I wrote this pithy piece yesterday morning after Leroy posting something else. Then, so much was written yesterday that I thought that I shouldn’t bother adding my tiny voice a day late. But we all say things a bit differently, so I decided go ahead and post.
What about Charlie? Of course, he shouldn't have been murdered, and I deplore the conditions in my second favourite country that led to his shooting. Of course, I do.
However, there are shootings that I feel much worse about. On the same day, three teens were critically wounded in a shooting at a suburban Denver high school. I feel worse about that. I also feel worse about the recent shooting at Annunciation. I feel worse about so many more murders.
I don't feel quite as badly as maybe I should about Charlie who, apparently, found shootings to be acceptable on some level. He said it after all: "It's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.
So, no! I don’t feel the same amount of regret. Not even close.
I agree. It's out of control.
ReplyDeleteThe disease of hatemongering is underlying so much of the violence in America. If that’s the right word. I used to get angry when there were school shootings, and push for better Gun Laws – but now I’m just feeling really sad about it all.
ReplyDeleteAs I have been saying for years now, these sorts of things are going to keep happening in greater frequency if we can't have respectful debates about issues we disagree upon, especially online. The name calling and divisiveness need to stop. We need to find common ground and expand upon it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. The british press is all over this story yet very few in Britain had even heard of him before yesterday! And from what i've read he didn't seem to be a very nice man - not that he should have been murdered for that - but as you say, plenty more victims that don't even get a mention.
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