[TheForge] todays shooting in school.

[Andrew Vida]

On 12/17/2012 2:43 PM, Allen Dyer wrote:
> i, personally, found mr. palmer's response a valid concern with whether
> american voters tend to overreact to current headlines and quickly
> forget other continuing tragedies that no longer have the attention of
> the press.

Agreed.  Those same outraged people say nothing about the slaughter of 
hundredds of thousands of Iraqis.

Want real horror?  Sit your asses down and have a good think about the 
170-220 MILLION people butchered by various governments over the past 
century starting with the Turks killing about 1.5 million Armenians.  Or 
do they no longer count?  HOw about the 800K Tutsis butchered in just 
over 3 months in Rwanda?  Hitler would have been moved to tears of green 
envy.

Twenty children is tragic, but let us keep some minimal perspective. 
Grief does not give license to issue demands against fundamental human 
rights.