Happily
thinking of yesteryear, and not five minutes into next, we will most likely
continue business as usual. Nothing will change while we describe this astounding
event in paralyzed, childish terms, with no alteration in our course of
behavior. I am reminded of Einstein's words, after witnessing the first atomic
bomb blast: "Everything has changed but the way people think."
We struggle
and manage to put the shooting into market terms (my own first response, I
presume borne out of shock), and ignore the insanity and inhumanity of it all.
We grab for mindless solutions, with complete disregard for the fate of the
ship we are all on, the U.S.S. America, a ship that has never before been in
more dangerous waters.
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