[jjwood]

Gotta agree that it seems to have gotten worse in the last few years. Whether or not there's a Katrina connection hasn't to my knowlege, been established with statistics (I know ...they lie). It would seem that we need more cases like the one on today's news... 77 year old man hears a noise in his house at 3:00AM. It's a 17yr old neighbor breaking in and demanding money. And the "old' man gets his rifle and shoots the punk. As for your Asian friend I'm just glad he's OK. And I hope the bad dudes get caught very soon. Doesn't seem like your friend could have done anything different with his life to avoid this scenario. This whole deal really sucks ... for all of us ...everywhere in America, but especially in Houston. So what's the answer?