Monday, July 23, 2012

Just A Random Thought

This will seem sick and insensitive, but let's be thankful the Aurora shooter only had guns.  Imagine the carnage if he had his PhD in neuroscience before pulling a Joker and wanting to "see the world burn."

This is one of the things that does worry me.  Technology is progressing in leaps and bounds and it's only a matter of time before someone cooks up a virus or toxin in his or her basement lab.  Actually, I think it's a testament to the goodness or laziness of mankind that it hasn't happened on a wider scale by now.

Two  other thoughts:  I hope the "humans are a cancer on the Earth" types start getting their due attention.  I fear them more than I fear Islamic radicals, Christianists or the Tea Party.  Second, all those James Bond movies where the villain is plotting the end of millions don't seem like fantastic escapist fiction anymore.

3 comments:

  1. Good point Chris, it COULD have been much worse...

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  2. Concur. If it had been like that attack on a Russian theatre/cinema there would have been _hundreds_ dead.

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  3. Hell, a couple cans of gasoline and a flare could have caused as much loss of life and injuries. Or a couple of pipe bombs.

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