Imagine living along "Waterford Crystal Drive." In the suburbs of St. Louis.For nearly a year, the families who live along Waterford Crystal Drive in this bedroom community northwest of St. Louis have kept the secret about the boy Megan Meier met last September on the social networking site MySpace. [...] "All we feel is frustration, anger," neighbor Kriss said. "For months, we've been asking ourselves, 'What mother in her right mind would do this? And why won't the cops do anything to punish them?'
"We just want them gone."
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Death in The Suburbs
For a completely bogus holiday, here's one from the "people are no damn good" file.
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Yeah, okay, so it's a lame holiday and I'm not crazy about the religious overtones of "giving thanks," but there's always been one thing that I liked about it: it commemorates people getting together peacefully despite their differences. Gotta love that.
And, yes, that's a fucked up little saga in St. Louis, which is why I'm such a big fan of Sadly, No! and Tbogg. Snark is my medicine these days, and, boy, do I need it.
Best to you, Monsieur.
Editorial Reply:
We're just too fucking misanthropic & anti-social to put up w/ anything these days. Especially misanthropy.
Further Editorial Reply:
Glad your feline friends are doing better, if nothing else.
Bummer. Misanthropy is what I do best. I may well be the world's only bisexual misanthrope.
The Editor Sez:
More power to you, D.S. No one can accuse you of being a misanthrope on the basis of orientation. Though you are awfully sympathetic to working Americans & their pathetic indifference to things idlers like The Editor deem important. (We may have to take up this shortcoming @ the next misanthrope self-criticism session.)
Not that The Editor's being informed or voting has made a dime's worth of difference over the last 30 yrs.
Yeah, I dunno how to explain that. I seem to like people just fine once I meet them, but I got out of my way to avoid meeting them, and man I loathe my species.
From Ed.:
I go out of my way (but not out of the house) to avoid human contact myself, & they're usually not awful if I do meet them. But they're usually awfully boring.
Never having seen a DNA work-up, I'm not necessarily convinced I'm a "human." And they could be lying about it anyway.
Thank you for your comments, M.
As for misanthropy, well, I can't really afford it. I try to see the good where I can because otherwise I just can't keep going. I guess humans are like your alcoholic brother; you understand his limitations and you never give him any money or your car keys, but you can still sit around with him (during his sober moments) and laugh about the old days. Yes, humans are weak and stupid and frequently cruel, but sometimes they surprise you (in a good way).
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