This past weekend, a friend of mine in Cape Breton was coming home from a dance with his boyfriend. On their way home, they were verbally and physically assaulted by three young men simply because they are gay. My friend was left with a black eye, many bruises and severe emotional scarring. He is fortunate enough to have not had any broken bones (which he has to go see a doctor for).
This is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. This is the second hate crime I’ve heard of in the last two weeks (the first being the cross-burning in Windsor). What the fuck is wrong with people? My friend just started seeing this man, and he’s happier than I’ve ever seen him in a long time. He’s a good guy. A really, really nice guy. And these three people decided to assault them based on something so minimal about them—their sexuality.
I am absolutely disgusted that this happened. How the fuck anyone could do something like that is disgusting to me to two regular, decent human beings. —Disgusted Bitcher
This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2010.
How horrible for your friends! There is no place for homophobic violence in our society! I hope they get the perpetrators and beat them up a little for being asses!
WTF? This shit is *still* happening?
This is awful.
all i can and will say to that is,”WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU GAY BASHING FUCKING MORONS”. there,. that feels better, some of my friends are gay, both male and female, and this just fucking pisses me off.
I’m pissed this still happens. If I see gays being picked on I will cause a fucking scene! Bash back!
I’m so sorry that something this shitty happened to your friend and his guy. I hope the bastards who did that are caught and strung up by their probably all-too-small nutsacks.
Yeah, unfortunately there are wayyyy too many people in the world who still can’t get over the idea that there is nothing wrong with loving whoever we may love. They will get theirs. Karma.
The problem with the gay bashing assfucks is that they have some sort of self-entitlement complex whereby they feel justified in deciding what people should and shouldn’t do with their lives, including what goes on in everyone’s own homes/bedrooms. Animals/family member/children aside, what goes on between two consenting adults is no one’s business but those two individuals.
It’s basically the same with any other hate-crime: it all comes down to self-entitled fuckfaces who can’t mind their own fucking business. And that’s what chaps my ass about all the haters out there. Who the FUCK do they think they are? Ugh. The events outlined in this bitch makes me so angry.
hopefully these dicks got caught
It comes down to punk-ass rednecks who aren’t smart enough to realize that some things are wrong and some things aren’t. Especially in Cape Breton. It can’t even be classified as a hate crime cause these guys are just too fucking stupid or hopped up on something to even know better. I only wish I get to be there one of these times with a couple of my friends when one or two of these fucktards decides that supremacy is in their hands.
Sure, they were targeted because they were homosexuals, but more for the fact that these nimrods felt it was an easy beating. They are the types that talk trash but can’t back anything up. Sure, they may try every now and then but end up getting fist-fucked every time. It’s these people that cause me to feel bad for our world. But, as you said Miss Tess, (and I firmly believe this) karma will come back around and fuck them like no fellow inmate ever could.
while this incident was about their orientation…
this shit happens all the time and for less reason.
walking out at night, be smart and have some decency to protect yourself.
if you’re twig thin and don’t know any self-defence, for jebus sake get some pepper spray or something… take a few classes to ensure you will be alright.
then you’ll be ready to jitz the next idiot that want’s to rough you up.
I’m pretty sure if you break an arm, the others will run with their tails between their legs.
I don’t think the argument “well they should have been ready to protect themselves” is a valid argument… I mean, the point of the matter is that they were attacked for no reason than the fact that they’re gay. It’s not like it happens to him on a daily basis, and I’m sure a lot of people aren’t carrying concealed weapons out there. I, for one, don’t particularly live with the assumption that I’m going to get my ass beat whenever I walk out the door. Does that mean that when and if it does happen that I shouldn’t blame those people for attacking me, just because I had no way to defend myself? No. Doesn’t matter who it is and in what context, in my opinion.
does it mean you should blame them? no.
does it mean you’re getting your ass kicked in so hard you can taste what you had for breakfast? yes.
it doesn’t matter in the broad scope WHY they were chosen to be beaten…. even if it was a pathetic reason at that… they were walking at night. bad things frequently happen at night.
I’ve seen people being aggressive just because they can. no reason needed… just because.
if you want to walk at night, perhaps you should be prepared. take a cab if you can’t handle yourself… plan ahead.
I’m not condoning it… just saying shit happens.
z… it might be a different story were they in Halifax somewhere at night…. but this was Cape Breton. They were coming home from a dance… not sure where but I am assuming they were walking somewhere not normally known for this kind of attack (it’s not normally known to happen in CB as it is……) I have walked around countless areas of the CBRM late at night and never once worried about whether or not I’d be jumped/attacked/mugged… whatever. These guys were “easy targets” for these stupid motherfuckers that decided a beating was a good idea. It’s pretty bad when shit like this is now going down in CB.
Shit I was jumped by three guys late at night coming from a bar. I had walked it before just this time I meet three fuckers with nothing better to do. It must have been because I’m straight. Victim me.
I suppose. I’ve spent very little time in CB.
just a few nights for a couple weddings.
still, doesn’t hurt to be prepared anyways.
Awful. I really don’t understand people. Fuck.
Did this take place in Cape Breton of Halifax? I can easily see such things being relatively common in CB, and the once in a while bashing in Halifax. Either way, did he contact the police? Did he file a report? If not, we should not be dishing out any pity.
This behaviour shouldn’t be condoned or even common anywhere. Saying you can expect it from say Cape Breton is BS. I’m from there & I know no one in my family feels that way. There are people in my immediate family that are in mixed marriages as well as gay people in my family.
They’re no different than anyone else & should be treated in the same way anyone else gets treated.
IMO its way past time for the courts of this Country to treat crimes of this sort, even harsher than they treat a assault with violence. Tack on say an additional charge of hateful assault on top of the violent assault charge & that doubles the punishment (& make sure it can’t be a concurrent sentence)
Cape Breton? Can’t say I’m surprised, as disheartening as it is to hear about! Sorry about your friend
Sebastian_, of course the police were contacted. They’re looking into the attack now, and names have been circulating based on who was responsible for the attack.
I understand shit happens. I’ve seen things like this just happen a lot. But, even so, the point of this bitch was to make people aware of this terrible incident (I’m aware that people are knowledgeable of hate crimes and various other attacks, so don’t worry, I’m not singling this out as the most important event that ever took place).
As for the post by Balls, I understand your sarcasm. I assure you that this isn’t a half-assed attempt to make people feel bad for gay people. The attackers shouted derogatory, hateful comments about their sexuality and they were then assaulted. I’m not just randomly connecting the dots that they’re gay and got beaten up and then trying to victimize them for everyone’s pity. It was an attack based purely on their sexuality; of course, I cannot argue whether or not they would have been attacked were they straight. All I can do is offer what did happen, and no other situations.
I thank all of you who are indeed sympathetic to this incident. My friend would be happy — he’s a bit shaken up at the moment… I want him to know that there are people who care.
no mr. my wife has carrots in her bum
i think jdp21 stated what happened
there only baby carrots
hopefully cb sinks into the ocean
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/11…
there ya go.
took a few days but there’s a statement on it.