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Thank you for this. There is a quiet agreement, I believe, never to use the name of the man who shot John Lennon - to the extent that not too long ago I had to do a search. I wish, dearly wish, we could follow the ancient Greek example and make that part of ... what's-his-name's sentence part of the ruling against Lennon's killer and all the rest of them. As you say: remember the victims. Remember the deed, and try to prevent it from repeating. Forget the perpetrator.
The Aurora Shooting and the Herostratus Effect
On July 21, 356 BC, an arsonist burned down one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. His sole goal? To be famous. He was apparently a comman man, owning no talent, no skill or wit or wisdom. He had only an appetite for fame, and he reckoned that he could ...
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