cyantist wrote:
] Rattle wrote:
] ] ] A huge fire engulfed a Rhode Island nightclub during a
] ] ] rock concert's pyrotechnics display, causing at least 10
] ] ] deaths and dozens of injuries, authorities said.
] ] ]
] ] ] Fire Capt. Russell McGillivray said an estimated 10 to 20
] ] ] people died. More were likely trapped inside.
] ] ]
] ] ] Great White is a 1980s heavy metal band whose hits include
]
] ] ] "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and "Rock Me." The concert also
] ] ] featured the Canadian group Fathead.
] ]
] ] Great White. Ok.
] ]
] ] Now, this is one of those stories that at first glance would
]
] ] normally really get to me. I'm in clubs and at shows all
] the
] ] time. That being able to identify with the victims thing
] ] should instantally kick in.. But there is something I just
] ] can't get past..
] ]
] ] Great White.
] ]
] ] I feel really sorry for everyone there.. I hate to hear
] about
] ] people getting hurt and killed. I truly feel sorry for
] these
] ] folks.. Not only because they were at a concert where a
] fire
] ] broke out, but because they were at a Great White concert.
] ]
] ] Picture their poor reletives.. Having to explain that..
] ] Billy died at the Great White concert. That sounds
] horrible!
] ] And if you survived, and wound up horribly burned or
] ] something.. Having to tell folks where/how it happened. So
]
] ] sad..
] ]
] ] On the other side of things, if you heard someone you knew
] ] died at, lets say, and Neil Young concert. It just sounds .
] .
] ] less tragic. Like, it might have been a worthy place to
] meet
] ] your end.. Of course, Neil Young wouldn't have fireworks
] ] blowing up behind him, its not his style really. Metallica
] ] has had problems with this. Michael Jackson too. Again,
] same
] ] thing kicks in.. There may be a connection.. Or natural
] ] selection in play. A signal from powers beyond our
] knowledge.
] ]
] ]
] ] Now there is a good way to judge which shows you go to..
] ] "Would it be ok if I died at this show?" If the answer is
] no,
] ] you skip.. Good filter.
] ]
] ] So sad. Just heard on the news that the death toll is over
] ] 24. [U: 39 now..] [U: !!! +50!]
] ]
] ] ] The fire comes four days after 21 people were killed and
] ] ] more than 50 injured during a stampede in a Chicago
] ] ] nightclub that began when a security guard used pepper
] ] ] spray to break up a fight.
] ]
] ] Just you watch... New fire code and search restrictions
] will
] ] start to be proposed for clubs. They will seem like really
] ] good ideas to the bulk of the population at a glance. But
] if
] ] by nothing other then botched implementations and
] enforcement,
] ] will wind up being a great blow to civil liberties, and
] ] somehow manage to force many places out of business. And by
]
] ] extension, wind up effecting the over all big picture of
] free
] ] speech in America.. People often forget the importance of
] ] venues.
]
] The worst part about this is that Rhode Island is so small,
] that the statistical likelyhood that if you are from there,
] you know someone who was injured or who died.

I'm living in southeastern Connecticut, the next town over from mine borders Rhode Island, about half the people that work here live in Rhode Island, etc. Since yesterday, I have heard so many horrible stories from people who were there, people who got out, one guy that my boyfriend works with was there and got out and so did most of the people they went with, except for one person, who they haven't found. My boyfriend is going to talk to him today, and we'll see if they ever found his friend. It's such a terrible tragedy, and even worse is that it's local and so many people I know have had their lives touched by it.

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