The
idea that a killer could drive around Cleveland looking to sate a thrill
By
picking out someone, anyone for a random kill
Sends
out a it could have been me hairs rising on the nape of your neck chill
Worse
when it’s posted on Facebook and goes
viral an idea how far we’ve gone downhill
What
sick people we have become to relish in the view of real live death not make
believe
A
senior shot point blank in the head leaving a family trying to comprehend and
grieve
This
desire to have a moment of glory and fame by showing your killing to millions
across this nation
Merits
only our horror and complete and utter condemnation
But
this violence curse
Sad
to say gets even worse
It
took the wizards at Facebook some two hours for the posting of the killing to
cease
Facebook
took the pious position that free speech is at stake and they cannot be the
video police
They
are not a TV broadcaster subject to the basic decency rules of the FCC is their
spin
Post
whatever you want and let the good times of Facebook Live advertising dollars roll
in
But
that position ignores the role of the copycat rapists, assaulter or killer
Craving
for the fame or infamy of yet another sick thriller
How
many more innocents have to die, be maimed or raped by copycats
Before
Facebook’s algorithms put an end to that
This
outrage over posting for some two hours of a heinous crime
For
Facebook could not have come at a worse time
Zuckerberg
will be at the company’s annual developers’ conference in San Jose
Instead
of touting technology strides, outrage
over the posting will be the buzz of the day
© April 18, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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