As we commemorated the 20th anniversary of the horrific Oklahoma City Bombing Sunday, did we stop to think what brought that event about, the mind-frame of the man who did it?
Oh, horrors to us all, if we did pause. For, his thoughts were to a large extent the same as those of many Americans. The thoughts and beliefs that led him to do what he did, are thoughts and beliefs you likely share with him.
I start to say, you don't need to feel culpable. But, indeed, society should feel culpable. Society lend him the spirit. It taught him the things he believed. It gave him the will and desire to do what he did.
The very things you teach to others, were taught to him by others.
Tim McVeigh simply believed we should get guns as a hedge against the chance a tyrannical government might rise up. That's the same belief you might have.
And -- here's the kicker -- he believed the government already was tyrannical, same as you might think it is.
If weapons are needed for the day the government gets tyrannical, and if that day has already arrived, what do you do?
Well, some have said, You always reap, just what you sow. We sowed a dangerous seed, and we reaped a bad apple.
And, some have said, Those who refuse to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. Did we learn anything from the Oklahoma City Bombing, or, 20 years later, are we still sowing the seeds we sowed back then.
I fear, we are only sowing them more.
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