Early this morning a madman attacked a theatre crowd watching the latest Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises." So far their have been twelve confirmed deaths and fifty people wounded in this attack. No reasoning for the shooting has been deduced, but this is a tragedy in which another coward went to an area where they were confident no one would have weapons and conducted mass murder. These people were patrons simply attending a highly atticipated movie, they were mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters and this slug walked up and gunned them down. The reasons why will be coming out in the news as more becomes known and the need to know "why" remains unsatisfied. Ultimately though, the reasons are irrelevant as this incident shows we still live in a dangerous world where nothing is entirely sacred or safe.
A person named James Holmes has been arrested for the shooting. A recent news release states the young man was from California, but had moved to Colorado to study medicine at the University of Colorado. People will no doubt assume this man was mentally unbalanced, and perhaps as more information is known that may be the case. As a college student though, and as a person who apparently conducted a fair amount of pre planning before this attack, I think this man knew exactly what he was doing. He was aware it was wrong and I believe that makes him competant enough to stand trial and to hopefully be sent to death row.
In the meantime, I would say that although these events make us feel that much more vulnerable, I hope people will still live their lives free. Don't let the actions of a mad man trap you in your homes. Don't let the actions of a mad man make afraid to go to public places. Live you life and have faith justice will prevail against this man, in this life or the next. As for me, I am going to the batman movie tonite as I have been looking forward to it's release for weeks. I hope to see many others there as well.
-Zach
No comments:
Post a Comment