A Sad Day

We really need to do something about violence in our American culture. We just can't ignore the subtle messages left by our country's past history. We ignore them, we make excuses and we find something else to blame; but the truth keeps rearing it's ugly head. Our country's history is one of violence and the message we dole out to the world is one of violence and our young people keep suffering the end result of this violence whether here in our schools or overseas in our wars. Maybe we need to reexamine the social current against liberal thought and peaceful efforts of coexisting on this planet. I'm not talking about everybody sitting in a circle chanting, but why that is so odd or offensive to some needs to be examined; I'm talking about looking into the negative, reactionary, violent disposition against organizations like the United Nations. We don't need to get too deep or existential. We just need to take an honest examination of the social current of thought about peaceful existence with other human beings. Why are you so against those who believe the world is a village? Why do you get angry at the thought of the United Nations managing conflicts peacefully? Why does everything have to be a "get them before they get us"? Why can't we look at the trouble in the world today and voice the truth about our responsibility in the mess without being anti-American? It may seem to you that I'm taking too broad a picture of this gunman and his actions, but I put forth that we have always taken too narrow a view and that is why we keep dealing with this recurring nightmare. A nightmare which is all too real and all too sad.

God Bless the life, friends and family of all involved with this tragedy in Virginia. I see peace in America and in the world. See it with me.