now.

Wow. I've got to say that I think this is more than just a little bit over dramatic.

Yes Calgary has experienced a pretty sharp increase in gang violence in the last 6 months to a year, but you're making it sound like this is the only place/time in the world this has ever happened.

There have been criminals killing criminals and innocent bystanders pretty much since the dawn of civilization, this isn't a new problem and it isn't one that is ever going to go away.

Moreover, Calgary is nowhere near becoming the armpit of major cities in North America. The only reason this seems so bad is because for a very long time we were very much sheltered from this type of violence. I can guarantee there are A LOT of cities in North America where this string of violence would be a welcomed reduction compared to what they normally see.

That all being said, that doesn't mean something can't be done to try to curb this violence before it gets any worse.