Perhaps a post on yesterday's movie-theater shooting has been conspicuous by its absence. The fact is, there's not much to say.
A lot of discussion I've been hearing about it, from all sides, has a tone along the lines of "Of course, the shooter is principally to blame, but what underlying factors do we as a society need to examine?" Some want such a premise to lead to an argument for gun control. Others want it to lead to reflection on the state of rot that characterizes the modern entertainment industry.
These are worthy discussions to have, but the fact of the matter is that awful random occurrences - natural disasters, plane wrecks, nut-case mass murders - are a statistical inevitability that, if we are going to be grounded in reality, must be factored into our worldview.
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