Not one of the 200 people at the house party, where gunfire erupted and a lot of people were shot or woun on Danzig street were innocent. Not one. At that house party where gunfire erupted and a lot of people were shot, there were no innocent bystanders. Every single one of those people is complicit. Not one of them was innocent.
Now, I am not saying that they were guilty of crimes under the criminal code of Canada. I'm not saying that.
I am saying they are all complicit in a culture of violence. They tolerated in their midst people who carry guns. They participated in a culture that glorified it. They allowed the violent, gang criminal element into their life, into their homes, accepted them as friends. They played the music. They dressed the part. They got shot at.
No gun toting hoodlum would be welcome at any house party I had. If someone like that showed up, he would be asked to leave. If he did not leave, the police would be called to escort him out of there. I simply would not tolerate that sort of person in my presence. But the people on Danzig did.
None of them are innocent. They're all part of a culture that glorifies and tolerates violence, and some of them paid a steep price for it.
Now, I am not saying that they were guilty of crimes under the criminal code of Canada. I'm not saying that.
I am saying they are all complicit in a culture of violence. They tolerated in their midst people who carry guns. They participated in a culture that glorified it. They allowed the violent, gang criminal element into their life, into their homes, accepted them as friends. They played the music. They dressed the part. They got shot at.
No gun toting hoodlum would be welcome at any house party I had. If someone like that showed up, he would be asked to leave. If he did not leave, the police would be called to escort him out of there. I simply would not tolerate that sort of person in my presence. But the people on Danzig did.
None of them are innocent. They're all part of a culture that glorifies and tolerates violence, and some of them paid a steep price for it.