random safety

take an act of violence like a mass shooting -- would you rather believe that it was random or know that it was targeted? would knowing that an attack was targeted make you feel safer, help you believe you could avoid such an incident? because if an attack is targeted, well then... all you have to do is to hang out with people that do not shoot each other, right? a targeted attack appears to be more avoidable than a random attack, so we want to know there were targets, so that we can believe we are safe.

there's a catch though: safety is an illusion. except for the safety in this picture. this is michael griffin, the titans first round draft pick this year. a safety. thank goodness they had the sense to draft a defensive back because lamont thompson's a constant source of disappointment, and with pacman's myriad issues, chris hope's been the only hope in the defensive secondary. we'll see how this guy pans out as training camp & the season develop, but one thing is for sure: last year's first round draft pick from texas has been coming along just fine.