I’m fine

I wasn’t near down­town with this hap­pened last evening. While my heart goes out to those who’ve either lost loved ones or just don’t know yet, I’m grow­ing more and more irri­tated at the media, even pub­lic radio, who appar­ently has decided that the Fox News method of report­ing is the most effec­tive way to go. Then again, they’re no bet­ter or worse than the mas­sive num­ber of gawk­ers flock­ing to the site just to watch and hope­fully wit­ness a wee bit of car­nage (and, even bet­ter, if they can film it and get it up on YouTube).

You want a good exam­ple of how low our species has started to stoop? Watch the media feed­ing frenzy, the lit­i­ga­tion blood­lust, and the repet­i­tive, inane mut­ter­ings of one “expert” after another over the next few weeks.

It’s a tragedy, yes. Let’s treat it, and those affected by it, with the dig­nity and respect they deserve, let the author­i­ties get on with the unen­vi­able task of sort­ing it all out … and get on with life.