Political Frenzy

That sexxxy ultra-conservative vixen Ann Coulter is at it again! She preaches abstinence, and then makes it so hard.

Pun intended.

Her article, “Let’s Make America a ‘Sad-Free Zone’!” gets under my skin.

First of all, she can’t get her own religion right. “But since Adam ate the apple and let evil into the world, deranged individuals have existed,” she confidently asserts. In fact, Genesis 2:16-17 says: ” Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, ‘From every tree of the garden you may freely eat, but from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For the day that you eat from it you will surely die.’” He didn’t let evil in to the world, he simply became aware of it. I’m not even a Christian and I know that.

Then she says: “It’s certainly not against the law to be an unsociable loner. If it were, Ralph Nader would be behind bars right now, where he belongs.” Look, I’m not about to cast my ballot for Nader, but I like having seat belts, airbags, and a working swing axle in my car. Nader hasn’t hurt anyone, he’s saved lives. Why behind bars, Coulter? Pandering the rabble again?

To the meat of the story. The Playboy Pundit (which is her nickname as of now) is supporting the notion that more concealed weapons will equate to more safety. The figures prove her right! Many massacres have been avoided by having a would-be victim armed and firing back, stopping the attacker before they caused any more carnage. This is an indisputable fact that lefties conveniently ignore.

“Needless to say, Virginia Tech is a Gun-Free School Zone” she says. Well, no. Not so needless to say after a Virginia Tech student was caught carrying a licensed pistol onto the campus and right into class a while back. They had to debate whether or not discipline the student. Virginia Tech is no a zero-tolerance environment, so that argument falls flat.

But before we turn America into Sigma Iotia II, there’s something else that needs to be addressed. Coulter is subscribing to the logical theory “A or B; if not A then B”. This bypasses, however, the possibility of compromise, or even of a “C” option.

There are people allowed to carry firearms on campus - Campus Police. These people SHOULD have been there. Their absence is what allowed this tragedy to continue. Armed, licensed, responsible people should have been available to stop the shooter dead in his tracks - literally. We have an armed response force for these situations, they just need to be used. I assure you more killers have been stopped by this nation’s brave police forces than by vigilantes.

“Bowling for Columbine”, a rambling documentary by Michael Moore (who points out a lot of figures and sad anecdotes, but never really seems to offer any kind of solution) does provide an interesting question. Other nations such as Germany, Australia, the UK, Canada, or Japan don’t have these kinds of massacres - certainly not at the alarming frequency the United States seems to have them. It’s not a matter of gun control, everyone and his brother in the Outback has a rifle for shooting snakes. It’s not a matter of our movies or video games. Anyone who’s seen “Ichi the Killer” or played “Virtua Fighter IV” knows that the Japanese have a total boner for gore. So why is it?

It’s something deeper, something cultural. Something about the United States drives many people over the edge. I’m not sure, but I think I know why. But no legislation will solve this problem.

There is a growing self-destructive aura on our nation. I sense in my classmates at Seattle Central Community College a deep detachment from power of God in themselves, an aimless wandering, running from the lows and searching for the next high. And absurd as it may seem, it’s linked to our obsession with American Idol. Instead of striving for moral and personal achievement, we’re constantly seeking the applause of our “peers”.

From Columbine to Virginia Tech, these students have been ostracized from society from an early age, instead of being welcomed in the arms of their classmates and their communities. Our society is an exclusive society that makes outcasts out of the weird, the strange, and the abnormal. Goth, transgendered, Islamic, and booger-eating kids all deserve our love and acceptance.

Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. And societies that crush our souls create killers.