Social Question  Captain_Fantasy's avatar  How do you make sense
out of all the terrible things you read about in the news?
Asked by Captain_Fantasy (11416 points ) April 22nd, 2010  The
news tells us some pretty awful stories sometimes and it always
seems like just when you think people can’t sink any lower,
there’s always that guy who will prove you wrong by doing
something ridiculously depraved that no sane person has ever
thought of.  We’re inundated with the stuff. It happens
regularly. So how do you deal with it all?  Observing members: 0
Composing members: 0  30 Answers  DarkScribe's avatar  I don’t
bother. When there is a lot of crazy but trivial stuff being
reported you know that it is a slow news day – a good day. These
things are always there, but not making headlines unless there
is no bigger local issue at hand.  YARNLADY's avatar  I realize
I can’t do anything about it, any more than I can feed the
20,000 people who starve to death every single day of the year.
I live my life based on the princ