I feel for the family of Tim McLean, but come on now, doesn’t his mother think she is taking their grief a little too far by demanding the Greyhound bus that her son was butchered on be taken off the road?
Carol deDelley says that the bus should be taken off the road out of respect, but I don’t think respect plays into it, if only because she any Greyhound bus she sees will haunt her now, and for the rest of her life.
Next thing you know, Ms. deDelley (Tim’s mother) will want Greyhound to take all of their buses off the road because according to her, every time she sees a Greyhound bus, she is haunted, wondering if the bus she sees is the bus that her son was chopped up on.
Taking the bus her son was chopped up on off the road isn’t going to erase that haunting feeling, because in my opinion, every single Greyhound bus she sees for the rest of her life is going to remind her of what happened to her son.
Ms. deDelley should spend less time worry about what Greyhound should do, and spend a little more time in therapy, you know, to help her cope with her grief and [that] haunting feeling.
Another family member, Brenda Lewis, has said that every time she sees a Greyhound bus, bile rises into her throat and chokes her.
Somebody explain to me how taking one Greyhound bus off the road is going to change the way Ms. deDelley and Ms. Lewis feel every time they see a Greyhound bus.
How many Greyhound buses are in the Canadian fleet again? They’re spread right across the country and into the U.S. aren’t they?
What gets me about this story is that Greyhound has cleaned the bus up, given it a fresh coat of paint, changed the number on it and is now running it in another part of Canada. Ms. Lewis and Ms. deDelley wouldn’t know the bus Tim was killed on if it ran over them, and so I really don’t see the point of them making such a big deal out the fact that bus is still on the road.
Of course, Greyhound could make the story go away by taking any bus out of commission, and claiming that it was the one Tim was murdered on, but does anybody really think that is going to make a difference in how Ms. Lewis and Ms. McLean feel every time they see a Greyhound bus. I really doubt that.
Having said that, and after inflaming some of you who have read this blog entry, if Greyhound has to put one Greyhound bus out of commission, then they might as put them all out of commission because either way you look at it, both Ms. deDelley and Ms. Lewis will always be haunted by any Greyhound bus they pass or passes them.
Like I said, I feel for the McLean family and their loss, but taking the bus Tim was murdered on isn’t going to make [that] haunting feeling Ms. deDelley has go away.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 anne // Jun 6, 2009 at 1:01 AM
No one has a right to judge someone else and the grief they feel. It doesn’t take an Einstein to figure out that if the bus was taken off the road etc., it would help in her healing to know it was gone, that the place her child was butchered would not be in existence anymore……ask any mother! Too bad the same can’t be said about his murderer!
2 CG // Jun 6, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Anne, taking that Greyhound bus of the road isn’t going to make any difference when it comes to that haunting feeling she has. Every Greyhound bus she sees for the rest of her life is going to haunt her. I bet she wouldn’t know which bus her son was murdered on if it ran over her, but if Greyhound were to point the repainted, refurbished and re-numbered bus out to her, she would.
Furthermore, should apartments and houses be taken off the rental and sales market if somebody is murdered in them.
Should stores shut down their business is somebody is murdered in them. Hey, schools aren’t being closed down either when somebody is murdered in on of them. Last I heard Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal was still up and running.
3 anne // Jun 8, 2009 at 11:25 PM
We know that but SHE needs it in her own mind and that is all I was saying. It’s a quirky mother thing!
4 CG // Jun 9, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Anne,
Ms. deDelley is a strong woman. I don’t doubt for one minute that when she sees any bus, she is reminded of what happened to her son, but I think the media might have played up this “take the bus off the road” story, that they might have embellished it somewhat. Like I said, Ms. deDelley is a strong woman, and whether the bus is taken off the road or not, she’ll find a way to cope with that haunting feeling every time she sees a bus, any bus.
5 Blake // Jul 4, 2009 at 6:40 PM
My goodness, the person writing this blog has no heart. It’s pretty simple math that could answer your stupid question. By taking one bus off the road she wouldn’t have to wonder if each bus that passes is the bus her son was attact on; because that bus would not be on the road! Is the education system really that bad up there? this is a pretty easy conclusion to come to. I think it would be wise for the bus company to remove the bus so everyone can have peace of mind, knowing they aren’t on a bus where someone was brutally murdered in front of so many people. You my friend are heartless.
6 CG // Jul 4, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Hey Blake
One Greyhound bus looks pretty much like the other in Canada mate. No heart? Perhaps you should read the entry again.
Look familiar? I feel for the McLean family and their loss.
I actually stated the above twice mate, at the beginning of the entry and the end. I would hardly say that I have no heart, but I would agree that it is a little bit cold.
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