[TheForge] todays shooting in school. OFF TOPIC

[woolley]

On 12/14/2012 6:30 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Just to raise a little sand:
> I'd note that we , as smiths, are part of a tradition of weapons makers,
> and so part of the onus lies on our shoulders.
> Still:
> We see this hysteria saturating the news and it fills our awareness totally...but ,
> This is a news event more than anything.
> We kill more folks in traffic every single day.
> There are less than 30 dead out of a nation of millions!
> We've lost all sense of proportion.
>
>
Ok I was going to stay out of this and I won't comment further but to 
equate matricide and homicide with traffic accidents is ridiculous. It's 
not in my control to influence what the media does with a story like 
this. I won't watch television coverage etc. BTW 5 year olds don't drive.