Apr 21, 2007 23:05
Today’s weather
The weather is a little cold and a bit breezy out. There are clouds in the bright blue sky. Yesterday it was dark and cloudy which rained for the majority of the day. A lot of rain all day, after the rain stopped I could see the snow on Palomar Mountain. I took a minutes out of my busy day just so I could see the whole mountain range full of snow. It was beautiful. The second time this year I was privileged to view this sight. I love living out here in Valley Center. Country living suites me.
Where I was most of the day: I spent most of today hiding in my house. I really didn't feel much like talking with any one today. I just wanted to stay inside, keep to myself and stay warm. I watched some T.V., but I slept most of the day.
I’m reading: I've been reading the book ON KILLING, by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. After this weeks tragic deaths at Virginia Tech. I thought I'd dig out this book that I read a few years ago and read it again. I found that it has answers to many peoples question, if they care to read it, they will find some answers about why we kill and why we don't. I have one more chapter to finish the book. I forgot so much and now I remember the reason why I bought the book to begin with. Our society has been desensitized so much through the years of violent media such as ultra violent movies and video games that makes it ok to kill any one who gets in the way of their perceived goals. No matter how out of line those goals maybe with the values of our society. I would like to think that we can control our selves enough to know the difference between fiction and reality. But, like many things of this world, humans are weak and can be controlled by many things, such as drugs, alcohol, gabbling, sex, and money. The things we as a society are allowing our kids to watch are simply just desensitizing them to violence and simply being a warm caring person. It been proven that after normal people are desensitized to killing, they find It easy to kill other people. There are many examples of this in history. The only difference here is that we are doing it to our children, unaware of the consequences to our society. It's really not the just conservatives that should be worries, but all of us. See it's hard for humans to kill humans. It just no something that comes natural. Regardless of what people might think, it's not as easy as some think. Countries all over the world have made their soldiers do many things to over come this natural diversion from kill ones own kind.
I talked to: No one. I pretty much kept to myself today. I needed the down time to myself.
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