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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
If Bushie was a white guy, this story would have about one-tenth the public profile. The country wasn't exactly up in arms when Weibo Ludwig shot and killed a 16 year old girl trespassing on his property almost 20 years ago, was it?
So I don't buy the notion that this proves how cheap the lives of natives in Canada are, or that Canadians are being insensitive about the fatality. More people are grieving over Bushie than any other young adult shot and killed in recent memory.
Comparing this incident with the Ludwig case gives us a lot insights into how today's politicization of every issue warps our perceptions and dialog.
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Um I remember that it was a very big story, and it completely made Ludwig a crazy environmentalist nut who's family was created via incest relationships and that he had murdered the girl.
Of course Ludwig was completely crazy, and already had a fairly high standing in his community.