11.10.2004
in memoriam
I got a chilling IM from Diana this afternoon: one of her undergraduate classmates was brutally murdered in Philadelphia. It's been on the news in southern New Jersey and in Philadelphia. I'll confess that while I was definitely introduced to this girl and vaguely remember her, I have nothing but very sketchy memories: no details.
Bringing this up on a blog seems kind of wrong, but not nearly as wrong as not at the very least registering my disgust with people who knowingly hurt others. Not kill, merely hurt. I say this because it's unthinkable for me to physically injure someone else out of spite or anger or malice. It's senseless, and it's brutal, and it's just plain wrong. This makes me sad. And it makes me more sad because it's also making Diana and a lot of her friends sad. Including four of our mutual friends, about whom I care a great deal.
My thoughts and prayers go out to her family, to her classmates at Harvard, Radnor High School, and Jefferson Medical School. And to all who are grieving today.
Bringing this up on a blog seems kind of wrong, but not nearly as wrong as not at the very least registering my disgust with people who knowingly hurt others. Not kill, merely hurt. I say this because it's unthinkable for me to physically injure someone else out of spite or anger or malice. It's senseless, and it's brutal, and it's just plain wrong. This makes me sad. And it makes me more sad because it's also making Diana and a lot of her friends sad. Including four of our mutual friends, about whom I care a great deal.
My thoughts and prayers go out to her family, to her classmates at Harvard, Radnor High School, and Jefferson Medical School. And to all who are grieving today.
