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Big props to Morgan Freeman and Jamie Foxx for speaking out

Right on Morgan and Jamie!!!! Maybe if more entertainers spoke words such as this then the media would change how it glorifies the wrong aspects of these tragedies. As for the culprit may have had mental issues – well, he was sane enough to PLAN and implement the act – so I see no reason to use any mental issue to even attempt to JUSTIFY what he did. Here is Morgan’s statement: Morgan Freeman’s statement about these random shootings…. “You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here’s why. It’s because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Becau...