Tonight our thoughts are with the students, staff and teachers of Virginia Tech University. Today their campus was attacked by a depraved coward. This coward killed 32 people and wounded many others.
I call him a coward because that's what I consider him to be. It certainly takes no courage to attack unarmed, innocent and defenseless people with a firearm. Then after the attack, he again showed his cowardice by committing suicide.
As a gunshot victim myself, I can understand the pain and terror experienced by the victims of this senseless crime. I wish the suvivors a speedy and full recovery, but I know they will be haunted by this terrible experience for many years to come.
I have seen today that some are already parceling out blame for this horrible crime. That is wrong. The administration of VT is not responsible for this crime. The security department of VT is not responsible. The gun laws of Virginia are not responsible.
There is only one person responsible - the craven coward who did the shooting. It would be nice to know why he did it, but personally I'm just glad he's dead.
Our condolences and best wishes go out to the good people of Virginia Tech University.
Ok, now what? The shooter left a note with his psychotic explanation, do we ignore it? There is so much of this type of violence it is becoming difficult to believe it is just an aberration. The shooter's condemnation of VTech's socially stratified campus and debauchery calls to mind Tom Wolfe's portrayal of dorm life in "I am Charlotte Simmons." At some point we need to address the social isolation at the root of all this murder.
ReplyDelete