This is, I think, one of the best discussions of the event: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mo...n?xrs=share_fb



Quote Originally Posted by Jon Stewart
Did the toxic political environment cause this...? I have no f-ing idea. We live in a complex ecosystem of influences and motivations and I wouldn't blame our political rhetoric any more than I would blame heavy metal music for Columbine. And, by the way, that is coming from someone that truly hates our political environment. It is toxic. It is unproductive. But to say that is what has caused this, or that the people in that are responsible for this I just don't think you can do.

Boy would it be nice to be able to draw a straight line of causation from this horror to something tangible because then we can convince ourselves that if we just stop this the horrors will end. To have the feeling, however fleeting, that this type of event can be prevented forever. But it's hard not to feel like it can't.

You cannot outsmart crazy. You don't know what a troubled mind will get caught on.
He goes on to encourage growth and more positive discourse, and the overall message was quite moving.