Houston I think we have a problem...

[Datus]

I really feel that moral depravity is the begining of the end for any society... and then of course the end is determined by the depth of depravity.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=203202007

Props to Austria!

[Yukiko]

What? I thought man was basically good. That's what we've been taught by "secular humanists". It's those nasty Christians, and dare I say it, the Bible, that tell us man is totally depraved and in need of something outside himself for guidance.

That is shocking to read. How someone could watch children being hurt is beyond me. Things like that and the shootings at schools by adults AND students are inconceivable to me.

I have a philosophy regarding man that I try to keep in mind when reading and seeing the horrible events in the world:
Mankind is human, expect it to live down to its lowest potential.

It doesn't solve things I know but it helps me to be less surprised by the sadistic tendencies of our fellow man.

Remember as you sit and judge these perpetrators, that we, the observers of such atrocities, are capable of the same or worse. It is truly by the grace of God that some of us aren't making similar headlines.