Slog - Comments on Letter of the Week http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week Readers undoubtedly recall the saga first reported by Last Days Hot Tipper Oscar, in which a prophesy-spouting freak brutally attacked a blind woman on a Metro bus, instigating a rescue effort by Oscar and his fellow riders and resulting in criminal charges against the attacker. This week brought a lovely new chapter to the ongoing saga, via a typewritten, snail-mailed letter from one Jeanne Towne: Dear Stranger, I was the blind woman assaulted aboard a Metro bus on Sunday morning, May 18. I want to add my thanks to the people who intervened on my behalf and looked after me... Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:35:23 -0800 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:27:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Banna Ms. Towne obviously has something about her that draws people to her. Did she send a picture?

]]> Banna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064519 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064519 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:47:06 -0800 Comment by Non "minding my own business and noticing how happy folks sounded on their way to do whatever"


So beautiful in a way

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064559 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064559 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:03:48 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Holy crap, it's Jeanne Towne? The blind woman who sings in the market -- she's been there for thirty years, I'll bet. She's a Seattle institution.

Now I REALLY want to kick this guy in the balls really hard. Fuck.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064560 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064560 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:04:26 -0800 Comment by elenchos ...AND the Sheriff's department stepped up apologized? Instead of grumbling about how hard their job is? It's all so... classy. And strange. Very strange and unfamiliar, but definitely classy

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064580 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:18:08 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop Exactly what Fnarf said @3. Good lord, that woman is a fixture in the Market.

It breaks my heart to think of someone deliberately tormenting her. What kind of fucking creep stalks a blind woman?

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064598 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:28:44 -0800 Comment by PdxRitchie @Kerri

The same kind of creep that stalks anyone, just way more cowardly.

]]> PdxRitchie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064738 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:35:11 -0800 Comment by Vince I'm counting my blessings.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064760 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:46:10 -0800 Comment by Andy Google points me to a 1992 letter to the editor from Ms. Towne regarding jerks who try to run her over (my words, not hers). There's also a 1990 article (and followup) about her house burning down.

I had no idea the papers had free archives going back that far; it's nice to see they're not trying to charge for access to old articles.

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064807 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:07:44 -0800 Comment by Justin I'd take a couple hits to the face for an annual Metro pass...

]]> Justin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064830 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064830 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:20:04 -0800 Comment by CP The stalking is breathtakingly ghastly and shitty. Some crimes, I think half the punishment should be having somebody covertly videotaping you doing it, then having that tape shown to your mother.

(Then comes the kick in the balls. Then off to prison, for death by wambi.)

Hey, no language wieners have posted yet, complaining that she has no way of knowing if the security cam footage was "excellent"? It would be dickish to point that out.

Woops.

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1064986 City Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:37:08 -0800 Comment by raisedbywolves GodDAMN, what kind of asshole stalks a blind woman?! It sounds like a motherfucking Haneke movie!

]]> raisedbywolves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1065175 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/letter_of_the_week#c1065175 City Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:27:33 -0800