Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion

Two dangerous events have taken place in Manhattan recently. First, there was the bombing. A guy rode up on a bicycle and set a bomb to go off outside of a military recruiting center when no one would be there. It was a little bomb, a big firecracker, really. It broke the glass on a window and a door. The bomber lost his bicycle.

Homeland Security went on high alert trying to find the bicyclist. It was the top story for three days.

Then, there was the crane. Today, a big crane in New York City fell over. It hit a bunch of apartment buildings. At least 4 people are dead.

No one’s saying that we have to give up the freedoms of the Bill of Rights because of the accident with the crane. Lots of people have spent several years working hard to get rid of the freedoms of the Bill of Rights to protect Americans from bombers, who haven’t been able to do much but break windows.

Why the difference in reaction? Why are people so ready to freak out when it comes to a bomb that doesn’t do much damage, but just shrug when it’s a crane that kills people?