[Dan27299]

If I'm correct, you speak about the train shooting in Long Island. I think they found the guy insane. At first everyone considered the church shooting in Ft. Worth, TX, to be an example of religious hate, but when they found out the guy was insane everyone forgot about it by next week. I guess insanity is seen as a fix-all explanation, and doesn't merit the absolute deconstruction of the person's life (as was done with Harris and Klebold). As for there being a double standard: Nazis, klansmen and related nut-jobs outnumber racists of color by an inummerable amount. Whenever a crime is committed against a person of color by any of the above said groups, the shockwaves go through the entire community, including communities of other colors. In the light of the brutal history of injustice and the current prevalance of hateful rhetoric and rumors, an attack against a person of color harms the community much more than would an attack on a white person to the 70% majority. The act itself is no better or worse, but the harm it does is of a different nature. Finally, what about when 7 people were shot to death at the National Zoo on Easter Sunday? The media attention lasted about 3 days; all concerned were African American.

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Name : Dan27299, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Pentecostal Christian, Age : 21, City : L.A. area, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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