The people who felt inspired to pen responses to the SkyTrain assault report were similarly offended.
One writer questioned whether the attack really happened, but it fits far too well into my stereotype of the SkyTrain for me to seriously doubt the first letter writer.
Also, a BC Transit rep confirms that no one even bothered to report the assault.
I thought it was interesting that the follow up writers tended to emphasize the racial aspect that, as far as I can tell, only existed in the mind of the person that witnessed the attack. Apparently if white guys are attacking a black guy it has to be racism? I wouldn't be surprised if that was the motive, but no evidence has been presented. One writer pointed that out as well.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Not Alone in My Outrage
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I would want corroborating accounts before I made any conclusions based on the original letter. The fact that *nobody* reported it to Skytrain is a little odd - a vicious assault on a full train and no one stirs a hand, makes a verbal protest, reports it to the Skytrain authorities? My guess is that *something* like this happened, but that the exact events might be recounted differently by different people.
Gurjeevan Kaur (the author of the original letter) appears to be quite young, as he is sitting with his grandmother, father, and younger sister according to his account. His sister had exams the following week, which suggests she is in high-school.
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