Notes of
Concern…
…Jackson Blair
Sinking Stone
On July 24th the last hospitalized victim of the
Boston bombers was released from the hospital.
He lost a leg.
He had 49 surgeries during his stay.
Shortly before his release Rolling Stone Magazine put his
attacker on their cover. They did not use a picture of the terrorist at work.
Instead, they used a picture that was called fluffed and buffed.
It amazes me that we continue to ignore the truly injured
and champion the villains.
I think of the family that went to Boston to watch the
Marathon. These cold-blooded killers walked right up to that family, placed a
bomb at their feet, and walked away. That family lost a young son. The daughter
lost a leg. The mother had shrapnel in her brain.
Are any of these people featured on the cover of a magazine?
I am sorry if the terrorist had a tough childhood.
I am sorry if the terrorist had a dysfunctional family.
I am sorry if the terrorist could not stand up to his older brother.
But at the end of the day, the terrorist went along with his
brother, placed those bombs at the feet of the innocents, killed an MIT
policeman just to get his gun, and then ran over his own brother as he tried to
escape the police.
This may well be my shortest column.
But I want it to be one of the most important.
If you have a dysfunctional family, a very persuasive
brother, and are a religious zealot you still do not get to kill and maim
innocent people without suffering the judgment of society.
Rolling Stone should be ashamed. Frankly, I hope every
American with a conscience cancels their subscription. We cannot encourage this
kind of journalism. It speaks so badly of us.
I am ashamed of their self -serving attempt to sell the
magazine with an outrageous cover.
I am ashamed they tried to present this terrible terrorist
in a more favorable light.
This is not news. This is pandering to the lowest level of
our desire to make heroes out of criminals.
Let’s be better than this.
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