A time for silence and lament

The tragic shooting in Arizona has become a cultural Rorschach
test. People see what they want to see about what's wrong with our culture, who
the bad guys are and what should be done about it.

It's said the shooting was the result of overheated
political rhetoric, a lack of gun
controls or too much violence in movies and television. Many believe
the shooter was motivated by the political right, others say it was the
left. As if to trump all other explanations, Scot McKnight says
the problem is the evil that lurks in all of our hearts.

We may never know what motivated Jared Lee Loughner to go on a
killing rampage. One thing is clear: he was mentally unbalanced, and he
didn't get the help he needed. He fell through the system, if it's even
accurate to say there is a system through which one can fall.