Pat Taylor
Charlotte, NC
- Gender: M
- Hometown: Charlotte, NC
- Location: The Pilot
- Occupation: Advertising Director
Biography
31 years in newspapering in various job descriptions. Married to Leilani O'Brien Taylor for 29 of those years. We live in Whispering Pines, now. Children for most of those years, too, Laramie and O'Brien, both adults now. We've moved around some, but spend 13 years in Winston-Salem while the kids were growing up. I'm a reader and love lots of different kinds of music. Have a passion for golf, play moderately well, and slightly less of a passion for fishing. Enjoying the Sandhills life
Comments
PatTaylor 10 months ago
How does someone come to a point where they are so unhappy with the world that it seems like a good idea to drop tear gas in a crowded theatre and then randomly open fire on the crowd? Obviously, this will reopen the argument for gun control. I'm not a gun-toting type, but that's not the real issue. What is it about modern society that is leading young (and sometimes not so young) people to the brink of such action? I don't remember this kind of random mass murder happening when I was growing up, until a rifleman climbed the bell tower at the University of Texas (I think) and killing about 15 people. Was that a tipping point in our society? Should we have paid more attention back then to society's mental health? How does this fit with Columbine and Virginia Tech, or is it all just random craziness? Shouldn't someone, somewhere in these people's lives notice that they are getting to a point of no return have said something, or have we gotten so insular in our lives that nobody even notices the crazies anymore? I don't have any answers to any of this, but I sure have a lot of new questions about life in the 21st Century.
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