Comments on: Gay student killed by homeless man

By: Ace

Ace — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:30:02 +0000

19… just 19 a life snuffed out gay or straight way before his time. My heart goes out to him and his family.

I couldn’t help posting my thought’s. I usually don’t. So guys, you don’t bring someone home to buy drugs (sorry BS) and I’ll leave my comment at that. I too have brought strangers home and while I was fortunate when I did and no longer do this unfortunately should be a wake up call to everyone in our community, don’t! I know easy to say, hard to do, but absolutely necessary!

Peace to you Kevin.

By: Seamus

Seamus — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:36:46 +0000

Get to know someone for a while before you take him/her home. You can never bring into your home just anyone unless that person is a friend or relative of someone whom you already know and trust. You never know what a person whom you just met and whom you haven’t have had time to get to know and trust is thinking or might do.

A guy living on the street might see an opportunity to worm his way in if you let him and to rob you, etc.

You might help a homeless person with a little money, food or a warm jacket, BUT NEVER, EVER INVITE HIM TO YOUR HOME, SOMETHING MIGHT TRIGGER HIM TO DO SOMETHING AND THERE YOU are…VICTIMIZED OR WORSE BY THE VERY PERSON YOUR ARE TRYING TO HELP.

By: Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:06:47 +0000

There is no doubt that the violence portrayed in our entertainment mediums – be that movies, TV or video games – are so very violent – its hard to imagine that they don’t factor in some way toward the prevalence of violence in society overall. Not sure what this murderers life story is, his father sure was quick to dismiss him completely (which caused mixed emotions in me as he deserves the death penalty on one hand, but on the other hand, what the heck makes someone DO THIS? If his father was so quick to cast him aside with no sense of trying to engender some level of understanding and the guy was homeless – maybe it was his family that had something to do with it?) Heck, I can’t imagine his family NOT being partly responsible for his homeless state. I feel so sorry for Kevin, so much promise cut chort so violently. My condolences to his family and a prayer for a better journey for Kevin’s spirit going foward.

By: to Ian

to Ian — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:47:00 +0000

I fear that Hollywood models, very explicitly, how to be sociopath, and how to hurt and kill people, in countless movies. Our choices, good or bad, moral or not, are unquestionably influenced by people and things to which we are exposed. They don’t come from thin air.

By: Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson

Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:04:24 +0000

Rest in peace Kevin. Let us remember all of the victims of anti-gay violence and their families and pray that one day, it will cease.

By: Ian B.

Ian B. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:56:48 +0000

I know why he was smiling. He’s going to get a free ride and he knows it. Square meals, life behind bars, and no need to actually commit to anything beyond just staying alive. I know I’m against the death penalty but isn’t there some way to force a person to actually have to act or otherwise suffer mortal consequences? He’s certainly what you could call a case of a person who’s been desensitized by violence, but that’s not Hollywood’s fault, nor is it his parent’s fault. This man was homeless by his own choices and he seems to be quite satisfied by his lack of effort or appreciation of human life. Special cases like this require very special forms of punishment. Counseling might be somewhat useful, but I’d assume he’s lost any semblance of affect he may have possessed. Getting someone like that to even recognize that they are being punished instead of treated to a free ride is almost impossible. Sadly there are too many people who share these attributes who are also behind bars, though a frightening number exist as still unknown/unidentified and there will never be a perfect method for preventing them from taking a life.

By: Nonviolent dude

Nonviolent dude — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:29:59 +0000

<> Hollywood helps, a little bit, my regularly making entertainment out of killing people. It makes perfect sense to me that he would stay and watch a horror movie. I long for the day that Hollywood stops making entertainment out of severe human suffering.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:32:22 +0000

This is horrible. Why would someone do that? I’m sad to say that this is something that is so common that it’s not really shocking. All the same, I hope they punish him harshly.
Condolences.

By: Doug loves you

Doug loves you — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:51:59 +0000

This was a sad story all right. What in the hell could make a person decide to kill, for heavens sake. Maybe the drugs? I like a little toke meself oncein a while. But I sure don’t think I’d go at 6 in the am looking for such. I’m so sorry for your friends and families. You were probably a nice guy. Peace.

By: Little Help, Please

Little Help, Please — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:45:05 +0000

And they wonder why gays get mad at stereotyping slander: “it’s just a joke.” Tell that to this boy’s family.

Look at this Blogger’s garbage (associated with a reputable on-line retailer). I think he should be shut down for this bashing.

http://www.jrcigarblogs.com/index.cfm?mode=archive&year=2008&month=8&day=19