Casual clients of the unnamed nightclub that night, meanwhile, are left wondering, without knowing, if they might have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. It would be a shame if a business lost money through no fault of its own. Still, there must already be a lot of speculation among the young people who frequent such clubs. And a warning issued by Sider on Friday about common activities like sharing smokes has to send a chill through every nightclub in the area. If there's a price to pay for erring on the side of caution, so be it.
Nothing is dearer than life itself.
Brian Caldwell's column appears Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.