As we all have probably seen there was a terrible tragedy in Tucson yesterday. As I have been doing the nilehi website I have been exposed to all sides of our political views. Where do these viewpoints come from? First we are influenced by our parents. They were influenced by their lifetime of exposure to their parents, friends, teachers, religious leaders, etc. I would hope that the individual mind is developed enough to filter out the bad ideas and encourage the good ones. Now the question arises what is bad and what is good. My bad might be your good and if we can't discuss it rationally we become polarized. Mankind has evolved from the caveman to the present going from a simple mind who saw and reacted to todays more analytical approach where we evaluate a situation and decide the best course of action. We, unfortunately still have a part of society with a caveman mentality which knows only one way to solve a problem and that is to use the club.
If Tucson's tragedy has taught us anything, although I don't think it has, I hope it would be to open up more rational conversation and find that we all are trying to attain the same goals.