The story of Shawn Hornbeck has gripped America. Really, it is a gripping story about a boy kidnapped and held captive for four years, until his kidnapper went out and kidnapped another boy. The second kidnapping broke the case and police were able to find the second boy and the kidnapper, in the process finding Shawn. I cant imagine what the parents must have gone through. Now the media is all over the story and there will be investigations into various stuff, including whether the kidnapper wanted the boys for sex.
In addition to all the lessons coming out of this story, I think in a sick way, there is one timeless lesson that no one seems to be focusing on: greed. I am in no way condoning the actions of the kidnapper and I am as elated as any one else that this has finally come to an end, but think about it. I did, and it occurred to me that if there was no second kidnapping, Shawn wouldn't have been found yet. The story unravelled because Shawn could no longer satisfy his kidnapper, or because after four years of not getting caught he felt emboldened, but the lesson is that he became greedy and got caught. In a modern day horror story I find a timeless lesson.
This I know is a truly different view.
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