Thou Shalt Not Kill

Death in its universality becomes so commonplace that thousands die every day without any notice whatsoever. A statistically minute number, however, draw national and global attention from the media responsible for reporting the news. Such is the case with the shootings today in Arizona. I think that this is because we humans have not accepted that our ignorance on the subject deceives us into thinking that we know all that there is to know. It can only be in this context, then, that some deaths are deemed more significant than others. This naturally follows a line of reasoning which supposes that some living human beings are more important than others. Without trying to derive purpose from a quest for the meaning of our mortality, a distorted thinking emerges which condones death as a form of punishment, as an act of aggression, and so on. Hence, evil erupts manifest in those who choose to impose death upon others. The commandment to not kill has been so violated generation after generation that it now poses truly apocalyptic ramifications for the species that has mastered murder.