Comments on: Ashley Morris

By: Think New Orleans » Online Petting Zoo of Homeless New Orleanians: Another Reason for New Orleans to Distrust Social Media and Hate the Internet

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:49:51 +0000

[...] departed friend Ashley Morris as moniker for people like this. Yet, I want maintain the Think New Orleans G rating. So, [...]

By: PEPPER

PEPPER — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:25:07 +0000

Thank you Alan,

For your tribute to Ashley.

Thank you all for knowing that apathy is the enemy and for fighting that apathy at every keystroke. I hope Ashley will live on in our hearts and minds just as he does in Karen’s. His spirit will live on in mine.

By: dillyberto

dillyberto — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:10:18 +0000

You express clearly the pain we share on the loss of our great friend and teacher.

By: Alan Gutierrez

Alan Gutierrez — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:06:14 +0000

I noticed that I didn’t mention Ashley’s death in my writing. I’ve added a link.

I couldn’t find a way to work into the post, the point that it’s not about telling off yuppies in bars, but it’s when you’re face to face with the yuppie in the bar, that you realize that you’re not that much better. You begin to speak your mind, with frequency and to your betters.

You realize, that the indignities you subject yourself to, when you are entitled to someone else’s opinion, that decency that they exploit because their are so anesthetized to the opinions or feelings of others, is the same decency that our civic leaders exploit, to tell us, now it not the time or the place, that we are gadflies, that we are obstructionist, or that there’s always someone who disagrees. The belittling, the shaming into place, can be overwhelming.

But, I’m able to ask myself, how would Ashley handle this guy. If you think that I’m bad, then you’re not prepared for the real outrage that so many of us feel. You’re getting off easy, so let me ask you my question again, and I expect an answer.

By: Ashley Morris Family Fund | Squandered Heritage

Ashley Morris Family Fund | Squandered Heritage — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:47:40 +0000

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By: LIsaPal

LIsaPal — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:48:12 +0000

Indeed, I think we all learned many, many valuable lessons from Ashley and some of his fire will always burn inside us.

By: Loki

Loki — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:41:01 +0000

Focussed anger, effetive anger. There went a true warrior.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:27:51 +0000

Ashley made it ok to be mad. He was my source of energy when I felt like I was not being “polite” enough.

Last week I wrote a scathing e mail to the RSD attacking their commitment to New Orleans.

I thought about Ashley the whole time, and I will sontinue to think of him every time I am in the position to tell the truth. The truth may not be universal but calling bullshit bullshit when it is, is in short supply.

More truth, less bullshit