tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post2170488030147086155..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: Voices in His HeadAnglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-70792339674579704722011-01-11T18:25:08.250-08:002011-01-11T18:25:08.250-08:00No direct connection between the political violent...No direct connection between the political violent behavior and rhetoric and the event in Tucson exists; that is true whether the murderer is sane or not. (There is no clinical report of insanity of the murderer; there are questionable anecdotal reports.)<br /><br />We live in a violent society. In addition to a constant violence from right and occasion (e.g. 2008 and all matters Clinton) from the left, we have killing of poor kids by wars that enrich the wealthy, murder by health insurance companies if you're sick and cannot afford enough health care, the rich who want to kill elderly people by robbing SS, etc.<br /><br />Then there is the craziness of the gun culture. Even the most insane murderer has limited lethality with a knife. <br /><br />Then there is the American tendency to believe that the world is not subject to chaos and entropy and every unfortunate event can be explained, prevented and laws can be enacted to close its coffin. In the wider world, people accept natural and human disasters and don’t rush to outlaw them.<br /><br />Lastly, we, sane and insane, “are a reflection of our homeland.” (The previous is a translation of a line of a poem from another culture.) That is, the murder in Tucson is a reflection of all of our culture and us.Koshem Boshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724595772791711326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-6828562636217163742011-01-11T16:35:21.898-08:002011-01-11T16:35:21.898-08:00Thanks very much for this insightful and sensitive...Thanks very much for this insightful and sensitive post. I enjoyed reading it.Mary Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220872907492699782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-88400701233954114742011-01-11T07:14:28.157-08:002011-01-11T07:14:28.157-08:00Speaking of the primary ugliness -- Olbermann'...Speaking of the primary ugliness -- Olbermann's comment about gun rhetoric brought up that he said something that implied violence to then Senator Clinton, and he apologized again. Whether or not the implied violence back then was conscious or unconscious at the time, now he says he doesn't want to do that ever again. His sportscasterisms (and sportscaster voice) often leave me uncomfortable, his voice made me a bit uncomfortable in this last one. I think he did best on with the one supporting gay marriage. <br /><br />All the angry voices sometimes give me nightmares. Well, the anger shouldn't be a surprise, the way the income/wealth gap keeps growing. The more the people on the bottom complain the more the people on the top are going to divide and conquer and try to fan unreasonable anger to distract from the people who are angry for good cause. :(Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262272625094879205noreply@blogger.com