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The bad echo of 9/11 is the risk of passive spectator of melodrama communication. I hope that Americans are once moral

never a good sign when your email box fills up - like mine Monday afternoon - with sincere notes of people waiting to see you and your family are "safe." Was not either the sudden cancellation without reason said, event, Boston Moth "Story Slam", which was to host this evening.

The sense of collective panic brought to mind the hours after 9/11. I learned about the tragedy that took place a few years after my arrival in Boston, when my mother called me to make sure I had not been in one of the two hijacked planes that left Logan Airport.

So I was expecting something pretty terrible when I checked the news sites, something that might even justify calling my children, they were happy digging up the remains in the backyard of our little suburb north of the city. The event in question - the explosion of two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon - was duly horrible. But it was, in fact, minor in terms of danger to the public and downs.

So far, three people have died. Dozens were seriously injured. However, Iraq Monday 50 people died and 300 were injured in the attacks caused by the next election. Two bombs exploded in schools that were to be used to vote.

I do not want to diminish the impact of the attacks in Boston. I can not imagine the horror and pain felt by those caught in the explosions or their relatives. But it is essentially my point of view: the horror, as such, violated a particular (and especially random) a number of people. It does not happen "Boston" or "America" ??or "our way of life."

The media response, because in the first hours after 9/11, has been relentless, hysterical and sloppy. The Wall Street Journal reported that five additional bombs were found in the city. The New York Post reported a balance of 12. Again and again, it was the tabloid rumor reported as fact, then corrected.

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