I found this post via jozafeen and totally agree. As I said on Kriss' journal:
I am not against people raising money for stuff like benches and memorials and things like that because clearly people want to commemorate what happened and feel like they are contributing something and doing something worthwhile but I think that in this case public feeling is so furious and revolted about what happened that they could probably pitch a bit higher and do something to help all the thousands of kids/young adults and adults who have to deal with violent crime like this all the time. It isn't as if this is an isolated incident after all and there are communities who could probably do with more help.
Apparently the council in question have said they can't afford a warden or someone to patrol the park where the attack took place so right away there is something that maybe people could be directing donations at or trying to sort out. Maybe paying for a park warden is a bit optimistic but funding CCTV cameras would be useful maybe or just, y'know, something practical that will ensure that this doesn't happen again or that someone else out there is getting some help.
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Date: 2007-09-27 03:31 pm (UTC)I am not against people raising money for stuff like benches and memorials and things like that because clearly people want to commemorate what happened and feel like they are contributing something and doing something worthwhile but I think that in this case public feeling is so furious and revolted about what happened that they could probably pitch a bit higher and do something to help all the thousands of kids/young adults and adults who have to deal with violent crime like this all the time. It isn't as if this is an isolated incident after all and there are communities who could probably do with more help.
Apparently the council in question have said they can't afford a warden or someone to patrol the park where the attack took place so right away there is something that maybe people could be directing donations at or trying to sort out. Maybe paying for a park warden is a bit optimistic but funding CCTV cameras would be useful maybe or just, y'know, something practical that will ensure that this doesn't happen again or that someone else out there is getting some help.