EA Video Analysis: Boston --- Beyond the Bombers, Beyond the Culture of Fear
Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 9:41
Scott Lucas in Boston Marathon, EA USA, US Politics


On Wednesday, two days after the double bombing at the Boston Marathon, I tried to summarise my thoughts about the event and the response to it.

My fear is that speculation will feed a long-standing American "culture of fear" in which suspicion and retribution will dominate.

My hope is that confidence, community, and compassion --- which the bombers tried to destroy on Monday --- will prevail.

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