Let us all agree that the deluded gunman deserves neither to have his face nor his opinions broadcast over our public airwaves. Let us all agree to change the channel, or turn off the receiver when either appear. Better yet, let your local broadcaster know that you don't want them to grant him these posthumous honors.
I don't want to know what he looked like. I don't want to know what he thought. I don't want to know his failings, nor his opinions about ours. Tell us about the victims, if you must, though there wasn't much interest in who they were when alive. Why do we value them so only now?
If this came in part through negligence, let those be investigated by the authorities. ...By the way, the Press are not them. Let's not allow this to become just another "more on this after a word from our sponsors..."
This was an awful tragedy. It was senseless, and should never happen anywhere. But it does, and with far greater frequency, in other parts of the world. Why do we not consider those events equally? Do we place our victims on a higher pedestal? Were ours less deserving; more valued?
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