Why You Shouldn’t Want To Know Any More About The Boston Marathon Bombers

Reddit user TheFletcher offers a pretty great point about the craze that consistently sweeps the American media after a terrorist act. Who was the attacker? What were they like? What kind of cologne did they wear? Delving deeply into these questions is the verbal equivalent of straining for a better look while driving past a…

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