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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: hustlers and tragedy
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 21:32:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  2 21:32:08 1985
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	I read "Auntie Dion's" message about hustlers with interest
because it partially addressed an issue that puzzles and saddens me
(and that I had intended to write about sooner or later anyway).
"She" talks about how easy it is to be taken advantage of, but doesn't
address the worst that can happen. 
	I've noticed in the last year or two an increase in a particular
pattern of crime. The victim is a single man aged 35-55, and he is found
murdered in his apartment, usually nude, usually tied up, and probably
either knifed or brutally beaten to death. The murderer, when found, is
a teenaged trick brought home for the night who overwhelms the older
man and kills and robs him. This is a terrible tragedy and should never
happen to anyone, but it does.
	I'm female and more or less straight, so I am lacking a perspective
on this, yet nonetheless, this type of behavior (bringing home total
strangers, etc) doesn't seem in any way sensible to me. It's a situation
to which I would urge people to give some thought, since it is one in
which the nice people, the trusting and open ones, end up the saddest
victims. I hope some regular readers will contribute discussion on this.


-- 
jcpatilla

Earth is paid a diplomatic visit by giant extragalactic icky things
that understand us all too well and are truly cosmic and can be
killed by a crowd of peasants with torches.