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rant sidetracked
Jun. 13th, 2016 06:39 pmI was one of many people who objected to the "Deadliest mass shooting in US history" tagline. My first thought was the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee (I had to look up the date), but wondered whether that was considered an act of war. NPR has responded:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/13/481884291/putting-deadliest-mass-shooting-in-u-s-history-into-some-historical-context
Adding "modern" to the statement helps.
Another thing from the radio - Marketplace said that the statistic they came up with after the murders at Sandy Hook "There are more places to buy guns in the United States than there are Starbucks on the planet" still holds true.
While I was grumbling to myself, I was reminded of what John Jay wrote early in the Federalist Papers:
"I have often taken notice that Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people - a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs" (it goes on). This was written in October 1787. There were lots of colors and religions and languages in the infant nation at the time. I guess he meant all the people that mattered to him were just like him. I'm going to stop before I say something rude.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/13/481884291/putting-deadliest-mass-shooting-in-u-s-history-into-some-historical-context
Adding "modern" to the statement helps.
Another thing from the radio - Marketplace said that the statistic they came up with after the murders at Sandy Hook "There are more places to buy guns in the United States than there are Starbucks on the planet" still holds true.
While I was grumbling to myself, I was reminded of what John Jay wrote early in the Federalist Papers:
"I have often taken notice that Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people - a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs" (it goes on). This was written in October 1787. There were lots of colors and religions and languages in the infant nation at the time. I guess he meant all the people that mattered to him were just like him. I'm going to stop before I say something rude.
