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When I heard about the VT tragedy, I immediately thought about Clay. What he must be thinking and what's his thoughts about this massacre.

This thought lead me to think little bit deeper.

Clay goes out of his way (AND country, AND continent) to seek children with needs, to help them and ask the world to help them too. Though some of the news stations aired a little piece about Clay's visit to Afghanistan, it was never a big headline or a story that they air and talk about over and over again.

One psycho went out of his way to kill innocent people, he knew that it will be tomorrow's news and he made sure no one will forget him soon. He videotaped himself blabbing weird stuff, took weird pictures of himself, and made sure that these pictures and video will be sent to a news station.

Now I know it's news. I know people want to know. I know people are interested and are curious. But why in the world should we give power to a madman? Airing his video and pictures was a complete mistake. Describing it would do the job. No need to show the world what is hatred and violence. We know it's there. News stations should minimize to the lowest point possible the amount of publicity the killers get, and instead - focus on the victims. Make them heroes!

When one man is spreading love around the world and is doing good for the society, it's no big news, but when a man is spreading hate and doing bad – that's news for us?

Is it news? Maybe it is, but in a the news world, we are so used to the fact that villains are being elevated to a position of an anti-hero that we so love to analyze, maybe, just maybe, a REAL hero, like Clay and others like him, ARE THE BIG NEWS?

My thoughts and prayers are with the families of VT victims.


Michal