72 year old man, victim of hate crime, dies

Via Americablog

Earlier this week, Andy at Towleroad made us aware of the brutal and senseless gay bashing of a 72 year old resident of Detroit. Today, the victim, Andrew Anthos, died from his injuries

More here, from WOOD-TV8, the Grand Rapids NBC affiliate.

I don't know what to say. It's wrong, it's messed up, and we need to address the crap in our society that contributes to this kind of hate. At moments like this, the odds of ever righting the wrongs that lead to hatred for people *simply for being who they are*, seem overwhelming.

Trying to think of *something* to say along with this sad (for Andrew and his family) and bleak (for humanity) news, I thought of the story of Pandora's box. From the Wikipedia article on hope:

When Pandora opened Pandora's Box, she let out all the evils except one: Hope. Apparently the Greeks considered Hope to be as dangerous as all the world's evils. But without hope to accompany all their troubles, humanity was filled with despair. It was a great relief when Pandora revisited her box and let out hope as well. It may be worthy to note that in the story, Hope is represented as weakly leaving the box but is in effect far more potent than any of the major evils.

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