Lonny: Sometimes "getting back at you for your meaness" occurred during Mardi-Gras but not on the serious level that occurred at the recent Juneteenth Festival. Please see the book "All On A Mardi-Gras Day". This book came out in the 1990s and is a good read. Jane Steele. -----Original Message----- >From: "Lonny J. Watro" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Jun 22, 2007 11:50 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Violent holidays (was Re: Juneteenth) > >When you study the mind of a criminal you might determine >that these factions chose these days for their violence >for certain reasons. > >1. Possibly it was the easiest way to kill more people at >once since they were congregated in one place. >2. Men would be unarmed (possibly it was sacreligious to >have weapons in a holy place). >3. Strictly for the psyhcological impact. How tragic to >lose a loved on on a holiday. It's bad enough to have to >suffer the death of a love one, but when it occurs on a >holiday you will be forever reminded of his/her brutal >death when you try to celebrate the holiday each year >afterwards. > >A criminology group could brainstorm and come up with many >more reasons for picking holidays for attacks. It's >amazing how intelligent and cunning these ruthless and >brutal minds can be. All the more reason we law abidding >citizens should study them, past and present so we can be >on our guard to protect ourselves from them. > >These topics may not be for the tender at heart or the >politically correct. However, it is our duty to ourselves >and our future generations to study the history of >criminal acts. > >Just MHO. > >Lonny Watro Lillian Jane Steele