Archived I wish History remembered the victims instead of the killers (Showerthoughts)
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Archived I wish History remembered the victims instead of the killers (Showerthoughts)
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[–] Kleyno 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
The victims are many, the killers, few. The few are easier to remember: names, faces, pasts which led to the present act of murder. We feel for the victims, but we fear the killer(s), and so we have to attach meaning to what they did in order to dispel that fear.
We try to bring some explanation as to why the tragedy unfolded, perhaps believing that by doing so, we could prevent it from happening again. In the process, we become obsessed with the killer(s) and remember their victims only as an afterthought.
They become a number; a measuring stick for how "evil" we decide the killer(s) should be.
Or at least, that is how I see it.