Not a good day for the human race

The influence of both substances and extremism have resulted in both a mass murder and a loss of a great talent, more so the loss of great talent, along with the tragic news of Amy Winehouse's death comes the news of the shootings, and subsequent deaths of eighty five Norwegian youths. The trappings come lures of both substance abuse and fundamentalism (whatever they may be) have demonstrated their dangers today.

However, fundamentalism lures people everyday as do substances. Corruption is rife, it just happens that today is the day it has been reported. If you look at the human race as a whole, inclusive of famines, poverty, corruption, fundamentalism, addiction and violence - things which are present every day in so many people's lives, it is hard to call any day a good day for the human race. Admittedly it is impossible to report every graduation, birth, survival, triumph in the news as there are so many, however, when there are such awful occurrences happening in conjunction with the good it makes it hard to weigh up the events of one day, and declare it a good day for the world as a whole. In these troubled times, to avoid imminent defeatism, it would be best to weigh up your day as an individual, and not burden yourself with the doings of everyone else.