Boston Bombings...

I was on my way to the dentist when I got a text from my wife about the bombings.

I know someone who was running it today and I still haven't heard anything from him in the form of a FB posting.  Hope he's fine.

It's pretty obvious that such an event to be orchestrated required planning; implying malicious intent.  Now I have no problem identifying that the actions were immoral.   What I find interesting is these kind of events bring people out in droves to Facebook and Twitter to express their shock and horror.

Maybe I'm just jaded but I think we live in a hyperbolic society.  Everything's a hyperbole.  Try going a day without hearing the word 'Amazing.'   Really?  Was it really amazing?  Were you amazed?

If so many people out there have to express to the public how traumatic they're being affected, how long will it be before they post something about 'Dancing with the Stars'?  Two hours?  Four hours?  Twenty-four hours?

My point is, American society and maybe even western society has become so short on memory that we feel pain, cry and move on without a moment of reflection on the causes anymore.  Like a child.

If we ever catch the perp, who is going to report on his childhood or interview the parents?  No one ever focuses on the causes.

Unfortunately, that's how most people are.  They rarely care about the causes and just want to manage the effects.  In other words...they want to remain blissfully in the 'blue pill' state.  They don't want to understand why when you push them in a philosophical argument but when something like this happens, they want to know how such a bad thing could happen.  It's no different than explaining to a fat person they need to diet and exercise to lose weight but doesn't want to hear it.  But then when they have a heart attack, they wonder how something like that could happen.

The bottom line is bad things happen.  Until you want to roll up your sleeves and do the work to understand the causes, stop complaining how bad things are.