humans.

I just wanted to say something about the Connecticut school shooting that happened today. In case you don't know what I'm talking about: A guy ran into the school heavily armed and killed at least 27 people, 18 of which were children.
What really hit me was that this is an elementary school we're talking about, with kids that are 5-10 years old.
Of course, every life is valuable and age doesn't (shouldn't) influence the gravity of such a situation, but still: those were innocent little children.

I can't begin to explain what I think of somebody who would slaughter so many people who did nothing to harm him. Those were people with families, with lives of their own, with dreams. Innocent people.
How can a human be capable of such a crime? How can we call ourselves a sophisticated and highly developed species if we can't even act like it?
We kill each other on a daily basis, there's always a war going on somewhere. And yet we say we are more intelligent, more rational, less instinct-driven, all in all better than all the other species on earth. Killing, in my opinion, is raw violence. We're no better than the animals we consider to be inferior to humankind.
And I know I sound like I'm judging everybody now by generalising everything. But what if I told you we're all capable of this raw, bestial violence? You may be thinking that you'd never be able to do something as bad as killing somebody, but technically you are. As long as we can feel anger, hatred, fear, any emotion that can lead to aggression, be it offensive or defensive, we're capable of a lot of things. Gruesome things.

I lose a bit of my faith in humanity every time I hear of such a thing. You'd think that people would learn from past mistakes or think twice before committing any act of violence because of all the things they've heard on the news. But no. We continue doing what we're doing, obstinate and stupid as it is.
I believe in God. I do. But at times like these I'm not so sure whether He believes in us any longer.

/P.