The news that Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords was one of 14 people shot and 6 people murdered at a public meeting on Saturday January 8, 2011 emphasizes the reality that civility in everyday behavior has been lost. Hearing such vitriolic words we knew it was only time before a vicious attack of this nature was going to occur. Unfortunately, we all have a part in this atrocity. We did not speak out clearly that the vitriolic rhetoric consuming our country is wrong. It was inevitable that it would lead to violence. We are all partially to blame because we did not speak out against the violence in the language used by the media and talking heads.
We have all failed the people injured or killed and their families by not stating clearly, ‘vitriolic language has no place in a free society’s media.’
We conscript young adults into the military because they can be easily swayed by vitriolic voices to commit horrendous acts of violence. (Look at the useless wars being fought in the Middle East for an example. Our young adults in our military are doing the violence in our name.) It was only time before the same kind of vitriolic language used by those opposing health care for all people was used by someone as a reason to murder. It is a sad time for all people in the United States.
I hope this does not continue and that we can regain the civility we so desperately need in discussions of national policy. We need to have civility in discussions brought back into the everyday conversation from political leaders, media talking heads, and all civilized people. I call on all people to make a pledge of civility in political discussion so this type of violence stops right now.
How many more must die?
PEACE,
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2 comments:
The thing that you are missing is that until our country is willing to address and provide decent care for Mental Illness..and erase the stigma attached this kind of event will continue to occur..treatment of MI should be free..its much more common than most realize and there are many obstacles in place to discourage those afflicted from getting the help they so desperately need. This is a treatment that insurance companies have diligently resisted including..and I believe the self underwriters like Walmart also do this. Amazing that people do not get it.and are constantly amazed when this stuff happens..I am not..this is the result of our deficiently as a nation.
The thing that you are missing is that until our country is willing to address and provide decent care for Mental Illness..and erase the stigma attached this kind of event will continue to occur..treatment of MI should be free..its much more common than most realize and there are many obstacles in place to discourage those afflicted from getting the help they so desperately need. This is a treatment that insurance companies have diligently resisted including..and I believe the self underwriters like Walmart also do this. Amazing that people do not get it.and are constantly amazed when this stuff happens..I am not..this is the result of our deficiently as a nation.
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