Beyond Boston

What happened in Boston yesterday was horrific.  It should happen nowhere. Innocent people out for enjoyment and pleasure, engaged in a sporting activity and suddenly destruction. It is the act of terrorism. It is despicable and cowardly.

The big question is now, 'who done it?'.  While many speculate that it was an attack from enemies overseas and other defining it more pointedly at Islamic extremists, I think we need to slow down and the let the law enforcement personnel do their job.

There is no need for a rush to judgment and a rush to vindication.  We should, instead, look for justice, truth and answers to this terrible day in Boston and America’s history.

In Texas many have rushed to judgment in the death of the county prosecutor and the D.A. and his wife in Kaufman County.  The Arian Brotherhood was all but tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television. (They may still play a role in this, who knows?) But now police have a suspect with a motive and a fairly straight line of circumstances that place him in front of the victims. Not a member of the Arian Brotherhood. Instead, he is a former Justice of the Peace. The lesson: don’t ump to conclusions. Let the investigation play itself out. Speculation at this point is just that. Speculation.

What needs to happen is that Boston and its people need our support in heeling.  AND WE DO NOT NEED A KNEE JERK REACTIOIN FROM HOMELAND SECURITY TO CHECK EVERYONE’S SHOES AT EVERY SPORTING EVENT. We do not need metal detectors at every corner in every town that hosts a sporting outing, be it running or little league soccer.

I beg of authorities around the country, “Do not make us even more imprisoned in our free movement by the actions of a radical or two. Just look at what Al Qaeda did to our airports. Show restraint. Show reason. Be firm and vigilant in searching out those who inflicted this damage. 

But do not punish Americans in the way we live because of fear.