Feeling sad today for the unfortunate victims in Moscow, and for all people who suffer in violent conflicts around the world. How many innocents will we kill in our sometimes well-intentioned but misguided and oxymoronic attempts to use violence to stop violence? Knowing that hundreds of thousands of people marched against war yesterday -- one of the many non-violent tactics available -- blunts the pain's edge a little bit. Not much but a little. I wonder if it helps to make a ritual entertainment of violence, as this Doug does, to the applause and delight of many: do we discharge the unhealthy tensions that way, or in glorifying violence do we set the stage for more?