There is a surprisingly large group of people in this country who are questioning whether Sandy Hook tragedy was really just a government conspiracy...a fake event concocted to help usher in gun control, or in the name of some other government agenda. It's not that much different from the 9/11 truthers.
On first blush, it's easy to be incredulous at such an idea. How can anyone be that heartless, that stupid, etc. Granted, i'm sure there are some people who really are that stupid and mean hearted, or who are so beholden to the idea of guns or whatever their pet project is, that they will do whatever is necessary to shield their ideology from the reality of events. But I think it's something else at work here...something I've touched on before: It's a defense mechanism. 9/11 and Sandy Hook share the same attribute of senselessness, and that scares people. That anywhere at any time, some 20 year old could walk into THEIR kids school....for NO reason...and kill them....is a scary idea. It brings some sense of relief to think that there was a reason behind it...even if that reason doesn't really make much sense. Oh, it wasn't a random act...the GOVERNMENT did it. There aren't really 20 year olds out there capable of doing something do horrible. It really is interesting to watch how large societies react to senseless tragedies like this. The defense mechanisms can be almost as awful to behold as the event....and they underscore, once again, how fragile we really are. We are SO flawed...and we aren't even able to cope with the enormity of our own shortcomings. And yet, we consider ourselves a higher species???? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360148 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
