December 10, 2007
FLYING OFF SOON (2) ~
This shall be my LAST post before flying off tonight (as in tomorrow morning).
Just wanted to complete an entry I wanted to write months ago. but promptly forgot, sorry.
During August this year, Sophie Lancaster & her 3-years boyfriend Robert Maltby were attacked in Stubbeylee Park. Her boyfriend managed to survive the attack, but unfortunately, due to severe facial & head injuries, Sophie died,
Just 3 months short of her 21st Birthday.
But what is the reason behind why they were so brutally attacked?
Because they were different,
because they were members of the gothic subculture,
because they wore different clothes.
But is this ever a reason enough to leave Robert Maltby in a coma and bleeding in the brain?
And Sophie Lancaster dead?
Her family had to switch off their own daughter's life support, because she could never recover.
Dislike towards something different is common, but it should not be a cause to hurt someone.
Following this incident,
Sophie's family have set up a campaign to discourage discrimination against people of different subcultures.
They have also set up a memorial fund for Sophie to provide an appropriate memorial, a lasting legacy to raise awareness of the injustice perpetrated against Sophie Lancaster and to work towards a more tolerant, less violent society.
Thus, to those who have somehow managed to come across this article,
please visit Sophie's memorial page http://www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie
and also spread the word on ur page.
You can also help by pasting this banner on your site.
Please, help stop violence against people who are different,
who are just trying to express their creativity & lead their own life.
Anyway, just to talk about happier stuff before I fly off,
I shall dedicate some space on my blog to my sis,
who, for your information,
is an asshole.
But I like that picture I took of her anw, so...
Presenting to you,
my sister!!!
The FIRST picture I post of my sis!
And this is officially the end of this post.
Because I have nothing else to talk about anw.
Holly Daquel ♥
6:27 PM
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