David Emery OnlinePerspective
17 April 2007
Perspective is everything.
Yesterday, 33 people died in Virgina, America, as you may have seen on the news (it would have been impossible to avoid it).
Yesterday, more then 25 thousand people died of starvation, worldwide.
Which of these do you think is more important?
Which of these do you think everybody else thinks is more important?
I have sympathy on an individual level for the people caught up in the shooting, in the same way I have sympathy for anyone caught up in tragedy.
But, quite frankly, I have no sympathy for America as a whole.
You did this to yourself.
I am fully aware that a significant proportion of Americans do not agree with current gun laws, but until you vote in someone that does something about it you are tarred automatically with the same brush.
There is simply no reasonable argument for the possession of guns; any argument to contrary shows a complete failure in critical thinking.
And, for once, take this opportunity; this grief you feel for people you have probably never met; and think about what else is going on in the world.
Get a little perspective.