Yes, the words of victims have special poignancy, but what they don’t have is any special truth. Grief drives us to look toward the heavens and demand an answer from any nearby Deity. Grief drives us to demand a solution to the fundamental insoluble problem, which is that the world is as it is. Bad things happen, often to good people, and grief drives us to…do something.

Michael Bane, RIVERDANCE With Blood

You should really RTWT. Michael really gets into how victims are harvested for political purposes. Humans have evolved with this belief in the story. It’s why witness accounts are desired in court, even though human beings tend to make lousy witnesses. It’s why companies fear bad reviews, even when the statistics say they have a better product or provide a better service. Stories have power in the human mind.