The Massacre in Aurora, Colorado - Milton Laene Araujo

The Massacre in Aurora, Colorado -  And the guy who did it. – Colorado – July 2012

It is so sad what took place! It is even sadder for family members. Their lives have changed. My thoughts and my prayers go to all of them.

The first thought that comes to mind is whether the criminal has the capacity to recognize feelings that are being experienced by another sentient or semi-sentient (in fiction writing) being. Someone may need to have a certain amount of empathy before they are able to feel compassion.

One reality is: We pay way too much attention to criminal minds. We portray them on TV as something we need to learn to recognize. No! We do not need to recognize them. This is the job of a therapist, a psychologist, a pshychiatrist – Not for the media to make them celebrities. The media has the obligation to talk about the human being who departed, what their lives were like, and what they shared while in this sphere. Where they loved? Who loved them? What did they have in special to those who loved? This is what we need to concentrate on. I want to know the name of the victims

Another reality: The criminal mind should to be called joe doer. His picture should be changed into a one face - The same to all joe doers  - So we do not see a face on TV. He, or she will be judged, and family members of the victims know where he is. No need to make him a Mystery.  

Human beings are capable of anythig to get attention. Some people go the the extreme. There is no explanation to why human beings lose their empathy at times. Some people love drama! They live for it. Others like to show off. Attention deficit, is nothing more than lack of attention. We all suffer from lack of attention – But we do not go to the extreme of destroying a life. We go away! We divorce, we separate, we resolve matters. We are humans, for cries out loud.

One way or another, something went awire in the head of this Joe Doer, that he decided to terrorize an entire nation. For this particular reason, he needs to be treated as a Joe Doer. No more TV shows about him. Nothing. We can learn about it by doing a search in the net.

No more notoriety to the criminal – And only to the victims. Let’s treat any criminal as a person with no name, and a comon face. This will teach them that it ends right there!

In summary, what happened is a barbarity. It is something that must be kept off the TV waves. Prisoners have no acces to the internet. So, they do not have to watch shows that make them a notoriety.

Some changes are nacessary!

Milton Laene Araujo – July 22, 2012