I remember when there was a shooter in Parliament in Ottawa back more than ten years ago my sister called and warned me not to go to the shopping center I often went to because there was an active shooter. I was 10 blocks from the area. I turned on the news and watched for a few minutes. I then felt guilty because it was so close and I felt like a ghoul and they didn't know how many active shooters there were 10 blocks away. So I turned off the tv and went and did errands. When I got home the horror was over and they knew there was one perp in Ottawa who killed a soldier and another man killed in Quebec City I think by a car. So I watched then, when it was over.
Been trying to avoid Nancy Guthrie stuff by watching Canadian news this week, then on Tuesday there was a school shooting in Canada so I watched more CNN as the school shooting is too sad. Started to follow the investigation into the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping.
I'm a news junky and only turn off the news to watch Grey's Anatomy. Or The Pitt. Which are adrenalin shows. My parents had CBC News public radio on both floors of our home when we grew up. I also grew up with my grandmother's oral tradition from very rural Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Her stories were about inflection points in people's lives. My dad talked politics with us every night at dinner. I guess people who love politics are news junkies in a way too. I certainly am.
You are right that this story is going nowhere so I will watch my shows and turn off CNN.
I just saw a Nancy Guthrie graphic on CNN as CNN came back from a commercial break, with theme music. That is a bit much.
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