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Billie Holiday sang a song called "Strange Fruit," about lynchings in the south, with black bodies hanging from trees.
Well, there's a black neighborhood in northern Ohio where white bodies fall out of the sky.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 10, 2005 07:16 AM
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Caption from the linked news item: "Why don't they go to their own neighborhood and jump?" Shreve asks.
Because suicide is an extremely narcissistic act. The horror of people down below on finding a dead stranger falling into their backyard, just doesn't enter into it.
Posted by McGehee at June 10, 2005 09:04 AM
"Because suicide is an extremely narcissistic act."
Hey, don't knock it if you haven't tried it.
Posted by K at June 11, 2005 01:06 AM
I don't need to. I've known people who tried, and some who succeeded.
Posted by McGehee at June 11, 2005 07:53 AM
The issue isn't race -- it's a sad statement on the human condition today (or any era, in fact).
Suicide is just the beginning of their woes.
Posted by NoSplatting4me at June 13, 2005 07:37 AM
"Why don't they go to their own neighborhood and jump?" Shreve asks.
Um...because the bridge is in YOURS?
Posted by DaveP. at June 13, 2005 08:14 AM
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