Chris Hayes Of MSNBC: Intellectualizing Murder

We can intellectualize murder, sure.
We can plumb the philosophical depths of motivations.
We can examine the psychological backgrounds of perpetrators.
We can study the sociological possibilities of opportunity.
We can scour the landscapes of means.
In some terrible, terrible cases, we can go on forever asking how much proof is enough?
We can find numerous academics to say what we want to hear. Some will even say the
actual earth we inhabit is getting colder.
So we can talk ourselves to death about murder.
But then of course we are in many cases just putting more lipstick on that proverbial pig,
Or even worse, we may be spreading more manure than is easily found on short notice.