Letter of the week, 12/10/07

[David]

Learning experience
Editor:
I am a lifelong resident of Meriden. I have seen many changes, some good, most bad. I was involved in an accident on Friday night, the 7th of December, due to the icy roads that had not gotten sanded yet. I was fortunate, as well as the person I hit -- we were not injured. The disappointing part of this story is this:

When I was growing up, and surrounding residents saw an accident, they would try to help, as a matter of human decency. The citizens of this particular neighborhood, and I use that term very loosely, hung out of their windows laughing, ridiculing, yelling obscenities, and thus showing their lack of compassion, character and human decency. It disgusts me to no end that our city has become a haven for these types of people.

I had to wait a few days to write this letter, to calm down and not let my anger influence my words in a way that would be deemed politically incorrect by many. I just hope that these people never are in need of help from a stranger; but, truth be told, the stranger would probably help and these people would go through life never learning from the experience.

I will never give up on my city. I hope that the character of the majority of our citizens will remain high. I also hope somehow, someway, these degenerates will either be flushed out of our city or become decent human beings by a experiencing a tragedy of their own. May God bless our city.

CHRIS CIOFFI, MERIDEN

[eds]

Those types of individuals are unfortunately echoing their sentiment when it comes to education and charity. Being poor or minority has nothing to do with it. You can be poor and still be clean and respectful. These types of people revel in the misfortune of others because instead of raising themselves up, they bring other people down. Certain individuals are brought up with a chip on their shoulder which makes them believe the world owes them and when the world does not pay up, they take it out on successful people such as yourself.

Personally I avoid certain areas of Meriden so that I won't have that element to deal with. I got tired of those kinds of people standing in the road blocking traffic just to cause a problem. When one of them pulled out in front of my truck, I drove right through their car. There just wasn't enough time to stop. So sorry. The nice thing? The other guy got a ticket, a smashed up car and I got check from their insurance company. Apparently the scratch on my bumper was payable.

Remember folks, Yeshua said "They hated me long before they hated you."

[Fit 2 Print]

Eds, keep in mind that Christmas display objects are stolen not only in "troubled neighborhoods" in Meriden, but in some of Cheshire's and Wallingford's upscale neighborhoods, as well.
Still, what kind of "mentality" is it that steals Christmas displays, knowing, as they should, that those items may have deep sentimental value -- especially at this time of year?

[leherissierm]

Thats too bad that you had a bad experience, but you need to know that there are still good people out there! A few years ago, I got into a car accident on Old Colony Road and while the other people in the accident were quite rude, one man stopped and sat with me while we waited for help. He was so nice and he calmed me down, and he spent his time helping someone else. I was so grateful, but unfortunately I was so nervous and upset that I never got his name and properly thanked him. Another nice experience; two men pushed my car out of a snow pile yesterday! I was definitely appreciative of them also! So have faith, there are still many generous people who wont hesitate to help a person in need.