I am concerned about Buskers in general in today's Greg Nickels fired hate of the homeless. The Tuba Man was not homeless, but if you get to beat up homeless people because the Mayor has city employees do this in homeless encampments, then the generalization takes hold that it is OK to beat up people who are different from you.
I mostly saw The Tuba Man at the opera and ballet. When I attended the ballet Friday evening, there was a small memorial to him at the door. I was amazed at how many people did not know of his death, and how many other people were willing to tell them what happened. It was not lost on these people that he was targeted and killed because he was different. A violinist had taken The Tuba Man's place that night, but he was on the other side of the walkway playing classical, funeral-appropriate music.
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I mostly saw The Tuba Man at the opera and ballet. When I attended the ballet Friday evening, there was a small memorial to him at the door. I was amazed at how many people did not know of his death, and how many other people were willing to tell them what happened. It was not lost on these people that he was targeted and killed because he was different. A violinist had taken The Tuba Man's place that night, but he was on the other side of the walkway playing classical, funeral-appropriate music.