I am reluctantly doing one last post with images of Cho Seung-Hui, Mr. Face of American Mass Murder.
Me and the Professor will most more than likely continue over time to discuss America's love of violence and loathing of sex,
our combined cultural ignorance, and knee-jerk reactions of people who get paid to do what we would love to do, which is write/entertain for a living. See we feel people who are our current cultural leaders, that being writers, actors, news reporters and general celebrities, are and have, dropped the ball many times with regard to speaking out on social ignorance and violence. Seems like the only way issues that are relevant get brought up in our society is when something tragic happens, like the Virginia Tech incident.
However, the Professor and I also know very well that within a few weeks from now about 80% of the people who 'care' so much right now, will be back in their homes living their sheepish lives, worrying more about dancing with the stars, 24, or LOST..maybe even engrossing themselves in violence based television shows like the CSI series...but surely not concerned about 'all of the senseless violence' that occurs in our country on a daily and hourly basis.
So with that said, for those of you who recently decided that handguns are dangerous and that our culture seems to incubate nutcases, again, let me remind you: Philadelphia hit its 100th murder on March 30, 2007; Last year New York -ALONE- had over 550 murders; and Mr. Cho Seung-Hui's 32 little murders will be less than 1% of the total murders that take place in the United States of America.. and I actually KNOW my neighbors and my countrymen really REALLY dont care. Until, perhaps, an Amish guy with a legally bought firearm kills 5 little girls and injures 5 more in a little school house in Amish Country USA (oh wait, that happened last year..)
LISTEN... hear the gunshots?? How many can you count?
