Terrorist without a cause
By Capt. Fogg
No, this one does not star James Dean chewing on the scenery as he wails "You're tearing me apart" but it's tearing us all apart. I'm starting to think there's a national competition going on and I'm getting tired of saying "not again!"
19 people shot at a parade in New Orleans, with 3 suspected perpetrators as yet to be apprehended. Why? Is it some bizarre political statement only they can understand? I can only guess, but the notion that we have a lunatic fringe competing for their share of obsessive media coverage is tempting. If there are indeed three men involved, we have to rule out mental illness as we usually think of it although we can't avoid the question of what kind of sanity could prompt such acts of random violence.
New Orleans is a violent, crime ridden city with a police force that has been accused of incompetence, corruption and its own acts of violence, but one has to ask why New York is a vastly safer city; Miami, El Paso -- all of which prove that ethnic diversity has nothing to do with it and suggests strongly that strong gun laws have little to do with it.
I simply don't know, but this, once again, isn't crime for profit, it isn't about gangs or gangsters or their territorial disputes. I can only ask myself why people compete, why people are willing to court death, even seek it, just so CNN can have another huge boost in ratings.
(Cross-posted at Human Voices)
No, this one does not star James Dean chewing on the scenery as he wails "You're tearing me apart" but it's tearing us all apart. I'm starting to think there's a national competition going on and I'm getting tired of saying "not again!"
19 people shot at a parade in New Orleans, with 3 suspected perpetrators as yet to be apprehended. Why? Is it some bizarre political statement only they can understand? I can only guess, but the notion that we have a lunatic fringe competing for their share of obsessive media coverage is tempting. If there are indeed three men involved, we have to rule out mental illness as we usually think of it although we can't avoid the question of what kind of sanity could prompt such acts of random violence.
New Orleans is a violent, crime ridden city with a police force that has been accused of incompetence, corruption and its own acts of violence, but one has to ask why New York is a vastly safer city; Miami, El Paso -- all of which prove that ethnic diversity has nothing to do with it and suggests strongly that strong gun laws have little to do with it.
I simply don't know, but this, once again, isn't crime for profit, it isn't about gangs or gangsters or their territorial disputes. I can only ask myself why people compete, why people are willing to court death, even seek it, just so CNN can have another huge boost in ratings.
(Cross-posted at Human Voices)
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