tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post3253028074559795357..comments2023-10-25T05:32:38.533-04:00Comments on And Now, Anacostia: My Christmas Party Hold-UpDavid Garberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514522127258982490noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-65408870664424962222011-02-16T10:17:26.920-05:002011-02-16T10:17:26.920-05:00"Also COMMENT MODERATION is another word for ..."Also COMMENT MODERATION is another word for censorship"<br /><br />That's hilarious! I suppose cleaning up graffiti on your fence is also censorship?<br /><br />Free speech doesn't mean you have to let anyone vent AT YOUR GIG or ON YOUR PROPERTY. Go get your own blog, it's free!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-30434417186895466322011-02-16T10:11:46.156-05:002011-02-16T10:11:46.156-05:00What did you White liberals expect when you live i...What did you White liberals expect when you live in the hood? Also COMMENT MODERATION is another word for censorship. What ever happened to free speech. What a JOKE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-77173551084625678972010-03-17T10:42:33.333-04:002010-03-17T10:42:33.333-04:00MAN YOU MUST NEVER GO OUTSIDE? THAT SHIT HAPPENS E...MAN YOU MUST NEVER GO OUTSIDE? THAT SHIT HAPPENS EVERYDAY IN ANACOSTIA. ASWELL AS MURDERS. I KNOW I LIVED THERE. BUT REALLY HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-58630372318055597672010-01-04T18:31:10.719-05:002010-01-04T18:31:10.719-05:00How awful! Glad you're ok though.How awful! Glad you're ok though.Brandon Greenhttp://brandongreen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-27676901219355458722010-01-03T04:41:37.940-05:002010-01-03T04:41:37.940-05:00What a heart-pounding christmas party. But it wi...What a heart-pounding christmas party. But it will go as time is running.Dickhttp://www.ryouzan-pnet.jp/skg/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-53534525661093363812009-12-31T18:21:02.139-05:002009-12-31T18:21:02.139-05:00I'm glad everyone is alright and David is stil...I'm glad everyone is alright and David is still alive to share his story. Very sad to hear though...<br /><br />These types of incidents just promote the negativism surrounding Anacostia, which is full of good, decent people. Good People tormented and characterized by a small minority of lost souls. <br /><br />Every car I've ever owned has been broken into in NW. Neighbors' homes have been robbed and visitors mugged. Everything that happens in SE also happens in NW.<br /><br />I have many friends who have bought and moved to Anacostia recently. I just bought a house there and will be moving from NW in a few weeks. <br />I believe in the changes that are happening in Anacostia. I can believe in the change because we are the change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-80130121700114883192009-12-30T00:33:49.109-05:002009-12-30T00:33:49.109-05:00David, we live in SW in the Hood and have our own ...David, we live in SW in the Hood and have our own issues, though SE seems closer to a war zone.<br /><br />sounds like time to "lock" the party inside at least and from now on we will have perimeter security team, on duty for our block parties.<br /><br />this coming year folks are going to get even more desperate, time to be even more careful anywhere in america, folks are hurting and likely to be aggressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-31698807721621465212009-12-26T08:52:55.393-05:002009-12-26T08:52:55.393-05:00I shed a tear when I read the part about losing yo...I shed a tear when I read the part about losing your Pimm's. I am so sorry this happened.Mme.Meowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06417770803826764928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-19545311907820306012009-12-23T14:52:29.305-05:002009-12-23T14:52:29.305-05:00This is why you have a gun in your home, I would h...This is why you have a gun in your home, I would have popped the guys square in their foreheads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-23757705583266929402009-12-23T12:44:11.364-05:002009-12-23T12:44:11.364-05:00These comments are so crazy! David, it was too muc...These comments are so crazy! David, it was too much snow for me to come to your party but if you have it next year I will be in attendance!DC Debutantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399222376407779882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-28556282738159589182009-12-23T12:35:54.878-05:002009-12-23T12:35:54.878-05:00I am really sorry to hear this awful news. Very g...I am really sorry to hear this awful news. Very glad no one was hurt. Happy Holidays and thank you for sharing!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12257685109159784423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-89712559558424886612009-12-23T12:34:24.234-05:002009-12-23T12:34:24.234-05:00I know I should not even bother but
DCGuy: I thin...I know I should not even bother but<br /><br />DCGuy: I think he did the exact right thing in this situation (well, maybe not the talking back).<br /><br />DCGuy: I also think dave did the right thing in this situation. I was just suggesting that give this incident, he may want to look into his self defense options.<br /><br />Again, I don't think a gun would have helped in this situation.<br /><br />And the point of the original post was that DC makes it very hard and expensive to own a firearm in your home. Personally, I think the gun laws are classist and borderline racist. The council has basically reserved the right to own a firearm for those with Ward 3 incomes.DCGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-61278911466752770812009-12-23T11:34:22.863-05:002009-12-23T11:34:22.863-05:00Jamie: "Unless you are in the habit of keepin...Jamie: "Unless you are in the habit of keeping your gun in your holster all the time..."<br /><br />DCGuy: "What I am saying is that knowing that I live in a place susceptible to home invasions, it might be something to consider."<br /><br />Jamie: "Instead of carrying a gun on your belt around the house with you, if you're that afraid for your life, why not just lock the doors?"<br /><br />If in fact that's not what you were talking about in every successive response then you have a serious reading comprehension problem.<br /><br />If you're just talking about having a gun in your house, at no point in the history of the District of Columbia has this been illegal.<br /><br />The whole point here was that <b>in this situation as described</b> there would have been absolutely no benefit to having a gun, unless he had it on his person at the time. And even that would have likely made things a lot worse.<br /><br />You started this whole thing by saying "How about a blog post on DCs Council's moves to restrict your right to have a gun in your home for self defense?"<br /><br />Yet, so far, you haven't been able to demonstrate how that would have been of any value at all in what happened here.<br /><br />If you aren't talking about this situation, then what's the point of bringing up a discussion about gun control in a situation where a gun would have been useless or negative in this situation?Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-89677257785590404282009-12-23T11:25:50.468-05:002009-12-23T11:25:50.468-05:00@ Jamie,
You are a tool. Where did I say you sho...@ Jamie, <br /><br />You are a tool. Where did I say you should carry a gun around all the time on your belt in case someone breaks in. Twice I sad that I thought the OPer acted correctly in this situation. Having a gun would not have helped. I just suggested that since he has had this happen, he may want to consider his home defense options. <br /><br />Look, you obviously don't think you can trust yourself to own a firearm and I respect that-but stop projecting.DCGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-25088060135459918942009-12-23T08:52:23.307-05:002009-12-23T08:52:23.307-05:00Oh wait DCGuy, here's one that fits your profi...Oh wait DCGuy, here's one that fits your profile!!<br /><br />"Woman Who Carried Open Gun To Kid's Soccer Game Shot And Killed in Murder/Suicide"<br /><br />http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/gun-carrying-mother-shot-and-killedJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-12333225458162540462009-12-23T08:41:17.528-05:002009-12-23T08:41:17.528-05:001. Door locked.
2. She obviously had time to call ...1. Door locked.<br />2. She obviously had time to call 911 and get her gun, a shotgun, as the story says.<br /><br />In case you forgot already, you were trying to explain why it's necessary to carry a handgun on your belt in your own home with the doors locked. This meets none of the criteria of that situation.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-8279262565159450682009-12-23T08:37:22.810-05:002009-12-23T08:37:22.810-05:00http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/09/earlysho...http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/09/earlyshow/main5949873.shtml<br /><br />Sure. Here you go.DCGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-64024602621282594032009-12-23T08:13:16.771-05:002009-12-23T08:13:16.771-05:00@DCGuy, I looked at that fabulous web site of docu...@DCGuy, I looked at that fabulous web site of documented stories, yet none of the ones I read really fit the scenario I described:<br /><br />In your home<br />Doors locked<br />Not asleep<br /><br />Here are the first several:<br /><br />"The victim.. was talking with his wife in the garage at about 8:25 p.m." == Not in home with doors locked<br /><br />"broke into his mother and his uncle?s home between 2:30 a.m. and 2:45 a.m. by breaking a lock and window in the back door" == asleep, doors locked<br /><br />"Woman Kills Husband in Apparent Self-Defense" == Ummm...<br /><br />"A Glen Burnie family tackled an armed man who broke into their apartment, grabbed his handgun" == not their gun, asleep (midnight)<br /><br />"Police received a call reporting a shooting at the 3800 block of Hayward Ave. about 1:10 a.m." == asleep<br /><br />"Police say Michael Evans and Corey Adams of Petersburg, Virginia came into the house and demanded money" == presumably doors not locked (does not say broke in or anything really)<br /><br /><br /><br />DCGuy --- After reading the first ten stories, none of which involved someone saving the day because they were carrying their gun on their person while at home, I'm getting pretty bored, if you would like to point one out I'm glad to read.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-38075774727819372642009-12-22T17:49:57.804-05:002009-12-22T17:49:57.804-05:00So now this is David's fault? For what now? So...So now this is David's fault? For what now? So far I've heard it was David's fault for:<br /><br />1) Living in Anacostia<br />2) Not carrying a gun on his hip while in his own home.<br />3) For asking the robbers not to rob<br />4) For not locking his door<br />5) For having white friends over<br />6) For not having any "black gay friends" over to shield him from the "angry black men who live and die for respect) <br /><br />Jesus. I swear - I see now why I started a blog - there is never a limit in blog topics. How about a simple "I am sorry this happened to you and I am glad you are okay".<br /><br />Signed<br />The Advoc8te<br />Black-Ward-8-Resident-who-was-invited-to-the-party-but-didn't-go-because-there-was-too-much-snow-but-would-definetly-go-if-invited-next-year.The Advoc8tehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300881061739991957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-26374191427063786852009-12-22T16:31:33.942-05:002009-12-22T16:31:33.942-05:00@ Jamie,
Many, many times does that scenario pla...@ Jamie, <br /><br />Many, many times does that scenario play out-but they are rarely reported in the press unless someone dies. Here are some links to Maryland stories alone. Acording to the FBI, guns are used in self defense 80,000 times a year.<br /><br />http://www.thearmedcitizen.com/category/md/<br /><br />No, I don't fear for my life. I have a shotgun for sport, but have it handy for self defense of last resort as well--just like I have a fire extinquisher. That does not make me a "gun nut". <br /><br />I also think dave did the right thing in this situation. I was just suggesting that give this incident, he may want to look into his self defense options.DCGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-83795351255325567132009-12-22T16:17:30.293-05:002009-12-22T16:17:30.293-05:00To build on the discussion between CoitScholar and...To build on the discussion between CoitScholar and Jamie, I do believe there's merit in knowing your neighbors and befriending a few of them. It is a safety issue - I know my building fairly well, and I think if something happened to me my neighbors would take notice.<br /><br />However, I'm not going to invite the crazy hoarder lady next door for tea on the off chance I get robbed one day. My actual friends are strange enough.<br /><br />What this tells me, as a frequent hostess, is I need to get back in the habit of locking my door - it's so much easier to let people drift in and out, but it's obviously a big safety issue.<br /><br />Finally, is anyone else picturing a strike force of gay black Anacostians restoring justice to the streets?Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089796721473561446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-32954149717321270472009-12-22T14:31:46.379-05:002009-12-22T14:31:46.379-05:00LOL @ reaching out to Gay Black Neighbors! that wa...LOL @ reaching out to Gay Black Neighbors! that was so random.DC Debutantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399222376407779882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-20288143680789540472009-12-22T13:48:39.543-05:002009-12-22T13:48:39.543-05:00@CoitScholar, I will not speak for the author but ...@CoitScholar, I will not speak for the author but from my own point of view... why is this relevant?<br /><br />I know many of my neighbors and we talk on the street. Very few of them have ever been in my house, black white or otherwise.<br /><br />I don't think it's required that you become good friends with your neighbors. Most people already have a lot of friends when they move somewhere, and building new friendships takes a lot of time and effort. My life is pretty well established, and I'm not going to invest copious amounts of free time trying to become best buddies with my neighbors.<br /><br />While new may friendships form organically with some neighbors, the vast majority of the social gatherings that I have are not the sort where I really want to play host to a group of my close friends, the people who I really want to spend my leisure time with, as well as some acquaintances who I invited just because they live on my street.<br /><br />It won't go so far as to say the notion is offensive, but the implication seems to be that this might not have happened if the author had made more of an effort to befriend gay black people in his neighborhood. That's just weird to me. I think people should make an effort to get to know their neighbors, but having them on your regular party invite list is a whole different ballgame that most people are not really up for.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-24965619886712193932009-12-22T13:16:46.854-05:002009-12-22T13:16:46.854-05:00First, the robbery of your home and guests was a h...First, the robbery of your home and guests was a horrible and inexcusable violation. However, I am curious to know if this was a party of white people at your house in the hood or whether your neighbors were invited and in attendance? The gentrification of Anacostia is well underway and works best when both indigenous and newcomers make an effort to mingle socially--not just for shoveling snow off the cars or an impromptu gathering on the street. There are quite a few Black gay people living very close to you. You should get to know them better and build your network of genuine friends.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027633247353940892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064659105461495134.post-20824400369699464512009-12-22T12:15:41.038-05:002009-12-22T12:15:41.038-05:00DG, hate to hear about this unfortunate incident b...DG, hate to hear about this unfortunate incident but glad that it's not a tragic one. You really are "cool hand Luke." I'll leave the social and political commentary for another day. Peace & blessings to your family and you!Deanwoodenizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350556077978431773noreply@blogger.com