It seems to me that there are certain underlying facets here that noone is touching on. For instance, the "numbness" of which you speak. I'd venture a guess it has alot to do with the fact that over the past 20 years or so we've allowed ourselves to disconnect with each other. Namely through the internet, video games and e-mail. (remember the old Bulletin boards? Present company excluded, of course) Far too often we hide ourselves behind our computers, our televisions, our gaming systems... Heck, even work. Am I right? The media is doing nothing more than presenting information. The twist or spin they put on it is irrelevent. News is news. As I read through the previous postings of those having issues with the way the news of this tragedy is presented, it struck me funny that you were doing exactly what they wanted you to do, which is to watch their program, station or broadcast. I'm not at all surprised at the emptiness of people in relation to the shooting. We live in a "Glad it wasn't me" society. And that's awful. And as my grandmother used to say "You know what AWFUL is, don't ya? It's stretching a mosquito's a**hole over the top of a telephone pole! Now THAT's awful." My heart honestly goes out to any and all affected by this and every tragedy that's happened. Bad news sucks.

I'm rambling... I know. I just sit back and watch all this unfold and can do nothing more than shake my head and say "What a shame." I'm not much of a church goer, but I reckon that Mr. Adams up there is right. It's gonna take a Global act of God himself to set things straight on this rock we're surviving on. Until then, stay tuned. We'll have more on this right after these messages from our sponsors....

Peace, Love and Happiness to all

Dave

"Where there's a Gill, there's a way"