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Fla. man charged in loud-music killing


Fla. man charged in loud-music killing, read the headlines in the recent news but these headlines didn't really reveal the whole story because the news story left uncovered and remained silent about the underlying tensions such as  the tensions between the races and the generational tensions that most likely, led up to what took  place on the day of the shooting. The on-going underlying struggles for dominance between these different groups wasn't mentioned even though
These unmentioned built-up tensions, in large part, led up to the tragic events that ended in the death of one young black man and the end as well of the older white man's ability to ever again live a normal life. In the end where does society lay the blame for this death of this young black youth and the end of a normal life for the older white man. Perhaps todays society itself is to blame for the tragic ending of at least two peoples lives and the hurtful damage done to others that were apart of the two victims lives involved in the shooting not to mention the damage done to those who are part of our present-day society itself. A chinese proverb said this about a Nation,..." When the music of a Nation become fast ,wild and discordant it shows the Nation is in confusion."
 In a book by Diana West, " the Death of the Grown UP," she wrote," The generation gap, about new styles of life, which ranging from religious interests to its tastes in music, stands in self- conscious tensions.... with the older generations.... with prevailing middle-class culture." later on, Diana Wests writes in her book," we have stopped "growing up," we have forgotten who it was we were suspposed to grow up into." Tocqueville wrote of his dismay regarding  society of his day, He wrote this," Yet this I own, that this old world;beyond which neither of us can see, appears to me to be almost worn out; the vast and venerable machine seem more  out of gear every day; and though I cannot look forward, my faith in  the continuance of the present is shaken." What would Tocqueville think about the conditions of our present world today if he were still living, where disrespect and hate for each other is common place and the motto, "do others, before they do you," seems to be the golden rule so many live their  lives by.  

    




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