the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become
unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives
The bombing at the Marathon was horrifying.
There's a Fred Rogers quote that he attributed to his Mother, who told him in times of great disaster to "Look for the helpers"
they were certainly there at the Finish Line. Look for them when graphic images bombard you. They will be there.
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Scarier to me now is that Wheel of Violence will only continue to spin
(maybe it's never stopped)
somewhere in Massachusetts today a teenage boy ponders a family member who lost a life or limb
and that boy will muster up the courage over the next several years to join the Army
and eventually he'll find himself in a country that has nothing to do with the Boston Marathon
and he will be assigned the task of killing people. that will be his job.
because of this madness he'll probably be willing to do it.
To me that is scarier than a pressure cooker full of nails.
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