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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone listen to Here and Now on NPR? Host's nephew was friends with the 19 yr old suspect
Here & Now host Robin Youngs nephew is a friend and former classmate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (left), who police identify as the surviving suspect in the bombings.
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/
Fascinating interview with the nephew, who said the kid was normal, fun, socially adjusted, and everyone that went to school with him is shocked.
IDemo
(16,926 posts)How she had hosted the prom party, everyone loved him, he was a best friend of her nephew (or son?), and "I know it's a cliche, but no-one could have foreseen this". Never any pushing of religious or political beliefs.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Patiod
(11,816 posts)Boston, like Philadelphia, has something of the small town, few-degrees-of-separation about it.
demokatgurrl
(3,931 posts)About how shocked she was. I hate to say but it made me wonder whether she and any of the other people who knew these guys so disbelieved it that they couldn't recognise them in the photos or hesitated to call the FBI and say they knew them
democraticinsurgent
(1,157 posts)It sounds like there was a flood of calls and such once the photos were out there.
d_r
(6,907 posts)I thought it was really interesting to hear her nephew talk about knowing him, how shocked that everyone was about it.
Javaman
(62,442 posts)when I was his age I just about worshiped my older brother. Would I have followed him in a crazy ass scheme to blow something up, I'd like to think not, but depending on the circumstances older brothers can have a lot of influence on younger siblings.
frylock
(34,825 posts)DeschutesRiver
(2,354 posts)co-exist with bad, even evil behavior.
It is much more comforting to imagine that we can all recognize what kind of person might be capable of doing something like this. It is a coping mechanism that makes all the risks and randomness of our daily lives bearable. Sure, sometimes you can recognize the face/behaviors of evil. But not always.
If all I focused on was that danger potentially lurks everywhere and from everyone, it would be hard to find any joy or sense of safety. So like others, I tend to disregard the potential risks from people who I know to be nice or normal. Doesn't make it so, but prevents worrying about something that I can't do anything about.