About a week ago a local 35 year old yahoo, drunk and dumb, "pushed" a 61 year old Laotian neighbor, who was passing by on a late evening walk. Originally the lout claimed that this was payback for friends/relatives who had dien in Viet Nam, "You Asian @#%$$#! killed my relatives!"

The Laotian man had served in the Royaql Laotian Army, on the side of the American army, but thay did him little good when confronted with a 235# belligerant drunk, and g he fell back to the pavement, striking the rear of his head hard enough to produce a great pool of blood.

Three days later his grieving relatives turned off the life support and allowed him to leave life as peacefully as he had lived it the last 25 odd years, since migrating to the USA. The town and entire area turned out in mass to honor his memory, while his assailant, waits in jail for arraignment, failing to find anyone who will advance his $300,000 bail. The initial charges of assault will probably be upgraded to manslaughter, when he goes before a grand jury.

The complete story can be found at http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/7_18index.htm, and pages following.