Celebrating 9/11 anniversary by getting the hell out
I read the other day a story over the wire about how different kinds of patriotic American’s are spending the 9/11 anniversary. Being a loyal citizen, on 9/11 I decided to go to Canada. Toronto is a pretty nice place. Of course, being on a business trip, I’m locked into the work agenda. It’s too bad because the Toronto Film Festival is going on as I write this. I remember watching the movie “Bowling for Columbine” where Michael Moore goes to Canada and talks to all kinds of people. Some people there can’t remember when the last time somebody was murdered. I thought, wow pretty quiet place.
Turns out the night before my arrival, three people were killed in a nearby hotel, one was dead in the hallway next to the elevator, two were found in the room. According to the news report, one victime was “found dead on the wall.” I can’t really picture that one. The report didn’t give me the chills like I’d expected, but one of the detectives or a public official of some kind said for the camera “up there it’s a mess, an absolute mess.” I laughed at that for some reason. At least he didn’t say it was complete carnage. I blame American film actors or my own presence in this country for raising the murder rate. We have that effect on people.
September 12, 2006 at 5:38 pm | general | No comment
