Hell's Kitchen: Cook murders Waiter

[Carol]

This story (http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=157727&srvc=home) could have been lifted out of a horror movie. At an upscale seafood restaurant in one of Boston's nicest hotels, a chef allegedly murders a waiter with a butcher knife.

What are your thoughts on this type of story?

For me, it's a mix of emotions. I feel crushed and saddened for the family and friends of the 30-something year old man that was killed so unnecessarily. I'm concerned about how Boston, a city not known for its violent crime, has a murder rate that is rising at a disturbing rate. And I feel disgusted that someone has taken what is part of my new art (bladed weapons) and used them to senselessly extinguish a human life.

Maybe I'm just trying to make sense of something that doesn't make sense at all.

Do any of you feel the same way?

[arnisador]

It can happen anywhere. The first story here (http://www.fmatalk.com/showthread.php?t=383) is about a knife attack in a synagogue. Guns may kill more people, but knives--as in the case you cite--are easily available, and all the more so in certain professions, such as cooking. In the U.K., they consider it an epidemic (http://www.fmatalk.com/showthread.php?t=385)!

[Carol]

On the news they have been saying the murder happened in an "enclosed, emloyee-only area"

Somehow I think Turner Fisheries really doesn't want it broadcast that the attack happened in the kitchen. I can't say I blame them. ;)