Today, the CBC reported yet another shooting in Calgary. 2 dead and 2 injured. Just people in a restaurant, having dinner. What the hell is going on?

I was born and raised in the city of Calgary, and we never had to deal with this kind of shit. Cold blooded murders were few and far between. It was a relatively peaceful city. You could wait for a bus at 1:00am without any fear. You could walk down the street and complete strangers would smile at you and say good morning. It was a really nice city to live in. Now it's all changed.

I suppose it's the price you pay for progress and growth. Once a city becomes a huge economic center, it inevitably attracts the criminal element. The more money there is, the more criminals there are. I guess it's true what they say, that the love of money is the root of all evil. It's a big city now, and that's all there is to it.

I suppose I'm just being nostalgic. Remembering a time long past, when Calgary was just a cow town, and people live without fear. It just seems a shame when you can't even go to a restaurant without the fear of finding yourself in the middle of a shooting. In the immortal words of the Kinks, "Where have all the good times gone?".