There was a school shooting recently in Georgia.
Senator J. D. Vance (there’s some debate if that’s his real name) said he didn’t like it, but it is “a fact of life.”
A fact of life!
What is a fact of life? Well, death is a fact of life, both human and a treasured pet’s. We’ve all heard what has been attributed to Benjamin Franklin, “…nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
I don’t believe he was correct about taxes, but I think old Ben was right in saying nothing else was certain. Which seems to me to be the definition of “fact of life.” Something is a fact of life if there is nothing we can do to keep it from happening. Ben rightly thought that included death, so he was half right. I’m having trouble thinking of anything else.
Let’s take a look at Vance’s fact of life. If he’s right, there is nothing that can be done about it. We are going to have school shootings on a regular basis from now on. There is certainly evidence to support that point of view.
After all, there have been such incidents on a regular basis. When we hear about a new one, we say, “another school shooting,” shake our heads, and then proceed with our lives. Giving little thought to the children and adults who no longer can shake their heads and proceed with their lives. Accepting that it is indeed a fact of life.
Now Vance actually does think something can be done. He’s all for more security. But he still believes in the “fact of life.” Because more security, if it does anything, will only lessen the number of school shootings.
Well, is he right? Do we have to accept that on a regular basis we will have such shootings? If it’s a fact of life, then we have to.
But if we’re thinking clearly, we know that’s not the case. There is an obvious solution. A simple solution.
Get rid of guns.
If there are no guns, there will be no shootings.
Of course, that is not going to happen. Because people like Vance place more value on guns than they do on human life. So when he calls school shootings a fact of life, he’s really saying he wants guns to be a fact of life. And, as long as they are in our minds, so are school shootings. I don’t think, however, you will ever hear him spout that logic.
So, in the upcoming election, if you don’t think school shootings (or any shootings for that matter) are a fact of life, vote out those who think they are.
Senator J. D. Vance (there’s some debate if that’s his real name) said he didn’t like it, but it is “a fact of life.”
A fact of life!
What is a fact of life? Well, death is a fact of life, both human and a treasured pet’s. We’ve all heard what has been attributed to Benjamin Franklin, “…nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
I don’t believe he was correct about taxes, but I think old Ben was right in saying nothing else was certain. Which seems to me to be the definition of “fact of life.” Something is a fact of life if there is nothing we can do to keep it from happening. Ben rightly thought that included death, so he was half right. I’m having trouble thinking of anything else.
Let’s take a look at Vance’s fact of life. If he’s right, there is nothing that can be done about it. We are going to have school shootings on a regular basis from now on. There is certainly evidence to support that point of view.
After all, there have been such incidents on a regular basis. When we hear about a new one, we say, “another school shooting,” shake our heads, and then proceed with our lives. Giving little thought to the children and adults who no longer can shake their heads and proceed with their lives. Accepting that it is indeed a fact of life.
Now Vance actually does think something can be done. He’s all for more security. But he still believes in the “fact of life.” Because more security, if it does anything, will only lessen the number of school shootings.
Well, is he right? Do we have to accept that on a regular basis we will have such shootings? If it’s a fact of life, then we have to.
But if we’re thinking clearly, we know that’s not the case. There is an obvious solution. A simple solution.
Get rid of guns.
If there are no guns, there will be no shootings.
Of course, that is not going to happen. Because people like Vance place more value on guns than they do on human life. So when he calls school shootings a fact of life, he’s really saying he wants guns to be a fact of life. And, as long as they are in our minds, so are school shootings. I don’t think, however, you will ever hear him spout that logic.
So, in the upcoming election, if you don’t think school shootings (or any shootings for that matter) are a fact of life, vote out those who think they are.
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