No hiding under the covers

[paladyn]

There are a lot of friends that don't want to talk about it, think about it or otherwise acknowledge that what happened yesterday last week happened...and that it will happen again. No amount of cuddles, ice cream, puppies, mindless entertainment, crying, prayer or denial is going to change that. I look for things out of place every day; the man

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[montieth]

It has ALWAYS been the new normal. We just, as a rule, prefer to try to ignore the lions 'over there' gathered around what was a member of the herd.

[volare]

well put.
it's been the new normal for awhile now, but somehow it only ends up staying in the places hit the hardest -- Columbine, NYC, Newtown, now Boston, just as a few -- while the rest of the country is on high alert for a little while and then buries their heads in the ground again.

I've often quibbled with the concept that 'fear is the mindkiller'. As you said, it's all about having just enough to be AAOX3 as you're conducting daily business -- not so much that you tinfoil your windows, set perimeter alarms and spend your days re-cataloguing your antibiotic stash, and not so little that you forget to pay attention to that prickly feeling down your neck or that twist in your gut when something's actually going on.
Total lack of fear is just as lethal as too much.

[paladyn]

I remember someone posting the 'fear is the mindkiller' mantra immediately after the bombing. I think that while they've seen the movie or read the books they don't understand the complexity of the context. It's about controlling the fear.

[pelgar]

People like the feeling of safety that comes with believing that all the bad things happen elsewhere.

The speed and manner that people in Boston reacted showed that many folks are starting to "get it."

[paladyn]

The right people were at the right place at the right time. Because that assclown decided to set off both bombs near the finish line that's where EMS, LEO were staged and ready to receive casualties.

People didn't get it then, and they won't get it now.