The Arrogance of It All

It's a shameful exhibition of political thievery - stealing the focus, for political gain, from the family and loved ones of a vulnerable victim. Such flaming disregard for good taste, manners and ethical responsibility is akin to abuse of a corpse; except that the poor woman at the center of controversy and gamesmanship isn't even dead yet.

And with mindless abandon, once again, they and we, miss the whole point. The reckless arguing over emotionally derived opinion does nothing to address the realities of material debate. Taking sides and attempting to establish rhetorical blame, especially where there is little true blame to be likely found, serves no useful purpose. It neither serves society nor the pitifully innocent object of our passion.

So just where do I get off lambasting everyone partaking of such energy consuming exercises? What is it that I see that so many seem to overlook or ignore in their frenzy?

My point is that this current event is nothing more than just that; an opportunity to vent over what most feel, if not believe, is out of their control. And to a limited extent they are correct. But their words and irresponsible actions serve no purpose. Such a waste. The underlying issue is that our society hasn't defined the ethics necessary to govern our technology. And until we have done so nothing will change. Our society will continue to rage in disbelief and misunderstanding without ever addressing the needs of the victims and the ones whom care for them.

My sympathies obviously aren't with the self-serving bellicose crowds who stand to resolve little; but with the woman lying in wait for respect.