THE BATMAN MASSACRE: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT OURSELVES?

Another random massacre, and another opportunity to do something about gun laws, appear to be as good as gone. What is happening to America? Is this how the modern society resolves its social pathologies? What kind of an animal a man of 21st century is about to become? Where do we go from here? Does anybody care about random violence anymore? Do we still remember Fort Hood, Texas massacre in 2009, Northern Illinois University massacre in 2008, Virginia Tech University massacre  in 2007 or the one near Aurora: Columbine High School massacre in 1999? Was anything done about the roots of any of them?
The usual suspects such as entertainment industry, media, politicians and gun industry, with its chief client and advocate, National Rifle Association, have lost  another opportunity to do something meaningful about the exposure of American society to random violence. The new thread, characteristic to the Aurora shooting, was an PR offensive undertaken by Hollywood and entertainment industry (one of the main culprits and inspirators for the random shooters)  in aftermath of the batman massacre, in particular the series of statements issued by Warner Brothers, and all the stars associated with "The Dark Knight Rises" production. Imagine, the community at large "held their collective breath" waiting for Christian Bale or Jason Gordon-Levitt's nuggets of wisdom (LOL!). Not better were politicians, i.e. John Hickenlooper, the governor of the State of Colorado who wasted no time in stupidly defending gun control laws, or, rather, a lack of them, and indirectly defending NRA interests. Not better were mayor of Aurora, Steve Hogan, and its Chief of Police, Dan Oates, or New York City Commissioner of Police, Raymond W. Kelly. All of these officials seem to propagate a stupid belief, which they repeat like a mantra, that freedom to purchase arms would not have stopped the batman massacre or that it would not have limited its monstrosity or its size.  Comme on! Have some decency! It is shocking to any human mind that there are people who advocate total freedom in acquisition of arms and consider 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting an uninfringed right to keep and bear arms, to be holly and unassailable. Don't you know that people created laws and people can change them? How long can America cling to something created in 1791, when semi-automatic or automatic guns were not invented yet. Times change, things change, people change.   Imagine how much good the nay sayers could have achieved in redirecting their energy and money towards the real causes of the shooting, instead of protecting themselves and their profits through PR schemes. The modern society with its hierarchy of values is obviously full of pathologies. The man of 21st century seems to be lost among various forces attacking his psyche, the chief among them being a God of materialism and consumerism, propagated by the masters of finance, utilizing such servants as media and entertainment industry.

Janusz Andrzejewski, a New York City based attorney, writes on legal as well as other important community subjects. You can contact him by telephone (212) 634-4250 or through e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com