LAT: The real shock and horror was the near universal lack of shock and horror.

[kpete]

"Just another day in the United States of America, another day of gunfire, panic and fear.”

That’s how the BBC chose to open its coverage of Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino. And while the tone was certainly questionable, the accuracy was not.

The real shock and horror was the near universal lack of shock and horror.

In its place was something far more dangerous than terrorists or highly armed psychopaths, more fundamentally terrifying than butchery or bombs: Numbed acceptance, bordering on disassociation.

Democracy can survive violence, invasion and even fear, but it cannot survive malaise.

From the moment the killings were first reported, it became instantly clear that a year filled with senseless slaughter — there have been 355 mass shootings in 2015, according to the Washington Post, including two on Wednesday — had left its mark on those who report the news and those who consume it.


http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-san-bernardino-shooting-mcnamara-notebook-20151202-column.html

[Jester Messiah]

1. Seems like we're getting numb to it, as a country.

When the response to mass murder is a shrug before moving on, you know your culture is in trouble.

[GusBob]

2. IF it is an act of terror, and we are numb to it,

Then have the terrorists achieved their goal?

Or maybe they want us to fear the quiet Muslim next door to stir up their religious war?

Please note the IF

Great op-Ed though, great line. "not it's guns, it's citizens"