Monday, September 20, 2004
The byline says it all:
Males Threw Water on Women; Chancellor Calls Special Meeting.
Oh, look, a bunch of drunken guys did something stupid. Time for RADICAL CHANGE!!!
The males sprayed the victims with water and threw water bottles at them before driving off, police said.
What spraying device was used? Do they have a water pump just sitting in their car?
The passenger in the front seat covered his head with a cloth, mocking the traditional hijabs worn by some Muslim women, police said.
Or was just too drunk to even notice there was a cloth on his head. How do they determine these things from a drive-by watering?
“At that time they were yelling but we couldn’t hear what they were saying because we were screaming so loudly,” said sophomore Rosha Jones, another victim.
Aren't you a little embarrassed? It's water. They're words. Oh, the horror. Scream!
Jones said the only thing she could hear was the men yelling “East Oakland nigger” out the window.
Is that even a Muslim slur?
“I wasn’t sure if it was a hate crime or a crime against women or it happened because we were Muslim women,” Rifahie said. “It just seemed like, why would they pick us?”
Yes, it is a crime against women. You are women. It was a crime against you. They picked on you because you were an easy target. Stargazing? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
“Acts of hate in whatever form they occur and to whomever they are directed cannot be tolerated on this campus,” Berdahl said in a statement. “As a caring and supportive community we must, at all times, stand together against deplorable acts of hate and intolerance.”
"Non-deplorable acts of hate and intolerance, or deplorable acts of other kinds, do not need to be stood against," he added.
“It’s horrifying to know that this continues to happen at UC Berkeley,” said Camille Pannu, a student on the task force. “This isn’t the first time it’s happened. It’s unfortunate that it’s not usually as high-profile.”
Hmm... presumably this quote was aquired before there was a story out about this. How was it high-profile?
Everyone put your pants back on, there're scarier things than this out there. And remember kids, even if you do scream like a little girl, you don't have to admit it to the newspaper.
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