Sunday, April 22, 2007
I'm watching "This Week with George Stephanopolous." They've just finished talking about the mass-murder at Virginia Tech. Cokie Roberts just finished talking about what a shame it is that our "children" can't be safe on college campi.
Children? I suppose, strictly, that the victims were children. They were also "adults." When someone says "child," or "children," I think of toddlers, ten-year-olds. I don't think of car-owning, world-traveling, tax-paying, beer-drinking voters. The people killed ranged in age from 18 to 76. These were not "children." These were "adults."
I'm tired of the infantilization of America.
Children? I suppose, strictly, that the victims were children. They were also "adults." When someone says "child," or "children," I think of toddlers, ten-year-olds. I don't think of car-owning, world-traveling, tax-paying, beer-drinking voters. The people killed ranged in age from 18 to 76. These were not "children." These were "adults."
I'm tired of the infantilization of America.
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