The media blame game

Not the usual: now it's the broadcasters and mainstream media blaming the "other" media for "blowing the tragety out of proportion." Flipping through MSNBC's Scarborough country on the way to something interesting, I glimpsed an interview with Scarborough, Tucker Carlson and somebody else.

The net of the issue was that the local officials and major media are now denying that there was anything wrong with the local response. Rape? Couldn't have happened. Murder? No way! People taking pot shots at rescue helicopters? Never happened.

They seem to be claiming, if I get this straight, is that since they did such a good job of disarming the people who went into the superdome, that these trageties couldn't have happened. Never mind that the criminal element thrives in when their victims are incapable of defending themselves. Never mind that by most accounts, there was little to no police presence inside th superdome. NO, NO. This never happened because their motives were pure. And surely nothing like that would happen in their little edge of utopia.

Society is and always has been an illusion because men are fallen creatures. We have a sin nature and absent the active intervention of the Holy Spirit and societal pressures, have a tendancy to do whatever WE think is right. Unfortunately, as in the case of New Orleans, there are a lot of people who think that might makes right.

We help our neighbor, contribute to the good causes, and advance the cause of justice - all furthering the illusion of civilization. Not because we think that man is inherently good, but because he is not, and is in desperate need of salvation.