Loading ...As regular readers of Shattered Prayer know, I love comic books! And one of my favorite comic book writers is Peter David. Very clever, often hilarious. My respect for him as a writer is extremely high.
Here is an interesting story about the Spirit of Christmas on the New York Subway that I read on his website. This is quoted verbatim from his site. Not trying to steal traffic or plagiarize! Please go to his website to read the responses to his email and learn more about this very talented man.
Several young Jewish kids were attacked by ten angry poorly educated Christians (yes, their religion is relevant as is their lack of education; you’ll see why) on the subway the other day. The Jewish kids were returning from a Chanukah celebration and were carrying a menorah. The Christian guys (one of whom has a Myspace page depicting him holding a gun to his girlfriend’s head; what a riot) wished the Jewish kids a Merry Christmas. Apparently theythought they were being sarcastic and were under the impression the Jewish kids would feel duly insulted. Instead the Jewish kids wished them a happy Chanukah right back. The Christians took offense, angrily declaring that the Jews had killed their Savior (see, that’s where the religion is relevant) on Chanukah (that’s where the lack of education is relevant) and that the Jewish kids were going to go straight to hell. Apparently endeavoring to give them a preview, one of them spat on one of the Jewish kids. The Jewish kid calmly declared intent to, like Jesus, turn the other cheek. Whereupon the Christian guys attacked.
And who stepped in to intervene? A Muslim guy, who got two black eyes for his trouble.
Fortunately police were present at the next stop to arrest the attackers, one of whom was already slated to begin a six month jail stay in January for beating up a black guy in 2005.
No word from the MTA as to where hate crimes and assaults rank in desirability in comparison to pole dancers.
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One of the comments from the post read:
Hmmm. It is scary to think that people like that do exist in our society.
Which I read as:
“It is scary to think that people do exist in our society”
Yep. Thats always been my sentiment.
And of course, by “email” I meant “post.”
Unbelievable.
And I echo your sentiment!
By the way, for those who read the Supergirl posts, Peter David wrote the Earth Angel Supergirl series