The ridiculous violence in N.O.

inetnawlins said
To you it is sensationalized news stories and hyperbole. I knew the Dr. that was murdered on Dauphine. I have connections to other crimes that are just stories to you. Changes your perspective if a rolling firefight breaks out in an intersection on Carrollton 5 to 10 minutes after you drove through with your four year old. Or if a man is shot to death outside Mondo when you were just there with your elderly parents and other family members. You are in denial. The problem isn't sensationalized news stories. If anything the media miss most of the crime happening around town.
You don't have to believe me. That's fine. But I can tell things have changed for the worst.
And as to your last statement, I hope it never affects your friend or father. But it very well could.

Interesting that you go so far as to claim the 13 year old just made a mistake in killing the man on his front porch. You don't know that. Being an apologist for murderers will not help our situation here.

great post.. i think that a lot of people *are* in denial, and i think that to them this is all theoretical, but those people have simply been lucky.. all it takes is one 'wrong place/wrong time' moment and they will be victims themselves and changing their tune.. and the point is that those 'wrong place/wrong time' moments are becoming increasingly frequent all over New Orleans, and harder to avoid no matter where you live or play.. i have defended NOLA for a long time, but She's becoming harder and harder to defend.. i grew up in and around NOLA, and lived there until i was in my late 20s, but it took living in other places to realize that it's *not* normal to have to take the precautions and live with the fears that you have in NOLA.. there are some fantastic trade-offs to living in NOLA and dealing wth those issues, but it's still a major turn-off for many people.. yes, it's all anecdotal and i don't have a link, but i do know people who have been touched by this and they aren't just statistics.