What I’m speaking of are those cultural institutions that shape and point the human heart toward that which is good, not bad, so that angry violence is not an option. What I’m speaking of is not more economic opportunity or even more educational endeavors. What does this mean? It means that while sensible safety laws of all kinds are important, addressing the essentials of the human condition – our souls – is necessary. Call it what you will (sin, mental health issues, psychosomatic issues) there is, as Alexander Solzhenitsyn hinted at in his June 8, 1978, Harvard Commencement speech, "A World Split Apart," and explicitly noted in "The Gulag Archipelago," “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, not between classes, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart – and through all human hearts.” It may even force us to resurrect and deal with such notions as the Judeo-Christian understandings of original sin, noting that humans are sinners by nature, choice and behavior, and are in need of transformation. Hear more Tennessee voices: Get the weekly opinion newsletter for insightful and thought-provoking columns. Tim Burchett said 'We're not gonna fix it,' when talking about gun reform Further, it may force us to admit the notion that people are sometimes good, but inherently flawed.įocus on mental health: Why U.S. It is to say that when we say that people kill people it requires us to acknowledge that inanimate objects do not kill people people kill people. This statement is not an attempt to avoid sensible laws or to hinder sensible safety procedures. The reason we avoid the issue of human agency is because it may prompt us to take a deeper look into the human condition, into our own souls. I have never known a gun, a knife, a bomb or any other means of death to act apart from human agency. While we tangentially address the mental or spiritual health of the shooter, we rarely deeply delve into this singular truth – people kill people. And so the cycle goes – that is, until the next shooting. In the wake of the tragedy, minor changes are made to a variety of gun laws, buildings are made safer, and safety procedures are implemented and practiced. Aficionados on both sides emerge, one calling for more gun control, the other to push back against such laws. The car accident involving frontman Vince Neil in 1984 which took the life of Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle and nearly ended the Crüe, Sixx’s heroin overdose in 1986, guitarist Mick Mars’ diagnosis with he crippling ankylosing spondylitis degenerative bone condition and drummer Tommy Lee’s predilection toward famous blondes which made him constant tabloid fodder all look to be getting the deep dive, giving The Dirt the potential to be one of the better tales of rock star decadence.Watch Video: Burchett expands on "we're not gonna fix it" remark about shootings There’s the obligatory backyard party sequences, hotel room hooliganism and concert scenes, the latter from the early-’80s club days through the stage setup for the ’89 to ’90 Dr. “It could’ve happened to anybody,” begins the voiceover from Douglas Booth, who plays bassist and main songwriter Nikki Sixx, “But it didn’t… it happened to us.” From there it’s two-and-a-half minutes of explosive, depravity-filled highlights - and low-lights - from the band’s history. The trailer for Mötley Crüe’s long-awaited biopic The Dirt is here, and it’s looking like the Sunset Strip sleaze rockers aren’t looking to shiny up their lewd and peverted history for the flick that hits Netflix on March 22.
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