Comments on: Philadelphia: the place that kicks your ass http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/ music, politics, sports, etcetera Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Spencer http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/#comment-23846 Spencer Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:32:24 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=837#comment-23846 Except that means that some day some one will get shot because their iPod is too loud, or they bumped into someone, or looked at someone the wrong way. The reason why people didn't get involved is that they just don't care - and those are the wrong people to be armed.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23846','Spencer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23846','Spencer','Except that means that some day some one will get shot because their iPod is too loud, or they bumped into someone, or looked at someone the wrong way.\r\n\r\nThe reason why people didn\'t get involved is that they just don\'t care - and those are the wrong people to be armed.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Except that means that some day some one will get shot because their iPod is too loud, or they bumped into someone, or looked at someone the wrong way.

The reason why people didn’t get involved is that they just don’t care - and those are the wrong people to be armed.

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]]> By: JM http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/#comment-23843 JM Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:34:48 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=837#comment-23843 I agree with J Davis...concealed carry is what these punks need to face. I'm not saying a gun is in everyone's comfort zone but things like knives, pepper spray and blunt objects are. Either that or just brute force of their 'victim' beating the crap out of them might teach them a lesson. I carry a knife whenever I travel on Septa subways and platforms which is ashame because it is total garbage that these punks are ruining public transportation. And what the hell is with people NOT getting involved if they see this happening? I'm swinging on the next punk I see beating up on an innocent person :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23843','JM'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23843','JM','I agree with J Davis...concealed carry is what these punks need to face. I\'m not saying a gun is in everyone\'s comfort zone but things like knives, pepper spray and blunt objects are. Either that or just brute force of their \'victim\' beating the crap out of them might teach them a lesson. I carry a knife whenever I travel on Septa subways and platforms which is ashame because it is total garbage that these punks are ruining public transportation.\r\n\r\nAnd what the hell is with people NOT getting involved if they see this happening? I\'m swinging on the next punk I see beating up on an innocent person :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I agree with J Davis…concealed carry is what these punks need to face. I’m not saying a gun is in everyone’s comfort zone but things like knives, pepper spray and blunt objects are. Either that or just brute force of their ‘victim’ beating the crap out of them might teach them a lesson. I carry a knife whenever I travel on Septa subways and platforms which is ashame because it is total garbage that these punks are ruining public transportation.

And what the hell is with people NOT getting involved if they see this happening? I’m swinging on the next punk I see beating up on an innocent person :)

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]]> By: j davis http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/#comment-23829 j davis Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:02:26 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=837#comment-23829 Concealed carry-concealed carry!! Give these feral beasts something to think about the next time they consider attacking a decent citizens.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23829','j davis'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23829','j davis','Concealed carry-concealed carry!! Give these feral beasts something to think about the next time they consider attacking a decent citizens.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Concealed carry-concealed carry!! Give these feral beasts something to think about the next time they consider attacking a decent citizens.
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]]> By: cats http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/#comment-23819 cats Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:45:09 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=837#comment-23819 I work for SEPTA as a bus driver and the TEENAGERS are out of control and so are the parents of them. SEPTA use to make the school kids use school tokens so they had to go straight home. Now SEPTA gives them an unlimted pass to use all day so the kids can troll the city streets causing trouble all day instead of going straight home like they use to.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23819','cats'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23819','cats','I work for SEPTA as a bus driver and the TEENAGERS are out of control and so are the parents of them. SEPTA use to make the school kids use school tokens so they had to go straight home. Now SEPTA gives them an unlimted pass to use all day so the kids can troll the city streets causing trouble all day instead of going straight home like they use to.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I work for SEPTA as a bus driver and the TEENAGERS are out of control and so are the parents of them. SEPTA use to make the school kids use school tokens so they had to go straight home. Now SEPTA gives them an unlimted pass to use all day so the kids can troll the city streets causing trouble all day instead of going straight home like they use to.
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]]> By: Spencer http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/#comment-23814 Spencer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:39:31 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=837#comment-23814 Sean - because people don't give a shit. They were probably laughing, or video taping it for YouTube. BTW - that is an awesome line Sean - that reporter is right.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23814','Spencer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23814','Spencer','Sean - because people don\'t give a shit. They were probably laughing, or video taping it for YouTube.\r\n\r\nBTW - that is an awesome line Sean - that reporter is right.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sean - because people don’t give a shit. They were probably laughing, or video taping it for YouTube.

BTW - that is an awesome line Sean - that reporter is right.

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]]> By: Spencer http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/#comment-23813 Spencer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:37:48 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=837#comment-23813 Joey - I think the parents need to be made an example out of also. Of course bad apples grow from bad trees - their parents probably don't give a shit - are dead, in jail, or dealing with the 5 other siblings (from 5 different fathers) - to worry about these kids. Sigh. So very sad. We have such a bad system - these kids were doomed from birth.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23813','Spencer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23813','Spencer','Joey - I think the parents need to be made an example out of also. Of course bad apples grow from bad trees - their parents probably don\'t give a shit - are dead, in jail, or dealing with the 5 other siblings (from 5 different fathers) - to worry about these kids. Sigh. So very sad. We have such a bad system - these kids were doomed from birth.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Joey - I think the parents need to be made an example out of also. Of course bad apples grow from bad trees - their parents probably don’t give a shit - are dead, in jail, or dealing with the 5 other siblings (from 5 different fathers) - to worry about these kids. Sigh. So very sad. We have such a bad system - these kids were doomed from birth.
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]]> By: Sean http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/#comment-23809 Sean Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:43:09 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=837#comment-23809 Pretty brutal story...I'd like to know why nobody that saw this attack going on didn't call 911 or do something...surely there must have been someone there with a cellphone? Doesn't anyone CARE anymore? Kitty Genovese must be rolling in her grave. On a related note, Spencer...last night I was at the opening night of the American Cinematheque's 10th Annual Film Noir Fest in Hollywood. It was a Lizabeth Scott double-bill, "Desert Fury" and "Dead Reckoning", both from 1947. Anyway, there's a scene in "Dead Reckoning", where the train Humphrey Bogart is on stops in Philadelphia, and some members of the press try to get some pictures of him and his friend, who are on their way to Washington DC to get awarded some WWII military honour. Now, I'm doing this from memory, so it may not be the exact dialog, but Bogart says to the guy, "Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love", and the reporter snaps back, "You from New York?" Bogart says "Yeah", and the reporter says to him, "Thought so...nobody who lives in Philadelphia calls it that."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23809','Sean'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23809','Sean','Pretty brutal story...I\'d like to know why nobody that saw this\r\nattack going on didn\'t call 911 or do something...surely there\r\nmust have been someone there with a cellphone? Doesn\'t anyone CARE anymore? Kitty Genovese must be rolling in her grave.\r\n\r\nOn a related note, Spencer...last night I was at the opening night of the American Cinematheque\'s 10th Annual Film Noir\r\nFest in Hollywood. It was a Lizabeth Scott double-bill, \"Desert\r\nFury\" and \"Dead Reckoning\", both from 1947. Anyway, there\'s\r\na scene in \"Dead Reckoning\", where the train Humphrey Bogart\r\nis on stops in Philadelphia, and some members of the press try\r\nto get some pictures of him and his friend, who are on their\r\nway to Washington DC to get awarded some WWII military\r\nhonour. Now, I\'m doing this from memory, so it may not be\r\nthe exact dialog, but Bogart says to the guy, \"Philadelphia,\r\nthe city of brotherly love\", and the reporter snaps back, \"You\r\nfrom New York?\" Bogart says \"Yeah\", and the reporter says\r\nto him, \"Thought so...nobody who lives in Philadelphia calls\r\nit that.\"'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Pretty brutal story…I’d like to know why nobody that saw this
attack going on didn’t call 911 or do something…surely there
must have been someone there with a cellphone? Doesn’t anyone CARE anymore? Kitty Genovese must be rolling in her grave.

On a related note, Spencer…last night I was at the opening night of the American Cinematheque’s 10th Annual Film Noir
Fest in Hollywood. It was a Lizabeth Scott double-bill, “Desert
Fury” and “Dead Reckoning”, both from 1947. Anyway, there’s
a scene in “Dead Reckoning”, where the train Humphrey Bogart
is on stops in Philadelphia, and some members of the press try
to get some pictures of him and his friend, who are on their
way to Washington DC to get awarded some WWII military
honour. Now, I’m doing this from memory, so it may not be
the exact dialog, but Bogart says to the guy, “Philadelphia,
the city of brotherly love”, and the reporter snaps back, “You
from New York?” Bogart says “Yeah”, and the reporter says
to him, “Thought so…nobody who lives in Philadelphia calls
it that.”

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]]> By: joey http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/04/03/philadelphia_kicks_your_ass/#comment-23806 joey Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:46:29 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=837#comment-23806 Its pretty amazing. I saw this in the paper, this morning. The perps in the first attack are being held without bail. Someone close to one of those boys said that the victim of the first attack (who died from an acute asthma attack) didn't necessarily die from the beating. She said, "That asthma attack could have been caused by anything." Everyone also added that one of the young men in the first attack was 10 to 15 feet away and that he didnt participate. Ok, fine. If he didnt, that's fine. But, dont tell me about what a super guy he is. Someone is always ready to tell you/everyone what a great kid someone is when they do something fucked up. Most kids are pretty cool one on one. When they get together in groups, its a totally different story. Trust me. I see it everyday. This is fucking shameful. I agree with your point. Make an example out of all of these CHILDREN. They are all just kids. I dont think a single one of them, in either attack, was twenty years old. Disgusting.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23806','joey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23806','joey','Its pretty amazing. I saw this in the paper, this morning.\n\nThe perps in the first attack are being held without bail. Someone close to one of those boys said that the victim of the first attack (who died from an acute asthma attack) didn\'t necessarily die from the beating. She said, \"That asthma attack could have been caused by anything.\"\n\nEveryone also added that one of the young men in the first attack was 10 to 15 feet away and that he didnt participate. Ok, fine. If he didnt, that\'s fine. But, dont tell me about what a super guy he is. Someone is always ready to tell you\/everyone what a great kid someone is when they do something fucked up. Most kids are pretty cool one on one. When they get together in groups, its a totally different story.\n\nTrust me. I see it everyday.\n\nThis is fucking shameful.\n\nI agree with your point. Make an example out of all of these CHILDREN. They are all just kids. I dont think a single one of them, in either attack, was twenty years old.\n\nDisgusting.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Its pretty amazing. I saw this in the paper, this morning.

The perps in the first attack are being held without bail. Someone close to one of those boys said that the victim of the first attack (who died from an acute asthma attack) didn’t necessarily die from the beating. She said, “That asthma attack could have been caused by anything.”

Everyone also added that one of the young men in the first attack was 10 to 15 feet away and that he didnt participate. Ok, fine. If he didnt, that’s fine. But, dont tell me about what a super guy he is. Someone is always ready to tell you/everyone what a great kid someone is when they do something fucked up. Most kids are pretty cool one on one. When they get together in groups, its a totally different story.

Trust me. I see it everyday.

This is fucking shameful.

I agree with your point. Make an example out of all of these CHILDREN. They are all just kids. I dont think a single one of them, in either attack, was twenty years old.

Disgusting.

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