12-08-2007, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher
First off, Columbine was in Littleton, Colorado - not Oregon.
Next, the world is more violent? More violent than when? Vietnam? WWII? The Crusades? The Inquisition?
Man is violent. Always has been, always will be. It's just that every random incident is over-reported and over-analyzed in an effort to fead the beast of 24-hour "news" coverage and to keep us all living in fear. A country that fears for its safety is one that will sacrifice its freedoms for a false sense of safety.
What isn't reported is a perspective on which to frame the events.
Eight people died in that mall.
85,000 have died in Iraq since the US invaded.
The world is rough, but it isn't a new development.
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