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JustJess · 04-17-2007, 06:17 AM

^^ Thanks, shakran. I find it very interesting, and actually comforting, to know these things about the other side of the media. I appreciate this, and I am glad to know you all don't want to be interviewing victims either... seems a shift in management wouldn't be a bad thing.

Back on topic, I think abaya's spot on, along with a few others here - look, I'm not exactly all torn up about this, it's too removed from my life. However, I do see it as a senseless, regrettable tragedy. I'm sorry for those families and students that now have serious fear introduced into their lives. And it is all about context and how numb we are. Gangbangers shooting each other? Mundane, occurs daily. Still a tragedy but overexposure has lost us the ability to react daily. Random, unexpected shooting of 33 people? Yeah, that's shocking. Context, people. Look it up.

That said.... there's a lot of shit we should be more upset about, all across the board. No doubt. As poppinjay once quoted...
"I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip." -Lydia Millet

04-17-2007, 06:17 AM	#58 (permalink)
JustJess Unencapsulated Location: Kittyville	^^ Thanks, shakran. I find it very interesting, and actually comforting, to know these things about the other side of the media. I appreciate this, and I am glad to know you all don't want to be interviewing victims either... seems a shift in management wouldn't be a bad thing. Back on topic, I think abaya's spot on, along with a few others here - look, I'm not exactly all torn up about this, it's too removed from my life. However, I do see it as a senseless, regrettable tragedy. I'm sorry for those families and students that now have serious fear introduced into their lives. And it is all about context and how numb we are. Gangbangers shooting each other? Mundane, occurs daily. Still a tragedy but overexposure has lost us the ability to react daily. Random, unexpected shooting of 33 people? Yeah, that's shocking. Context, people. Look it up. That said.... there's a lot of shit we should be more upset about, all across the board. No doubt. As poppinjay once quoted... "I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip." -Lydia Millet __________________ My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talkin'.