|
Aswad -> RE: The Insensitive Boston Thread (4/17/2013 10:15:46 AM)
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: tweakabelle
Thinking about it, it was a forlorn aspiration to hope that people might refrain from speculating and finger pointing immediately after a horror like this.
Speculating is a natural response, and not the same as pointing fingers (although some did point fingers, which is a quite normal reaction and hopefully just part of venting). I think it's reasonable to speculate (but unreasonable to conclude with certainty at this point) about any such event. You'll no doubt recall I speculated on the 7/22 attacks, too, and pretty much correctly at that. People were thinking jihadists back then, as well, which proved false. I suspect it will again.
I'm very glad that people do their speculating in public, such as on CM, because it allows others to address what is said. It has been my experience that this leads to less rampant prejudices and such in the long run. In fact, if our own attacker had participated on this very forum, voicing his complaints, then he might well not have concluded that his attacks were (to him) justified. Such is the nature of debate. It allows us to form more balanced and well informed opinions when we have others to question the merits of our position.
Silence has none of these properties.
IWYW,
— Aswad.
|
|
|
|
