The possibility of doing dastardly deeds has reached a new low, and has now permeated into our cultural conciousness. Not as a Hollywood fantasy (which are bad enough), but as a real life possibility. And the fires have been spread far and wide by the media we condone through our viewing support.
So next time some nobody has an urge, their vocabulary of possible dastardly deeds will include this latest one. That some nobody will belong to a family, be someone's cousin.
Did anyone in a perpetrator's family turn a blind eye? Saw that things weren't quite right, but did nothing? Almost certainly.
So here's the thing.
For your news, don't tune into the box. Rather, call a relative that you haven't seen for a few years. Get their news - get your family's news. It's more important, far more nourishing, than the news on the box.
Reach out to a relative that might need a hand. Hear their news. And if you can, try your best to mend any hurt. Help if you can. And if you think you can't, just listen.
Reach out and reconnect family ties.
And who knows, the world might be a safer, better place as a result.
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