violence is ingrained in the american culture. essentially the country was founded on it , and entrenches it in their constitution. they experienced one of the bloodiest civil wars in history and assasinate their leaders. the media provide non-stop coverage of the most tragic and gruesome events imaginable under the guise of constitutionaly protected freedoms. the amerian public have become so de-sensitized to events like this that they demand this style of coverage from the media. keith tedford recently started a thread on home security. there was a very similar thread on a U.S. site that quickly degenerated into what to do to a burglar and who has the most firepower. keith's thread has pleasant pictures of beloved pets. do i dislike americans, or is this yankee bashing ? no, i think generally americans are good , decent folks but with a problem that needs to be addressed.
doug.
Absolutely, dead on accurate, Doug. I have a great many American friends who are horrified.....but they're horrified every time something like this happens. They need to stop being horrified and join the gathering voices who demand that something be done to stop the carnage.
I tell my wife and son, every day, how lucky we are to live in Canada. In spite of its faults....as angry as I get about governments at all levels, and the obvious political corruption that is slowly being revealed at all government levels........I couldn't imagine living anywhere else. I'm happy with the restriction on handguns. I don't want to stand in line at Canadian Tire beside some yahoo with a 45 on his hip, with a backup strapped to his ankle.
And, we've gotta turn off the crazy American TV crime dramas full of their gratuitous violence, especially if there are kids/teens in the house. Now that these shows are so graphic, I'm sure they use a hose and buckets to mop up the fake blood they splatter all over the set. Jesus!
I thank my parents I was born here. And, I thank my ancestors who chose loyalty to the Crown and left New York in 1779 to help settle the Hamilton area, for making that choice. I was born near Hamilton, but had no idea just how lucky I was until I grew older and witnessed the growing slaughter in our good neighbour to the south.
Will they make a change now? I doubt it. But I sure hope they do. They're good people who've gone astray. Sadly, however, we'll be having a similar conversation sometime down the road when it all happens again.
