But not for this.
On a street in Greenwich Village where the indie-film actress and budding filmmaker once worked in obscurity, more than a dozen people came out last night wearing her picture around their necks.
Carrying candles and literature, speaking softly and intensely, they gathered on the street. In the evening's warmth, their numbers swelled.
In their 30s and 60s, they came from uptown and even New Jersey. All shared one thing in common - and it's a viewpoint I doubt they shared with Adrienne.
They were adamant that Adrienne would be making films today if the federal government would enforce the law - and kick out illegal immigrants.
"We don't think people should pass by this spot without acknowledging what happened here," said Joanna Marzullo, 33, the protester-in-chief.
"If our federal government enforced immigration law, Adrienne would be alive today," said Marzullo, president of New Yorkers for Immigration Control and Enforcement.
She issued a "no comment" when I asked her profession, but Marzullo's photographs of lesbian lovemakers (definitely all here legally) can be found in biMagazine on the Web.
As she spoke, a woman who lives in the building where Adrienne worked, Sara Moore, 72, joined the protesters. It's something she's not done before.
"I felt the way she does even before this happened," said Moore. "And it's going to be an even bigger problem down the road."
The man who, authorities say, confessed to murdering Adrienne, here in this building - then lamely trying to cover up the crime by hanging her with a homemade noose in the shower - is Diego Pillco, here illegally from Ecuador.
He lived crammed into a Brooklyn basement with a half-dozen other men who worked construction off the books. Evidently, they did not fear detection - Mayor Bloomberg has ordered that law enforcement may not randomly ask people their immigration status.
This fact galled Gerard Perry, 25, a political consultant, who believes the government should enforce sanctions against employers who hire illegals.
But these days, the voices of the supporters of immigrants have outshouted the others. Last night, on Abingdon Square, the backlash began.
"We're a nation of immigrants, but we're a nation of laws," said Robert Cruz, 42, a tour guide. "I've been fed up pretty much with the illegal-immigrant thing."
I started the evening believing that exploiting Adrienne's death in this way was an outrage. Adrienne would not have approved.
She was a liberal. The blog of her husband, Andrew Ostroy, promises a "fresh, aggressive answer to the right-wing spin machine." But let's be honest.
We like illegal immigrants for one reason: economics.
Illegals work for lesser wages and fewer benefits. If we sent all illegals home today, chances are restaurants would cease to function, apartments would go uncleaned, babies uncared for. It's selfish to say this. But it's the real world.
Joanna Marzullo said she reached out to Ostroy, but heard back nothing. But members of Adrienne's extended family, she said, approve.
"They're happy somebody is finally doing something about it."
The backlash begins."
See, even "conservative" writers can't help themselves when speaking about the illegal alien problem. It of course should make you sick that a husband who's lost a wife would stick up for one, but he's a liberal, and whining, compromising, and offering handouts is what his kind do.
But whenever someone mentions the silly canard about illegals doing the jobs etc, etc, ask them how come America did quite well after Eisenhower sent millions home during Operation Wetback. Ask why the encomony took a turn for the better when we cracked down on illegals during the 50's. Ask them how they can justify the billions upon billions spent to keep illegals here, and forget the cost in dollars, ask about the cost in lost loved one's. Just don't ask a liberal about a lost loved one, though. Because he or she will make you sick.
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