Memorial Day is just around the corner. It’s a day set aside for us to remember and to contemplate Americans who gave their lives in the service of American values. It’s a good day to think about just what it is that we Americans value most.
We all know that the media loves to whip Americans into a frenzy over the senseless loss of life that occurs when an airplane crashes, a mine collapses, or a psychopathic street thug kills. So why is its that, when more than when 30,000 Americans die violent and horrible deaths at the hands of other Americans, the media and the nation hardly take notice?
In 2009 who was responsible for the violent carnage that dwarfed all other blood-letting in America, and took its greatest toll among our youngest and brightest?
A. Military actions such as our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
B. Natural disasters like hurricanes, tornados, and earthquakes?
C. Drug crazed junkies and dealers?
D. Industrial accidents?
E. Murder and mayhem across our nation?
ANSWER: None of the above came close.
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The murder of somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 Americans year in and year out is just BUSINESS as usual, and that says something profound about American values, don’t you think?
