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FacebookThe PayPal thing turned out about how I expected…which wasn’t good for me. The automated response I received did nothing to help my concerns and had little to do with the problem. I was “assured” that PayPal was safe and secure (because if you can’t trust the emailed words of a stranger, who can you trust). There was no mention to why my bank account was removed; no reason given to why my purchases are being denied. We’ll see how they respond to my next letter. If this fails, I guarantee the third email will contain far more profanity (and perhaps a few comments about the sexual liberation of their mothers).
This is gold. A few months ago there was an officer-involved shooting in Anaheim–I remember the story when it happened. The police were called out to a neighborhood in the middle of the night because someone reported a robbery. Meanwhile, 20-year old Julian Alexander was sleeping in his house when he thought he heard someone outside. He went outside to confront the prowler; the police were looking for a suspect. It was dark and…well, the wrong place at the wrong time. I feel bad for the family; I feel bad for the cop who shot him. It’s just a sad story all the way around.
Of course the family is suing–but that’s not what makes this story gold. In addition to their lawsuit against the city of Anaheim, Alexander’s family is requesting that a statue of him be placed in–drum roll please–DISNEYLAND! More specifically, Main Street–to honor “a man who didn’t deserve to die.”
Disney had absolutely nothing to do with Alexander’s murder. Being an Anaheim resident, he might’ve gone to Disneyland a couple times–but that’s purely speculation on my part. Nevertheless, the mourning family believes the only just honor for Alexander is a statue in one of the most prominent, visible places in the world (that and an undisclosed amount of money).
That’s right: let’s replace the statute of Walt Disney–one of the most beloved public individuals of the 20th century–with a memorial of a 20-year old nobody who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I’m not trying to downplay Alexander’s death but people die all the time–many are innocent and tragic. Nobody has suggested replacing the Statue of Liberty with a tribute for Dead Don Doe (I’d place a real name here but I can’t think of anyone anonymous who died–which I guess sorta proves my point).
This infuriates me. I understand the family is grieving, but where do they have the audacity to make such a request (while we’re in the business of making undeserving requests, I’d like for Kevin Costner to pay off my student loans because I saw “Waterworld” on TV a few years ago)? Alexander has no ties to Disneyland. Maybe I could see where they were coming from if he had worked there for 40 years (still wouldn’t justify the request–but at least there’d be a connection). Demanding a Disney statue is that type of entitlement that just pisses me off–it’s people thinking they deserve more than what they got. I’m not saying the family is wrong to sue the police…but I think lobby for a statue at Disneyland is going way too far.