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To: abb

It is certainly to the advantage of the business community and city fathers in New Orleans to expose this attack as the political attack that it appears to be.

There are just 2 alternatives, this is a political attack or it’s just a typical street crime event in NOLA.

The second is a lot more devastating to the French quarter community that relies on tourism and encourages people from all over to drink and become vulnerable in the area.


26 posted on 04/17/2010 4:50:49 AM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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To: I_Like_Spam
It is certainly to the advantage of the business community and city fathers in New Orleans to expose this attack as the political attack that it appears to be. There are just 2 alternatives, this is a political attack or it’s just a typical street crime event in NOLA. The second is a lot more devastating to the French quarter community that relies on tourism and encourages people from all over to drink and become vulnerable in the area.

I think New Orleans long ago gave up trying to keep the French Quarter safe. So they instead decided to market the danger as a sort of "adventure" for tourists and claim that it adds "flavor" to the experience.

To satisfy the blood lust in all of us, I suppose...

29 posted on 04/17/2010 4:57:14 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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There are just 2 alternatives, this is a political attack or it’s just a typical street crime event in NOLA.

The second is a lot more devastating to the French quarter community that relies on tourism and encourages people from all over to drink and become vulnerable in the area.


This is an excellent point that should be driven home to the powers that be in NOLA.

Any ideas on how to make that happen?
33 posted on 04/17/2010 5:06:59 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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"The second is a lot more devastating to the French quarter community that relies on tourism and encourages people from all over to drink and become vulnerable in the area."

In fact, a boycott of New Orleans by conservatives until there is an actual investigation and arrest might be the best way to go. Why would a conservative want to go to a place where they look the other way when someone maims a conservative woman?

77 posted on 04/17/2010 7:25:33 AM PDT by MizSterious ("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -JFK)
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