Friends,
Terror attacks in the United States are on the rise with Colorado and San Bernardino being the latest examples. What I find distressing is that one of these events is called terrorism and the other isn’t. One has prompted shouty people to shout about condemning non-pink people and one global religion, but those same shouty people are loathe to shout about a beardy pink fellow who follows another global religion.
We were justifiably alarmed by the attacks on Paris. We changed our avatars and proclaimed our allegiance and solidarity with an entire country. The terror attack on San Bernardino on the other hand, sparked a national dialogue. Did you overlay a California flag over your Facebook avatar? Me neither.
I didn’t even consider it.
“America, what a country!”
– Yakov Smirnov
Your pal,
– bob