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My apologies then, I must have missed it. I was not following the whole "human nature" discussion of this thread... just had been thinking about it today and wanted to jump back in to the discussion. Do you think that this could not have happened in any country, even in your own backyard? What about that crazy dude who shot up the Amish schoolhouse in PA? Should we Americans be ashamed of him personally? If you think so, then okay... we are really just on different wavelengths here, and no amount of discussion is going to amend that. I'm truly curious... how has this wonderful event changed your daily living, other than inspiring you to post more on TFP? Has it inspired you to walk across Mexico wearing that placard?

Thank you... I did indeed miss the link at the bottom of that post, to the artists' statement. Intriguing, but to be frank, it's just way too postmodern for me to take seriously.

I do agree that we are all performing the fact that it "worked," but I see that as correlation, not a direct result of what the act intended. It is definitely ugly, no bones about that. Isn't martyrdom really about "creating a type," in the end? The act of death becomes bigger than the person... and that is what I dislike about it.

A person died here, tragically. I would never minimize that. The fact that she died from a wholly preventable cause does not increase or decrease my pity for her, but it also does not incite even greater pity for her than it would for the average person being killed tragically, anywhere. It is what it is.

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