[To Be Quite Honest]

Tonight I stood up against racism.

So, tonight was a family members concert. I was running a few minutes late getting ready, and I hate being late. I'm downtown taking the train to the Jubilee when I here this guy shouting through my ear buds. I take one out and he's yelling at these young Asians telling them to go back to China and a whole bunch of things I won't repeat. I hate racists. I counted to ten to see if he was going to stop and he wasn't. So I said "ENOUGH OF THAT!" The train was pretty packed and I figured he'd just start mouthing off to me instead of the other people. Well, that's what happened. And then it escalated to the point that I pushed the emergency button for Calgary Transit because this dude is a real a-hole. He jumps up into my face and he starts threatening me and trying to get me to fight. Finally the train stops the guy grabs my headphones rips them out and then hits me straight in the jaw. What a dick. He jumps out of the train "That's for calling the cops!" so because I clicked the button the train is not moving and the train operator isn't answering or anyone else (for minutes now). I yelled at the people in the train "Thank you everyone for the help at fighting racism. Some dude said "I was about to beat the #### out of that guy" ... No, no he wasn't. Nobody else did anything. Anyway, 5 minutes later the train isn't moving some lady said, "You're a hero." I replied "no". I just did what was right (cliche, yes but it's true.) Now I have people telling me to charge this coward. I just need to get to the Jub! ... I expected he was going to swing but mostly, I'm just pissed he broke my only pair of earbuds...

So I'm happy that I did the right thing and even though it hurts to bite down I'd do it again.