A video shocks our conscience. A young woman stands in front of her executioners and stands tall. She knows how it will end, yet she does not plead for mercy. The executioners –people who likely knew her and her partner - kill the couple in cold blood. The evil act, captured on video, has gotten national attention. In the days to come, there will be politicians and other nationally prominent people who will condemn the barbarity. There might be some conferences, a few seminars, a discussion or two in talk shows. In the not too distant future, things will reach their prior steady state.

At some point we should ask what makes us angry, and what we accept as normal. Are we angry just because this heinous act was recorded on video? Because we can see evil in front of our own eyes? What if no video would have been made? We would dismiss this as just another statistic? Just another incident of 'tribal customs'? One more 'incident' of family........

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