Re: Alright Moscow...Your Dark Little Secret Is Back

[thansen@moscow.com]

Greetings Visionaires -

I strongly support Vince Buntrock's comments.  Wil Hendrick's murderer(s) must 
be found and brought to justice.  It sickens me to hear (and read) comments 
that trash the gay community.  People fear what they do not understand.

As I said before -

To a world sick with homophobia:  Get well soon.

Free to be you and me,

Tom Hansen

PS - You can alomost hear the radical right-wing fundamentalists rushing to 
their keyboard as I sign off.



> After having read the almost continuous childish bickering and squabbling 
> that pretty much makes up 99% of the content of this list I was finally 
> compelled to post my thoughts. Before I continue I wish to first send my 
> condolences out to Wils parents, with whom I have great respect, and to Wils 
> partner Jerry, with whom I can share his pain & loss.  I wish all the best 
> for them from this point on. Now Moscow, let's talk about the thing you 
> desperately wish to avoid, the Abduction and Murder of Wil Hendrick.  Months 
> after the savage beating, torture and Murder of Gay College Student Matthew 
> Shepard in the state of Wyoming, Idaho had its own case right here in sleepy 
> Moscow.  Of course most everyone (with notable exceptions) did their utmost 
> to distance the two cases, not wanting the kind of close examination that 
> Laramie and its citizens were subject to. This included the Moscow Police 
> Department, who decided that the possibility of this being a "Hate Crime" 
> was something to be resisted. Unfortunately they were all to similar. Now 
> the hunt for the Murderer(s) must be pushed with all speed possible because, 
> as the recent incident of the flag burning at the UI shows, the bigotry and 
> hatred that led to Wils Murder is still alive and well here in "such a nice 
> town such as Moscow".  It is very possible that the perpetrator(s) was a 
> student, and has since moved on, but maybe he/they are still here. Or 
> he/they could be locals and part of the trusted "community". We do not yet 
> know. But whomever the Murderer(s) prove to be I doubt that many will be 
> interested and even less will truly care what the Gay Population of Moscow 
> feels about its safety or how its concerns are addressed. Now I fully expect 
> to get flamed by the right-wing/holier-than-thou set but I do not care. 
> Their opinions mean nothing to me. I officially speak only for myself, but 
> somehow I believe I speak for others also.
> 
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