I can't believe the news today. Oh, I can't close my eyes and make it go away. | | | | The Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in a concert recorded for the live album "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" and the film "Gimme Shelter."
(Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images) | | | | | | “I can't believe the news today. Oh, I can't close my eyes and make it go away.”
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| | rantnrave:// A classic U2 song once again resonates deeply in the present day. I wake up lately and fret what now? What happened in the world? Yesterday was a classically beautiful day in LA. Was taking a nice walk. Just thinking. Not another attack. Please, no. And at a show that attracted kids and young adults. Innocents. We don't know all the facts yet. Who did it? I know that people who don't get heard sometimes turn violent. They may have messages, needs and wants to not feel pain anymore. They have grievances even if their methods are abhorrent and inhumane. Well, what was this? Just a vicious crime with no message at a place of music and celebration. Just like BATACLAN. How do you explain this? What's the point? Just absolute nihilistic terror born from hate? It looks like it. Parents who can't find their children crying on CNN for help. I think about my nieces and nephew. I can't imagine. People screaming and running from the venue. My heart breaks for ARIANA GRANDE, her fans, the injured, the murdered, and the city of MANCHESTER. I fear pointed fingers at intelligence officials. We can't know everything and be everywhere. Was it a suicide bomber? How can we protect against that? JOHN F. KENNEDY once said: "If anyone wants to do it, no amount of protection is enough. All a man needs is a willingness to trade his life for mine." I don't ever want to take these attacks lightly. Like just another attack. But they are more and more a reality. Something that won't touch most of us physically, but destroys us emotionally. Makes us afraid. My hope is that we're all defiant. We don't give into killers and monsters. We don't scapegoat. Close off. Shut down. Are things going to escalate? As terrorist groups get squeezed, we're going to see more of this. Europe seems to be fighting the authoritarian, scare and hate tactics of some candidates. It's a hopeful sign. And yet, every time this happens I worry about the mass panic. Politicians taking advantage of that panic. The quick reaction to blame a race or religion. Or to deny the freedoms we cherish and fight for to address fear. Instead, let's do what MR. ROGERS suggests: "Always look for the helpers." There's hope. Just some off-the-cuff thoughts on a day that didn't end well. I'm sad but defiant... Now reading my friend R.P. EDDY's new book with RICHARD A. CLARKE, WARNINGS: FINDING CASSANDRAS TO STOP CATASTROPHES... Below are my picks to expand your mind and curiosity... Happy Birthday to PAUL BRICAULT, JEFF NORDHAUS, and DMITRY SHAPIRO. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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