Why don't we Nazi Up?

Facebook is a rotten vehicle for political commentary sometimes. I have a "friend" (not anymore) who recently posted a bloody picture of the atrocity in Boston, and ranted that we need to "nazi up" and throw all Muslims into concentration camps.

His "post" was laced with obscenities.

Meanwhile, on EVERY channel, the news machines went over ever sordid detail of the bombing. We were "entertained" with countless re-showings of the explosions, the sirens, the screams.

And then, "experts" were interviewed, endlessly guessing as to the criminals who set off the bombs.

Meanwhile, political pundits were interviewed, conjecturing who or where the perpetrators came from.

And hours of coverage, in every detail.

On and on..until I turned it off.

I suggest you all turn it off as well. We were spooked by 9-11 into acting like a bunch of nervous cowards. We bought tons of clear plastic, to insulate our homes from anthrax. We panicked. We attacked Muslims. We attached Iraq.

And afterward, we looked back and realized how foolishly we acted.

Look, terrorists (if that is who did this) deal in terror. By flying off the handle, by covering every aspect of the act, the news medial simply reinforces the terrorists' (or madman's ) motives.

Terror works when you give in to being afraid. The way to stop terrorism, is by stopping being afraid.

I wrote a blog a few weeks ago, that questioned the basic character and bravery of Americans today.

Upon further reflection, I doubt if we as a people are any more or less brave than we were in 1941. But I do know we were not bombarded with news accounts, that served to only terrorize and antagonize.

In 1941, there was lots to be afraid of; real stuff, not terrorism that has a 1 in a million chance of hurting you. The odds of being a victim of international terrorism today are ridiculously low. The odds of being invaded by Germany or Japan in 1941 were more real. We did incarcerated hundreds of thousands of loyal Japanese Americans, and we still are apologizing for that!

The odds of doing something stupid, or making a fool of yourself, by over-reacting to overblown news accounts, can do as much damage as the terrorists themselves!

Once again, as I watched the video of the bombings, I saw first responders running TOWARD the carnage and danger; there were many who did that, just like the brave firefighters during 9/11. Once again, I marveled at the coolness under fire and the maturity law enforcement showed in their initial reactions.

We all need to consider the national motto, "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave", turn off the T.V., trust our elected officials and police to deal with the wackos, and CALM DOWN!

And, we certainly do not want to jump to conclusions as to who did this despicable act.