In the absence of time to write myself, I want to highlight some friends writings…

My buddy, Ben, writes:

This Virginia Tech shooting is really sad, but its also a reminder of how sad our media is. Nowhere on TV, print, or radio is safe from what seems like deep exploitation for ratings. Each news channel seems to be putting on a show of sadness, while they are probably giddy to get a change to create new graphics, horrific segment titles, and story after story about why you too should be scared for your life. As the president of Virginia Tech said, “we live in an open society,” and while that brings with it incredible freedom and joy, it at times is open to unpreventable tragedies. Yet, even here in Seattle the local news can’t help but pain the local colleges here as the next possible place for terror, and older members of the media continue to talk about how more violent and worse off this generation is compared to the “good ole days.” While the media is busy painting this generation as violent and heartless they are missing…

Read the Rest of his Post here.