Today is one of those days as I turn my lights off and tuck myself into bed, my eyes just won't shut. Thoughts are running through my mind and people just have a way to get at me. Unfortunately, I am not alone tonight. As I walked back to my office from my last pre-law paper, my boss informed me about the tragic shooting that happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.
For a moment there, I hoped he was joking. I would rather someone come out with a sick joke than actually literally shooting children. Since then, I would not stop reading articles, keeping myself updated with whatever that was going on.
Now, when I started this blog, I told myself to never blog about articles in United States. United States is too complicated for me to all 'politician' on it. But today, it disgust me. Not politics. But humans themselves!
It disgust me that at times when a nation have lost 26 people (including the gunman), people will come up talking about gun control, constitution, politics, and psychiatric evaluation. Honestly, is it so hard to just simply feel sad for the people who have lost a member of their family? Is it necessary to find a reason to why a shooting spree happened?
No joke he had mental illness! Which person in the right mind would kill his mother at home, drive to the elementary school she volunteers at and shoot 24 other people before taking his own life away? Anyone who has the slightest common sense can come up with that. We don't need you giving us an article justifying why he did it.
What happened to a tribute article to the victims? Never thought about it? I know exactly why! Cause at times like this, producing an article about the lifetime story of the shooter is more important than the victims who lost their lives to them. How about the principal's lifetime story? Even after being shot, she fought herself to alert the school. How about the teachers who put their lives out there to drag these children into classrooms and cabinets to protect them?
It is sick to think about what society has driven us into and what media has turned into. Why are we giving so much credit to the criminals? Is it really important? We do need answers as to why a crime occur, but do we really need a whole page article about the shooter up to his elementary school friends?
I don't know about you, but personally, honestly, I would rather read 18 pages, each contributing to every child as to what they loved, what they enjoyed, their family, their friend, and another 6 pages of the adults about what were their favorite food, which school did they attend than a whole page telling me where the shooter's father lived, the brother, how he was in school and how he is mentally ill!
Like I've said, anyone with the slightest common sense knows he's sick!
Not even done yet. People who come up and say, 'Well, guess its time to look into the constitution and gun control law' ... in case you haven't noticed, half these people who go on a shooting spree, does not legally own them! It doesn't even have anything to do with your policies! Adam Lanza was 20! He could not legally obtain a weapon even if he wanted to!!!
I came home today, cleaned my apartment, and stared at it blankly. I am separated from my family by the Pacific Ocean. I imagined the face of my mother if she received a call from the authorities and said they found my body, dead. Tears started running down my face.
I know my dear family and friends back in Asia are following the news right now and are as shaken as I am. By the end of the day, what I am trying to get across is, it is okay to just grieve or feel sad or just cry. No need to bring politics and long descriptions into everything that happened. Some said it was wrong for President Obama to cry. Personally, I don't see why is it. Every parent in every corner of this world will be crying for the victim's parents today. Every child in this world will feel sad for these children yet grateful for their parents and their lives today.
My heart goes out to all the families and friends of all victims today. Young or old, they belonged to a family, they had a duty to themselves, their society, and they are a loss.
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Just a side one real quick.
Couple of days ago, there was a lady who was shot in Marquette. Her life is not in danger and is now safe. Why I brought this up? It is because, I have the habit of reading the comments of articles each time I am done reading to just see what people thought about it and came across one who said, 'This place is becoming the ghetto'...
Forgive me if I'm about to offend anyone. GO GET SOME EDUCATION! Ghetto doesn't mean shooting and taking drugs! It was a term used WAYYYYY back then to describe the slums where African American slaves lived! They were forced there because they were a minority.
Ghetto could also be used to describe an area where it is occupied by a certain ethnic group cause of social and economical issues - which then again, leads to minorities who are pushed and not accepted in society!
Ignorance gets me. I do acknowledge there is the whole 'slang' term or whatever. But the 'slang' itself is wrong. Back in those days, in 'ghetto areas', minorities helped each other. How often do you see a minority just standing up and decides to pull the trigger on his own race cause 'he feels like it'.
Calling a place ghetto, DOES NOT justify why there's shooting, killing, deaths, or drugs.
It simply means, like I've said, an area where it is occupied by a a certain ethnic group. And if you think because it is occupied by a certain ethnic group that a place becomes dangerous, let me tell you this, GO F*CK YOURSELF & HIDE IN A CORNER! Cause obviously, people like you, do not benefit the already sickening society we live in.
GHETTO DOES NOT MEAN VIOLENCE AND DRUGS!
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I'm sorry I haven't been updating! With the semester ending, you'll definitely hear more from me! Good night dear readers!
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