Dylann Roof

The murderer appears to be all smiles. He is on TV. You drop out of school, kill a few people, and you'll be on TV,  especially in summertime when there are less exciting news.  My guess is that we'll have another similar murder in the next few weeks.
What kind of society is this?

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I look in horror at people ready to "forgive". We do not have the right to forgive the harm done to somebody else, only the harm done to ourselves. Right now, only the dead could forgive, and they are not there to do it. The murderer does not even asks for forgiveness. He is basking in the new glory that the media are eager to offer him. Something new to boost the audience index!
What kind of society is this?

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Yes we have a gun control problem. 

We also have a big education problem. In this generation,  teachers are so afraid of being sued that they have become totally inefficient. From educationworld.com: "The majority of school principals have been threatened with lawsuits."(in an article by Gary Hopkins, 2004). The same paper says that defensive teaching is to teach in such a way that you avoid legal challenges. There is no free speech for the prof.  Maybe it is the reason why the basics of living together are ignored.

What kind of society is this?

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the majority of school principals have been threatened with lawsuits -- lawsuits that have changed the atmosphere in their schools. - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin371.shtml#sthash.3SMmJ2Yx.dpuf

82 percent of teachers and 77 percent of principals say the current legal climate has changed the way they work. More than 60 percent of principals surveyed said they had been threatened with a legal challenge. - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin371.shtml#sthash.3SMmJ2Yx.dpuf

82 percent of teachers and 77 percent of principals say the current legal climate has changed the way they work. More than 60 percent of principals surveyed said they had been threatened with a legal challenge. - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin371.shtml#sthash.3SMmJ2Yx.dpuf

82 percent of teachers and 77 percent of principals say the current legal climate has changed the way they work. More than 60 percent of principals surveyed said they had been threatened with a legal challenge. - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin371.shtml#sthash.3SMmJ2Yx.dpuf

82 percent of teachers and 77 percent of principals say the current legal climate has changed the way they work. More than 60 percent of principals surveyed said they had been threatened with a legal challenge. - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin371.shtml#sthash.iZVxgaf4.dpuf

I listen to all the comments, the correct ones and the sensitive ones and I just realize that there is one word always missing. Nobody ever uses the word gratitude. As if we were tolerant, but never grateful for what black people have done for this nation. 

What kind of society is this?

 

Just a touch of racism

GA has passed tough immigration laws, with this argument: we have 10 percent unemployment here, let us get rid of the illegal Hispanics and give the work to Americans. As a result, farmers in GA have a tough time finding enough workers this season, there are still 11,000 jobs openings to work in the field.
Unrepentent Governor Nathan Deal now tries to give the jobs to probationers, and it does not seem to work either.
As a result our three local TVs here in Savannah report this with comments like: "Americans do not want to work in the sun for 12 dollars an hour." Of course they say "Americans", but they think "Blacks."
It is a ridiculous statement. It is not that people "do not want to" work in the fields, it is that they do not know how. Work in the field is intensive: you cannot take a bus to go home, you got to stick around the farm to start early, when the temperature has not risen yet. Migrant seasonal workers are used to it, they pack and leave their home for the season. Georgians of any race have lost this capacity: they want a job, but they also want to be at home at night. For Pete's sake, it is not just a "job", it is a different lifestyle. A policy like this can only be successful if you spend a lot of money educating people and encouraging them to become seasonal migrants, and nobody knows if it would work. And I do not think that probationers are especially "lazy", I think that months in jail are not physically and mentally preparing you very well for hard work in the fields.

All this lack of workers means less money for the farmers, loss of foodstuff, more cost for the consumers. Our governor has not thought things through. I am sure he will say that it is the fault of president Obama, his usual scapegoat.
We need immigrants or we don't: it should not be a matter of political ideology, but a matter of good sense. If our farmers need seasonal workers, why don't we give seasonal work permits to the people who can do the work?

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NOTE: Local stats say that about 8% of the white labor force in GA is unemployed compared to 14% of the black labor force. Black labor force is about one third of the total GA labor force (27%). Ga has 150,000 people on probation, about 2 times more blacks than whites.We got in addition 50 to 60,000 inmates, ruining the state finances, a testimony to the quality of our school system.