Those of you who have seen the movie And the Band Played On will recognize the term in the title of this article. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term:
In the war against Napoleon, when Admiral Nelson wanted to know how many people were dead, he'd yell to his orderly, "What's the butcher's bill for today?"
I'm going to start posting a monthly Butcher's Bill. Showing the previous months violence against gays (please let me know if I miss any - I'm sure I'll miss many this first time around).
February Butcher's Bill:
Feb 9th - New York
Sanesha Stewart stabbed to death, in her home by Steve McMillian who had been seeing her
Feb 12th - California
15-year-old Lawrence King was shot in the head by another student
Feb 21st - Mexico
48-year-old Alejandro Fuentes Mejia was reportedly tortured, beaten with rocks, and suffocated
Note: I've had a couple of lovers die due to HIV/AIDS related causes. So I'll be the first to say knowingly infecting others is murder! But that doesn't mean it's okay to murder the murderer. I just don't understand how it makes us better when we lower ourselves to the same level as the offender.
Feb 22nd - Florida
17-year-old Simmie Williams was transgendered and was known in the area by the first name of "Chris" or "Beyonce." Williams was wearing a dress and was shot about 12:45 a.m.
Feb 23rd - Florida
Less then 24 hours after Simmie Williams was shot to death, Melbourne Brunner was beaten outside The Floridian 24-hour diner by a man who shouted anti-gay slurs at him and his partner.
In the war against Napoleon, when Admiral Nelson wanted to know how many people were dead, he'd yell to his orderly, "What's the butcher's bill for today?"
I'm going to start posting a monthly Butcher's Bill. Showing the previous months violence against gays (please let me know if I miss any - I'm sure I'll miss many this first time around).
February Butcher's Bill:
Feb 9th - New York
Sanesha Stewart stabbed to death, in her home by Steve McMillian who had been seeing her
Feb 12th - California
15-year-old Lawrence King was shot in the head by another student
Feb 21st - Mexico
48-year-old Alejandro Fuentes Mejia was reportedly tortured, beaten with rocks, and suffocated
Note: I've had a couple of lovers die due to HIV/AIDS related causes. So I'll be the first to say knowingly infecting others is murder! But that doesn't mean it's okay to murder the murderer. I just don't understand how it makes us better when we lower ourselves to the same level as the offender.
Feb 22nd - Florida
17-year-old Simmie Williams was transgendered and was known in the area by the first name of "Chris" or "Beyonce." Williams was wearing a dress and was shot about 12:45 a.m.
Feb 23rd - Florida
Less then 24 hours after Simmie Williams was shot to death, Melbourne Brunner was beaten outside The Floridian 24-hour diner by a man who shouted anti-gay slurs at him and his partner.
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Tom, I ENTHUSIASTICALLY support this effort. I'm sickened by the fact that I had to DIG to find this information out; that none of my news media had any of it immediately available. If we keep burying our heads in the sand and pretending there's nothing wrong, it's going to continue to be acceptable for these things to happen.
I put up my display at TCC this morning - I'll send you a picture. I'm going to include this post; I'm printing it out and will put it in the case tomorrow morning.
Love,
Chili
I have seen And the Band... but I didn't remember the term until you explained. At least Napolean was honest, it's a good way to refer to it.
Thanks for your ENTHUSIASTIC support.
I'm looking forward to seeing the picture.
thanks much
-tom
Thanks for your comments Kizz.
Glad you saw the movie and glad I put in the reminder.
-tom
Did I sound a little like Demi Moore in A Few Good Men up there? "I STRENUOUSLY object..."
Not at all!
hehe
thanks for the chuckle
My sister, Mrs. Chili sent me over here. I'm adding you to my blog roll. Thanks for doing this.
Auntie
Hi Auntie..
Thanks for the kind words. If you're a friend of Mrs. Chili you're a friend of mine.
Thank you very much for the support.
Hi, here from mrschili. Did you see the report about Rep. Sally Kern of Oklahoma? Talk about invitations to bashing.
See my post Friday Follies for a link.
Hi TwoBlueDay,
Yes there has been a lot of talk about Sally Kern. Also a bit about her son Jesse.
I'll have to check out your article.
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