I think for starters, people need to consider that our way of life in the US has become incredibly unhealthy with respect to how people are treated and the pressures that those individuals must face. Couple that to a person asked to participate in actions that require them to commit crime after crime, dehumanized act after dehumanized act, mistreatment after mistreatment from their own employer (the government in this case), and you get a person who is absolutely lucky if they don’t pop in some way or form. Without getting into complicated arguments, there is absolutely no need for a standing military force. There is also no need to support that force with billions of dollars because the only thing that really threatens our own personal freedom are the very few who are in control of those military like forces (police, government, military, etc.). Many of the current problems in this particular society are a direct result of the hierarchy set up by the obnoxiously large government, and people of that society just go with it and never question anything associated with the design of the system. They simply respond to the system in small ways and try to avoid having that very system negatively affect them. But that only perpetuates the problem for everyone else.

So to me, it’s a little absurd to call an event like this a “tragedy,” not only because I disagree with the use of the word in accordance with its general “definition,” but also because things like this will happen and will continue to happen as long as a system like the one we have in place exists. People can sit around and complain about how “sad” things like this are, but if you are doing absolutely nothing to fix the problem, if you continue to be spoon-fed with the illusion that events like these are a necessary part of being “free,” then as far as I am concerned you have lost all credibility. And just for those who think that I have not been callous enough, I think it is high time that the “citizens” of the US get a close-up glimpse of what they contribute to in every country occupied by their own (the US’s) soldiers, in every war that has been brought to some other country’s door, in every invasion, torture session, violation of international rights, etc. that has been carried on by the iron fists of the US. It’s very easy to talk about death and support it when it is at a large distance, but its not so easy to deal with when death has been forced upon you as a result of your own participation in a corrupt system of compliance. And keep in mind that the shootings at Fort Hood were absolutely and positively humane in comparison to the treatment of “civilians” in other countries, ordinary men, women, and children who are stripped of their right to life by our country’s desire to own and control.