Comments on: Murder Hits Home http://b.rox.com/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/ Life in the Flood Zone Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:32:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: b.rox » Blog Archive » Puzzle http://b.rox.com/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/#comment-105939 b.rox » Blog Archive » Puzzle Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:13:41 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/#comment-105939 [...] mother raising children in difficult circumstances. Her oldest son was murdered in Central City last October. She doesn’t make much money working her job at an Uptown grocery. Often she has to borrow [...] [...] mother raising children in difficult circumstances. Her oldest son was murdered in Central City last October. She doesn’t make much money working her job at an Uptown grocery. Often she has to borrow [...]

]]> By: Lee http://b.rox.com/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/#comment-45991 Lee Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:59:20 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/#comment-45991 To extend on what Garvey said, that is part of the reason why so little was written in the paper. I believe the news media is trying to report as little as possible in certain situations. The ethics of murder is anything goes, but those are not the ethics of the media (except for ROX). It has been proven that certain mental profiles will actually commit murder more than once when they are "glorified" in the media. To extend on what Garvey said, that is part of the reason why so little was written in the paper. I believe the news media is trying to report as little as possible in certain situations. The ethics of murder is anything goes, but those are not the ethics of the media (except for ROX). It has been proven that certain mental profiles will actually commit murder more than once when they are “glorified” in the media.

]]> By: Garvey http://b.rox.com/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/#comment-45955 Garvey Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:06:28 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/#comment-45955 "It always gets me to see murders reported so briefly. There‚Äôs something deeply wrong with our society, that such violence has become trivial." The real problem is that life is extinguished so trivially. The reporting of it will be equally trivial. Even worse, murderers feel not only justified but prideful of their acts. Boastful, even. Personal responsibility means nothing when one too highly esteems himself and demands unearned respect. Once one has crossed that threshold, pulling the trigger is easy. Thug life! “It always gets me to see murders reported so briefly. There‚Äôs something deeply wrong with our society, that such violence has become trivial.”

The real problem is that life is extinguished so trivially. The reporting of it will be equally trivial. Even worse, murderers feel not only justified but prideful of their acts. Boastful, even. Personal responsibility means nothing when one too highly esteems himself and demands unearned respect. Once one has crossed that threshold, pulling the trigger is easy. Thug life!

]]> By: oyster http://b.rox.com/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/#comment-45863 oyster Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:19:25 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2006/10/24/murder-hits-home/#comment-45863 That pic, in context, is heartbreaking. That pic, in context, is heartbreaking.

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