what is fair?

I just came across a myspace page of someone who had recently passed, she had 3 younger sister and 1 older brother. Her mother was at work, she was babysitting her younger sisters at home when a burglar rang the doorbell and shot her right on the head. He didnt bother to take anything, just ran away after.. its shit like this that makes me wonder "what is fair?" Theyre not gonna catch him at this point, nobody knows the motive, even if she did do something wrong, who deserves to be executed in their own home with their siblings upstairs? whose to blame?? its just unfair...

Which reminds me of my friend who was gunned down during a shoe transaction. They had asked him to meetup inside a parking structure. As trusting as he is, he came alone. We've done this many times, sometimes it goes real smooth when we meet nice people, or other times it gets irritating and hectic when we meet not-so-business-friendly people, but thats as far as it goes. In my friends case, the buyer never had intentions of buying. He knew that my friend has alot of shoes and will probably come loaded. As my friend drives up to him, he pulled out a gun and shot him twice square in the chest, he tried to drive away but he crashed into a parked car when the gunman came up next to him and shoots him 6 more times, he grabbed 5 pairs of shoes and took off.. fast forward to his viewing, me and a couple other mutual friends were gathered around his casket (as arrogant as we were, we each wore our best pair of shoes) Then the mother came up to the 4 of us as she held one of my friends favorite pair in her hands, with tears streaming down her cheek, she looks up at us and asked:

what is fair?? my son is gone because of a pair of shoes, hes dead because of these things u use to cover your feet.. i would buy all the shoes in the whole world just to say goodbye!

I cant imagine loosing a good son over a pair of sneakers.. we all had our proud and glorious moment with our shoes, but during that particular time, they meant nothing to me, i even feel stupid and ashamed to even waste my time looking at them.. and Till this day i can hear her voice so clearly.

I realize that life is short, and you never know what lays ahead. U cant put a price on life, but being at the wrong place and the wrong time can cost you everything.

RIP
10.19.84 - 10.24.05