Don't look away… On Dec 3rd the Army plans to execute Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood. In 2009 he murdered 14 people. A lot of you are calling it barbaric. I understand the reaction. But I want you to watch this scene first… In the first episode of Game of Thrones Bran Stark is brought to witness an execution. His father brought him there on purpose. His brother Jon leans over and tells him not to look away, because their father will know if he does. Ned isn't being cruel to his son. He's teaching him that death is real. That justice has weight and that a man has to be able to face hard things instead of hiding from them. We've lost that. We've built a world where death happens behind hospital curtains, prison walls, and closed doors. We eat steak but never see the cow. We send service members to wars we never see. We call that civilized but I think it's made us soft and disconnected. When we're finally forced to face death like at a funeral or at a bedside we have no idea how to handle it. Older generations knew death up close. It didn't make them heartless. In many ways it made them steadier, more honest about what life costs and what it's worth. Sometimes in order to move forward we have to take a step back. Yes it will be striking to see a man expire. It’s suppose to be. But that’s the lesson. Don’t look away.

You’re literally retweeting a sex predator…