This post has little to do with my kosher journey but it is important to discuss.
Everyone is taking about the shooting in Aurora, Colorado at the midnight showing of the new Batman movie. One of the biggest, maybe most controversial issues coming out of most posts is the laying of blame on victims of this tragedy.
Among the patrons and victims it's been said, were a nine-year-old, a six-year-old and a 3-month-old.
Why were they there!? Because of course, it's their fault.
Why do we blame the victims? Or in this case, the parents of the victims. Why does society feel that it is entitled to add to the grief of the parents whose children were killed at the theatre? I challenge any parent to day they have NEVER had a lapse of judgement. That they have NEVER wanted to do something fun and crazy with their children.
I remember my parents waking me up late at night during a snowstorm to go for a walk in the big fluffy flakes. Does that make them irresponsible. Doubtful and at 38, it's still a fond memory.
Recently we took our nine year old twin girls to the drive-in. One daughter fell asleep during the second movie - the new Spiderman movie. The other stayed up and watched the whole thing. It was 2am before we left. Does that make me an irresponsible parent? I would only have been called such if something tragic had happened.
So maybe we need to stop blaming the victims and their parents. Maybe we need to look into ourselves and ask ourselves why a tragedy like this happened.
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