If anyone questions whether
this culture has been turned upside down where right is wrong and wrong is
right, witness the cover of this month's Rolling Stone. The article presents
Tsarnaev as a sympathetic victim, failed by his family and society. The facts
are otherwise. He was a spoiled brat who got everything he wanted and gave full
expression to the evil inside of him. Save your sympathy for those families who
were true victims and be willing to condemn those who commit unspeakable
crimes.
The actual edition won't
appear until Friday, but content leaked suggests it will present a very
sympathetic view of Tsarnaev which is not justified by the facts and are an
inappropriate response to such acts. The Jim Morrisonlike cover by itself is
repugnant , but nonetheless protected by the 1st Amendment. Exercising their
rights, aeveral businesses like CVS, Tedechi food stores, BJ's and Walgreens
have refused to carry it.
What lessons are there for
believers? I guess we'll have to wait until Friday, but based upon what we
already know one lesson is that the heart is deceitfully wicked whether it
beats in a Muslim, Christian, Jew or pagan. Any attempt to minimize that - much
less glorify it - ought to be opposed.
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