Column: Media explanations justify evil intent
Oct. 9, 2006Last week, a gunman killed five girls at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania. When a tragedy like this happens and receives the firestorm of media coverage this did, people begin to ask questions. They want to know what would motivate a grown man to slaughter innocent children. But the desire for a broader explanation must be avoided at all cost. Something can be learned here, but it's a lesson many recklessly continue to ignore. There is evil in this world and it is blind and unthinking. As such, it needs no motivation.
