The 24 July Erie-Times Pat Cuneo editorial was about Aurora CO and gun control. Big surprise.  Thinkers are focusing elsewhere: the entertainment industry, violent sports and our militarized (police & otherwise) culture. The “sport & entertainment” angle may be too close for comfort at the Erie-Times or it just doesn’t fit the agenda after the Penn State disaster.  Half-wits “plank” or lay down on highway center-lines at night just because they see it in a film. Grimmer adventures should not be unexpected. Warner Brothers lost no time halting violent trailers and DC comics has delayed issuance of the latest Batman comic. The latter had nothing to do with Aurora of course, it was a sensibilities issue.  WB and Time Warner know where the problems lie. Do you think Obama will be taking his Hollywood worship team to task? Read the rest of this entry »