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I was just curious to see if you were keeping watch of all the publicity the 6 house has been getting. It is so unfair the way the city has been treating this incident. Obviously I couldn’t begin to express my deepest sympathies to the family of Adam Rich. My every prayer is extended to this family. However, I have been working at The 6 House for the past 3 years and I could not be more disgraced with this negative image that has been associated with them. It could of and has happened at other places and they are still open. The news has been linking us to the old triple o's and whitey bulger, which is ridiculous.   I fully understand the pessimistic past of the bar that existed before The 6 House opened. Not once have I or any customer ever felt unsafe while being in The 6 House. The only similarity between Triple O’s and The 6 House is the location. The illegal behavior associated with Triple O’s dissolved when the building went down. We need to focus on the people responsible for this ruthless act rather than The 6 House. This is so unfair how the city of Boston has been treating this incident.

Barbara

Now in the interest of full disclosure let me just say that I'm obviously friends with Barbara and she's hot so whatever she says goes.

But having said that, I totally agree with her. Now I'm not from Southie, but I had no clue about the history of the 6House. And to be honest I'm not sure how the history of the place had anything to do with what happened there a few days ago. I've been in there plenty of times and never noticed it to be a dangerous place in the least. Shit happens. A dude got shot in the parking lot of Waterworks a few weeks ago. People get shot in the theater district like every other week. Facts are there are asshole scumbags who go out at night in Boston. The damage has probably already been done to the 6House with all this negative publicity, but blaming them for what happened is like blaming Suffolk Downs when your horse comes in last.

(I apologize in advance for that last analogy. I was stuck for 20 minutes trying to think of something and just drew a blank. It may be my lowest moment in the history of the Stool)