Demon Clown Baby

Yesterday a gunman shot 32 people on a college campus in Virginia, it seems.

I only vaguely heard about it yesterday, and didn’t try to find out more. School shootings no longer surprise me, so I don’t really rush to see the news about them.

I think it’s sad that people on both sides of the gun control debate are not even waiting until the murdered people have been buried before using their senseless deaths to further their own agendas.

And I’ve heard rumors that some might be using what happened to further their “video game violence can lead to real-life violence” philosophy.

I can understand it; I sure want to say things about how perhaps our society’s purposeful derision of traditional morality fuels this sort of behavior.

But you know what? Only the people who already agree will agree; everyone else will just be all the more convinced of their position, because they’ll see the opposition as opportunistic and heartless for trying to capitalize on a tragedy.

So, whatever your thoughts, give it a rest. Why don’t we all agree that murdering people is bad, offer our support to the grieving families, and wait until next week to start the “I told you so” nonsense.