01-08-2011, 07:03 PM
I'm saddened by this news - and horrified.
Who among us didn't know, or at least suspect, that this day was coming?
Really, that this is even possible in this great nation is humiliating.
We should hang our heads in shame for allowing - and in many cases encouraging - the toxic climate that in all probability is at the root of this tragic event.
I'd like to think we might learn from this, but when has America ever genuinely learned from its mistakes?
I await the reprimands from those who will read between the lines of what I've written here and find a reason to attack my words.
Perhaps this is because they recognize their own reflections staring back at them from between those same lines.
Sad, sad, sad.
Who among us didn't know, or at least suspect, that this day was coming?
Really, that this is even possible in this great nation is humiliating.
We should hang our heads in shame for allowing - and in many cases encouraging - the toxic climate that in all probability is at the root of this tragic event.
I'd like to think we might learn from this, but when has America ever genuinely learned from its mistakes?
I await the reprimands from those who will read between the lines of what I've written here and find a reason to attack my words.
Perhaps this is because they recognize their own reflections staring back at them from between those same lines.
Sad, sad, sad.