Comments on: A Cappella Assault http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:51:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: minimo http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/comment-page-1/#comment-73024 minimo Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:07:23 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/#comment-73024 I am obsessed with this story. Here's a podcast I liked that I think got to the heart of a lot of aspects of this horrible story, by a gay chef from Yale. http://media.podshow.com/media/3380/episodes/45497/remarkablymark-45497-01-12-2007_pshow_51627.mp3 I am obsessed with this story. Here’s a podcast I liked that I think got to the heart of a lot of aspects of this horrible story, by a gay chef from Yale.
http://media.podshow.com/media/3380/episodes/45497/remarkablymark-45497-01-12-2007_pshow_51627.mp3

]]> By: Joe http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/comment-page-1/#comment-72141 Joe Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:22:50 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/#comment-72141 That's absolutely terrible. A friend of mine in our group forwarded that along my way. As a member of an all-male barbershop/a cappella group, this hits all the closer to home. It makes you wonder about people, like we needed the encouragement. That’s absolutely terrible. A friend of mine in our group forwarded that along my way. As a member of an all-male barbershop/a cappella group, this hits all the closer to home. It makes you wonder about people, like we needed the encouragement.

]]> By: minimo http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/comment-page-1/#comment-70774 minimo Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:45:33 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/#comment-70774 Goddamn. This is the first I'm hearing of this, and I'm local! I will fill in the blanks from what I know of SF culture. Gangsta chic is popular among adolescents, but it is often just fashion, and harmless. However, there are kids who are kinda crazy who have higher aspirations of being actual gang members, even though they graduated from a rich private school. They are giving their moms nervous breakdowns, and maybe even hanging with real gang members. The kids who instigated the beating were party crashers. So they were already feeling 'dissed' by being told they didn't belong at the party. I'm going to guess wildly that the pediatrician's son who apparently called in the 'reinforcements' might have a prior history of being obsessed with 'faggots' and has found himself a bunch of like-minded bloodthirsty dudes. If this case involves a bunch of rich kids with no prior records, you can see why they wouldn't have been thrown in jail. There will be a drive to cover it up 'to not ruin young lives'. (Of course, you only worry about ruining the life of a kid from a wealthy family.) If it consists of a mixture of rich kids and kids who have been in trouble before, assigning blame gets even more complicated. How much do you think the cops are hoping that the kid who actually did the jaw breaking was one of the kids from a worse family? It is horrifying that the police didn't interview the victims at the time. Goddamn. This is the first I’m hearing of this, and I’m local!
I will fill in the blanks from what I know of SF culture.
Gangsta chic is popular among adolescents, but it is often just fashion, and harmless. However, there are kids who are kinda crazy who have higher aspirations of being actual gang members, even though they graduated from a rich private school. They are giving their moms nervous breakdowns, and maybe even hanging with real gang members.

The kids who instigated the beating were party crashers. So they were already feeling ‘dissed’ by being told they didn’t belong at the party. I’m going to guess wildly that the pediatrician’s son who apparently called in the ‘reinforcements’ might have a prior history of being obsessed with ‘faggots’ and has found himself a bunch of like-minded bloodthirsty dudes.

If this case involves a bunch of rich kids with no prior records, you can see why they wouldn’t have been thrown in jail. There will be a drive to cover it up ‘to not ruin young lives’. (Of course, you only worry about ruining the life of a kid from a wealthy family.) If it consists of a mixture of rich kids and kids who have been in trouble before, assigning blame gets even more complicated. How much do you think the cops are hoping that the kid who actually did the jaw breaking was one of the kids from a worse family?

It is horrifying that the police didn’t interview the victims at the time.

]]> By: JesseThorn http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/comment-page-1/#comment-70752 JesseThorn Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:39:46 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/#comment-70752 I read this in the paper and immediately thought of you, but thought it would be creepy to forward it to you :). I read this in the paper and immediately thought of you, but thought it would be creepy to forward it to you :) .

]]> By: Glenn http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/comment-page-1/#comment-70744 Glenn Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:55:49 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/01/12/a-cappella-assault/#comment-70744 I thought for a second the a capella group alled for support (the Whiffenpoof Special Weapons Unit, or the Spizzwink Tactical Assault Squad, maybe?) I was disappointed and appalled to learn that the hecklers had decided names weren't enough. I thought for a second the a capella group alled for support (the Whiffenpoof Special Weapons Unit, or the Spizzwink Tactical Assault Squad, maybe?) I was disappointed and appalled to learn that the hecklers had decided names weren’t enough.

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